HMP Millsike- QHSE and FM Compliance Manager

Mitie; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facilities management company is seeking a QHSE and FM Compliance Manager to oversee health, safety, and environment strategies at HMP Millsike. The ideal candidate will ensure compliance with QHSE standards while fostering a supportive environment aimed at rehabilitation. Strong experience in QHSE management and excellent communication skills are required. This role offers a salary range of £50,000 - £55,000 based on experience.

Benefits

Virtual GP access

Flexible lifestyle benefits

Cycle-to-work scheme

High street discounts

Enhanced pension contributions

Qualifications

• Experience in a managing QHSE role in a custodial or secure environment is preferred.
• Proven track record in delivering QHSE change management initiatives.
• Sound knowledge of risks and controls associated with regulated activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the Health, Safety and Environment strategy for the Prison.
• Support the Prison management team to achieve highest QHSE standards.
• Manage the Risk, Assurance and Compliance of the Prison.

Skills

Experience in managing QHSE role

Strong knowledge of UK Health, Safety & Environmental law

Proven project management skills

Ability to form working relationships

Excellent communication skills

Education

NEBOSH certificate level or above

Job description

QHSE and FM Compliance Manager

Salary £50,000 - £55,000 (experience dependant)

Mitie Care & Custody (C&C) is driven by a bold vision: to establish HMP Millsike as a place of restoration and rehabilitation, where prisoners can unlock their full potential and make meaningful, positive changes in their lives. We are excited by the opportunity Millsike presents: a blank canvas on which we can paint a bright future for our prisoners. Our mission is clear: to create an environment that empowers, inspires, and supports individuals to re-enter society with hope, purpose, and a life plan. To achieve this, we will set a culture of rehabilitation and restoration underpinned by integrity and high expectations. Prisoners will experience a dramatic shift from traditional prison environments. Millsike will be a vibrant, bustling community, teeming with industry, activity and opportunities for personal growth. Above all, we will ensure our approach offers a deep sense of safety/respect, through a supportive, uplifting environment, that helps prisoners to see their potential and that unlocks a brighter future for all.

Job Objectives and Responsibilities

You will continue to develop and implement the Health, Safety and Environment strategy for the Prison ensuring all Mitie procedures and Prison requirements are met. You will provide support for the Prison management team to achieve highest QHSE standards and will optimise the HSE structure in I&J and the wider Mitie, by adopting strong processes to help the businesses obtain their targeted results and embed a positive health and safety culture. You will be a part of the development of the HSE workstream - providing coaching and mentoring to the prison team. You will represent HSE as part of the senior management team. You will have input and manage the Risk, Assurance and Compliance of the Prison. You will have responsibility for providing an excellent Client facing HSE service to the Business. You will also have responsibility for delivering a Quality and risk management service that promotes continual improvement and a culture of compliance. You will be coordinating the Prison Fire Safety management system including the organisation of Fire Risk Assessments.

Person Specification

We are looking for motivated, caring individuals who want to be part of our team that will play their part in the Government's drive to cut reoffending through effective rehabilitation; enabling offenders to turn their lives around for good. We will provide a safe, secure environment at HMP Millsike, thus providing reassurance to the public and victims of crime that perpetrators are serving a secure sentence for their crimes.

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience in a managing QHSE role in a custodial or secure environment is preferred, however not essential.
• Qualified to NEBOSH certificate level or above
• Proven track record in delivering QHSE change management initiatives
• Strong proven knowledge and application of UK Health, Safety & Environmental law
• Sound knowledge of risks and controls associated with the provision of regulated activities
• Sound knowledge of risks and controls associated with high‑risk activities undertaken across the business
• Proven project management skills and problem solving with ability to prioritise and multitask

Key Attributes

• Ability to manage a team and give direction, support and advice
• Ability to form close working relationships with the wider QHSE team in order to influence and develop divisional strategy
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written and a confident, professional manner
• Confident in presentation skills both internally and client facing
• Ability to drive the QHSE agenda with the Senior Management Team.
• Team player and confidence to build relationships across the business
• A diplomatic but firm manner with excellent powers of persuasion and ability to make own decisions

Attention to detail but ability to see the bigger picture. Flexible, adaptable and ability to travel on an occasional basis.

Benefits

Our market‑leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle. We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans. When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices! We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well‑known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle‑to‑work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save‑as‑you‑earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie). We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Recruitment Process

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long‑term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Christian Kalugin at [e-mail].

About Mitie

Since 1987, Mitie’s 76,000 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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