SHE Manager

OCU Group continues through 2024 with its significant growth. As part of this we now have a new opportunity for an experienced SHE Manager to join us in Borehamwood.

The purpose of the role is to assist in the management in the health safety and environmental matters within OCU Services and the wider OCU Group through the provision of professional advice and solutions ensuring compliance with legislation and best practice.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To advise and assist in the planning and promotion of health safety and environmental programs and establishing a suitable mechanism in which to implement.

To manage the OCU Services SHE team for your area of responsibility ensuring acceptable performance standards.

To interpret and advise on the implementation of companys policies procedures and safe systems of work.

Ensure that the requirements under the companys integrated management system are followed accordingly and to ensure that the contracts for which you are responsible are compliant.

Discharge specific duties for matters regarding health safety welfare and environment as defined in the company policy and in any procedures efficiently and effectively.

Monitor the health safety and environment performance on the contracts under your control and take such steps as are necessary to improve the performance.

Carryout out regular site depot and CDM audits. This may require working out of hours from time to time including occasional weekend/and or night work.

Monitor sites for compliance to ensure the relevant required documentation is in place.

Ensure site notice boards are current and are erected in the appropriate place.

Attend clients contract meetings as and when required prepare and deliver presentation accordingly.

Undertake subcontractor onboarding evaluations.

Preparation of prequalification questionnaires (PQQs) and tender documentation.

Compile and submit monthly KPIs within the required timescales.

Investigate the root causes of accidents incident and near miss occurrences and the circumstances leading up to the occurrence.

Propose and implement preventative measures compile required report(s) and forwarding them to Senior SHEQ Management in a timely manner.

Ensure all levels of staff under your influence receive adequate and appropriate training in health safety quality and environmental matters and assist line managers to identify training gaps.

Facilitate employee rep meetings and record minutes of the meeting.

Praise positive performance manage instances of non conformance escalate where required.

Ensure so far as you are able that effective arrangements exist to protect the health and safety of the work force and ensure that all relevant operational & emergency procedures codes of practice instructions & legislation are implemented and observed.

Shall be accountable to the SHE Head of Major Projects in respect of health safety and environmental matters.

Responsible for exercising a general duty of care for the health safety environmental and welfare of employees under your control instituting effective arrangements for the efficient implementation of company health and safety strategies operational procedures and safe systems of work.

Shall ensure strict adherence to the reporting and recording procedures for accidents and dangerous occurrences as required under RIDDOR as directed by the SHE Lead.

Shall be responsible for providing specialist advice on the companys safety policy and procedures and compliance with statutory obligations throughout the company.

Shall monitor arrangements to ensure that health and safety standards applied by contractors are satisfactory and in accordance with contractual arrangements company specifications policy and procedures.

Shall ensure that site employees work in accordance with the companys health and safety requirements policys and procedures along with those of its clients.

Shall recommend disciplinary procedures where any member of site supervisory staff fails to discharge their safety responsibilities satisfactorily.

Shall take appropriate action when notified of disregard of safety on site.

Shall ensure the provision of a safe and healthy working environment for persons working in or visiting any company operation site and/or premises.

Shall monitor provision and effectiveness of adequate and existing welfare facilities.

Promote the reporting of near misses throughout the company.

You are required to work at any site on which the Company operates as authorised and as determined by the needs of the business. You will not be required to work outside the United Kingdom.

Experience and Qualifications:

NCRQ level 6/NVQ level 6/NEBOSH diploma

Experience working in the utilities sector (Power Sector preferred)

Experience working within live substations.

Experience working with management systems and the NERS Accreditation (preferred)

Experience working with/for SSEN.

EUSR or CSCS in general health and safety

Proficient in Accident/Incident investigation including robust RCA.

Proficient in compiling Reports.

Company Information:

Established in 1994 OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK with a long successful track record in delivering customerfocused civil engineering solutions.

Working directly with many of the countrys leading bluechip power water telecoms and rail clients we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.

We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.

We believe that being successful is a choice.

We choose to be successful.

We are OCU One Company United.

We celebrate difference and appreciate diverse backgrounds. We encourage everyone who join us to be themselves at work and create inclusive teams in our workplace.