Quality, Health and Safety Assistant Overview: Based in Witney, Oxfordshire, our client specializes in Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation for heavy industrial projects in the water, utilities and energy sectors.
They are recruiting for an experienced Health, Safety and Quality Assistant to join their rapidly expanding business.
You will work closely with the Operations Director to develop and implement their QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety and Environment) strategy across the business.
You will be expected to use your knowledge gained from their internal training programme, alongside your existing industry experience.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic professional who wants to develop their Health and Safety career in a fast-paced environment.
This is part-time position (3 days per week) in their Witney office.
The chosen candidate will be required to work autonomously, have a strong sense of initiative and possess strong multi-tasking and organisational skills.
Responsibilities: Liaising with the Operations Director to ensure continual improvement of their QHSE initiatives, processes and procedures.
Provide administrative support to manage, monitor and maintain their ISO standards.
Monitoring and the investigation of all accidents/incidents and near misses.
Monitoring and maintenance of all sub-contractor documentation to ensure it is valid and up to date.
Monitoring employees' submission and completion of H&S records.
Management of the Work Wallet H&S platform.
Attendance of monthly H&S meetings; Chairing these meetings in the absence of the Operations Manager, if necessary.
Updating and maintaining legal register database.
Carrying out site H&S audit/inspections with the support of the Operations Director.
Development and delivery of training/toolbox talks to site crew and employees.
Completion of pre-qualification questionnaires.
Necessary skills profile: Proven experience within a Quality, Health and Safety role (Construction industry preferred).
Demonstrable desire to learn and improve (further training and development opportunities will be given).
Good communicator and teamworking skills.
Strong multi-tasking and organisational skills.
Desirable skills: IOSH Managing Safely (Preferred).
Understanding of ISO45001 and 9001 (Preferred).
Auditing and inspection experience (Preferred).
Keen interest in Health, Safety and Environmental issues.
Training: As a business, our client believes continual training and development is key to job satisfaction and fulfilment.
Full training of the business background, mandatory Health and Safety requirements as well as their products and services will be given, enabling the day-to-day tasks of the job to be more clearly understood.
They would also be willing to invest in further professional training for the right candidate.
Hours and days of work, holidays and pay day: They would be looking for the ideal candidate to start as soon as possible.
3 days per week (8 hrs p/d).
Holidays will be 28 days per annum (including bank holidays) from January to December, increasing to 33 days after 5 years' full service.
This would be pro-rata based on contracted hours.
Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 per annum, dependent on experience (pro-rata will be applied).
Sick Pay.
You will be entitled to their generous company-contributory pension scheme after three months service.
Please note that ALL new employees are subject to a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check on acceptance of a position within our client.
Closing Date for applications: 13th of December 2024 Interviews will take place on the week commencing the 16th of December 2024 Position to start: 6th of January 2024