Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services
QHSE lead Major Projects, Power and Grid
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Job Overview
Lead QHSE strategy across the Power and Grid, Major Projects business and drive continual improvement.
- Ensure compliance with legal requirements and company policies.
- Provide QHSE advice and guidance to Major Projects senior leadership.
- Build and embed a proactive QHSE culture.
- Influence stakeholders at all levels to achieve QHSE objectives and KPIs.
- Lead QHSE initiatives and campaigns within Major projects.
Main Duties
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental and quality legislation.
- Maintain and improve QHSE systems, processes, and documentation.
- Support continued integration of Mitie procedures and processes supporting ISO certifications (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001) and support external audits.
- Monitor performance, produce reports, and present to the Major Projects MD.
- Lead incident investigations and liaise with enforcement authorities.
- Deliver QHSE training (including subcontractors).
- Ensure safe systems of work are implemented across major projects.
- Develop minimum QHSE requirements for Major Projects supply chain.
- Support management and development of QHSE team performance.
- Provide mentoring and support to managers and process owners.
- Drive QHSE improvement initiatives and audit programmes.
- Align management systems across business functions.
- Engage with external stakeholders (clients, auditors, suppliers).
- Support pre-qualification, tendering, and supplier evaluation.
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What we are looking for
- Degree in Safety & Environmental Management (or similar) and/or CMIOSH.
- NEBOSH Diploma(s) (Health & Safety and Environmental) or equivalent.
- Lead auditor qualification (ISO standards).
- Experience of improvement plans, driving improvements etc with leading and lagging data.
- Experience taking a strategic approach to delivery of QHSE on major projects.
- Experience managing teams and mentoring senior staff.
- Experience delivering KPIs and QHSE systems.
- Strong knowledge of QHSE systems, audits, and legislation.
- Experience in environmental and quality management.
- Ability to influence and motivate teams in high-risk environments.
- Strong organisational, analytical, and IT skills.
- Experience with safe systems of work in construction/maintenance, including temporary works.
- Strong understanding and experience of CDM.
- Experience of large-scale construction and high-risk industries, utility experience preferred.
- Full UK driving Licence.
Benefits
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- Financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme.
- Flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices.
- High street discounts through our MiDeals platform.
- Cycle-to-work scheme.
- Life cover of up to four times your salary.
- Enhanced pension contributions.
- Save-as-you-earn scheme.
- Mitie Matching Share Plan.
- Recognition with Mitie Stars and cash prizes.
- Diverse variety of training and development avenues.
Inclusion
If you have a disability or long-term condition and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Shabana Randall at shabana.randall@mitie.com.
About Us
Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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