QHSE lead Major Projects, Power and Grid

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Wideopen; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Virtual GP for you and household

Salary Finance benefits

Choices lifestyle benefits platform

MiDeals discounts

Cycle-to-work scheme

Life cover up to 4x salary

Enhanced pension contributions

Mitie Matching Share Plan

Mitie Stars recognition with prizes

Job summary

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services is seeking a senior QHSE leader to define strategy across Power and Grid Major Projects. You will drive continuous improvement, embed a proactive QHSE culture, and influence executive leadership while ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental and quality legislation.

Strong leadership and strategic delivery experience are essential. The role requires a degree in Safety & Environmental Management or equivalent, with CMIOSH and NEBOSH qualifications

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Safety & Environmental Management or related field.
• CMIOSH or equivalent professional qualification.
• NEBOSH Diploma (H&S and Environmental) or equivalent.
• Lead auditor qualification (ISO standards) desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead QHSE strategy across Power and Grid Major Projects and drive continual improvement.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, environmental and quality legislation.
• Provide QHSE advice to Major Projects senior leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

QHSE leadership

Stakeholder influence

Analytical IT skills

Education

Degree in Safety & Environmental Management

CMIOSH

NEBOSH Diploma (H&S & Environmental)

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

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.

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.

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!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

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 Shabana Randall at [e-mail].

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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