Health and Safety Lead

Exponential-e

Founded in 2002, Exponential-e swiftly established itself as a UK Cloud, Connectivity and Communications pioneer. Throughout our history, a focus upon leveraging leading-edge technology to deliver profitable and innovative services to our clients and prospects has resulted in industry and peer recognition for our ground-breaking approach, a truly world-class ICT services company.

We're a company of innovators who think big and achieve bigger! Our people are crucial to the continuing success of our company. From our CEO to our new Graduates, each of our people demonstrates our PRIDE principles which are at the core of everything we do.

Overall purpose of the job:

Work with delivery teams across the business and customers ensuring full support is provided regarding health and safety to ensure the business is efficient, technically, and commercially compliant, with on-time delivery, of assigned contracts.

The focus will be on designing and delivering the QHSE documentation and governance used in the delivery of complex projects across but not limited to CNI energy/utility OT and data centre projects. It will include travel to customer sites and business offices and locations as required.

You will need to maintain an appropriate level of knowledge, skills, and "industry" competency qualifications, and be the QHSE contact/lead for more complex site activities.

Key responsibilities for this job:

• Management and Delivery of all tasks aligned with QHSE aspects for contracts and projects across the business
• Direct and ensure all respective teams operate within the documented QHSE guidelines for the contacts (RAMS)
• Work alongside Project Managers, Data Centre and Field operations teams to understand the immediate and mid-term demand on the team relating to H&S. Drive and implement required procedures to ensure risk is mitigated
• Engage with the design, delivery and support functions to ensure QHSE obligations are in place and adhered to
• Manage contract level CSIPs relating to Health & Safety, identify areas for improvement and implement timely and appropriate levels of remediation to improve technical and commercial performance.
• Reporting in an accurate and timely manner on health and safety contract and risk status by providing stakeholders with monthly performance reports for measurement and observation improvements internally and externally in accordance with the contracts
• Assist sales, solutions and bid teams on new customer engagements to ensure that any H&S compliance requirements are understood and commercially accounted for in proposals and bids. This will also include drafting and assisting with relevant statements of compliance wordings.
• Responsible for disseminating contracts into commercial and technical objectives in relation to H&S, translating these into key deliverables that can be conveyed to delivery teams and taking lead on any actions
• Leading on all H&S process and governance with an understanding of the document sets and process needed to ensure the quality, and contractual obligations of the engagement are met, documented and available for audits
• Drive quality assurance including process and inspection test plan sign off
• Review and QHSE Supplier posture and work with procurements in implementing improvements
• Ensure all subcontractor works have clear DOR and processes in place to ensure all work is completed safely
• Act as escalation and support for customers when issues arise around H&S
• Any other fair and reasonable task or duty assigned to you by your manager, or other senior staff across all employment entities within the group

Knowledge and experience required:

• Working with customers in the CNI Sector, preferably the UK Electricity utility/energy sector
• An understanding of the competency/QHSE pre-requisites of working on HV electrical sites
• Site QHSE management/CDM - planning, organisation, and as required supervision
• A QHSE qualification (NEBOSH,IOSH, or UKQAM)
• HNC/HND or equivalent technical experience
• Highly professional approach and good communication skills
• Strong presentation skills and experience of working with demanding customers both internally and externally
• Self motivated with results orientated approach and a positive outlook

Our People

Our people are what makes Exponential-e Group the company it is today. This year's employee survey highlighted that 81% of employees who took the survey, would recommend a friend to work for our organisation.

Learning and development are fundamental parts of daily life at Exponential-e. From their first day at the company, everyone is provided ample opportunities to develop their skills and broaden their horizons, with our own L&D team running a range of bespoke courses, based on the latest innovations and challenges across the digital landscape.

Exponential-e Group is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and treating all employees with respect and dignity. The company respects and values the diversity of its staff, striving to maintain an environment where there is opportunity for everyone to feel valued, their talents to be utilised and for both personal and organisational aspirations to be met. Every employee plays a vital role in helping to create an inclusive working environment by understanding and harnessing difference in a positive way.