Quality, Environment, Safety and Health Coordinator

RPS; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Quality, Environment, Safety and Health Coordinator to enhance their integrated management systems across multiple business units in the UK. This role is crucial in ensuring health, safety, wellbeing, quality, and environmental performance are embedded in project delivery. The ideal candidate will possess a relevant degree and extensive experience in managing IMS, with a strong understanding of ISO standards. This position offers the opportunity to work collaboratively with a dynamic team in a flexible environment, contributing to meaningful projects that address complex challenges.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional training programs

Agile office environment

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of managing IMS in a consultancy environment.
• Understanding of ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental strategies.
• Coordinate IMS representatives and maintain compliance with standards.
• Prepare performance reports and support client feedback processes.

Skills

Health and Safety Management

Environmental Compliance

Quality Assurance

ISO Standards Knowledge

Auditing

Report Writing

Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Degree in Health and Safety, Environmental or Quality

Job description

Quality, Environment, Safety and Health Coordinator

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We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Quality, Environment, Safety and Health Coordinator to help manage and improve our integrated management systems across a number of our business units in the UK.

Reporting to an Operational Director (OD), the QESH Coordinator’s role aims to ensure that health, safety, wellbeing, quality and environmental performance are embedded in how we work and deliver our projects to add value with a pragmatic, proportionate, efficient and positive approach.

We’re RPS and our people are our success. We need people who share our passion on solving the problems that matter. Our flat structure creates greater collaboration and speed of communication and working with some of the brightest minds in the industry, we’ll need your input.

RPS, A Tetra Tech Company

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 28,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.

The Role & Responsibilities

• IMS Coordinator/main contact for external auditor
• Develop and direct the implementation of the Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental strategy in line with the Company IMS strategy and objectives.
• Co-ordinate and lead IMS representatives in two RPS business units (our Environment team and Heath, Safety and Risk team).
• Establish KPI’s with business unit Management Teams and prepare monthly report for Operations Directors and MD.
• Convene regular information presentations to staff.
• Carry out regular IMS compliance risk identification and escalate areas of concern to Operational Directors, and MD.
• Convene and make direct contribution to meetings, briefings, consultation forums, correspondence, publicity, monthly and ad-hoc reporting and other publications, as necessary and appropriate.
• Support the business to maintain external certifications and registrations appropriate to Business Units’ operating model and direct as necessary the adoption of additional standards and registrations i.e., ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 standards.
• Enable a safe, healthy and environmentally compliant working environment whilst furthering and promoting best practice standards through innovation.
• Maintain legal registers and the evaluation of compliance for the Environment and HSR Business Units.
• Promote cultural understanding and the adoption of consistently high standards through direct and indirect interventions and initiatives.
• Support the business to ensure that we are meeting or exceeding client expectations. Responsible for the Client feedback process. Be responsible for supporting and maintaining a client focused culture within the office.
• Encourage compliance/integration with any RPS or wider Tetra Tech procedures.
• Monitor, analyse and review the division’s IMS performance and trends, identify appropriate initiatives and differentiators to ensure continual performance improvement and consistency across the offices and advise the relevant OD and Managing Director and relevant parties on appropriate actions.
• Develop, maintain and ensure publication of performance reports from all areas of the Division’s business.
• Act as the focal point for IMS queries and actions. Ensure appropriate day-to-day direction and guidance to the team.
• Ensure effective delivery of IMS, including internal audits designed to maintain compliance with company policy and strategy.
• Compile appropriate performance reports for the business and maintain performance monitoring, analysis and review against established metrics and standards.
• Support the achievement of good industry practice and business competitiveness.
  
  

Who We’re Looking For -

• Relevant Degree qualification relating to Health and Safety, Environmental, Quality or equivalent.
• Extensive demonstrable working knowledge of managing an IMS in a consultancy environment including taking projects from inception through to completion.
• Detailed understanding and application of at least one of ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 and awareness of the requirements of the remaining 2 standards.
• Auditing experience, preferably in a multi-disciplinary design consultancy environment and Lead Auditor qualified.
• Ability to prepare comprehensive, clear, concise reports.
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work without close supervision and capable of providing strong leadership.
• Demonstrates an ability to develop and maintain strong and positive relationships with key stakeholders throughout the business.
  
  

What’s in it for you?

We’re proud to be an accredited ILM training provider, internationally recognised and providing robust fully accredited professional training programmes - to master’s degree level professional qualifications in leadership & management and executive coaching & mentoring, we support learning and development for everyone.

We understand the need to work flexibly, with agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we’re happy to talk about flexible working. This is a workplace that works for you.

What happens next?

The selection process is likely to be a two-stage competency and behavioural interview. Initial interview via MS Teams and then if successful followed by an interview at the office.

All applications will be considered, and we will try our best to respond to you within seven working days.

Recruitment Agencies We have a Preferred Supplier List of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list and any submitted will be taken as a gift. Please refer to the careers page on our website if you require any further information.

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