QHSE Lead

Poole
8 months ago
Applications closed

Quality, Health, Safety & Environmental Lead

Job Location: Poole, Dorset
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: Depending on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week – Monday – Friday with a half day finish on a Friday
Benefits: Excellent starting salary, 25 days holiday + bank holidays, On Site Parking
We are working with a well-established engineering company who are seeking to add a Quality, Health, Safety & Environmental Lead to their team.

The role will see you responsible for the company’s Quality, Health, Safety & Environmental systems, their accreditation requirements and compliance to the relevant ISO standards. The promotion of best practices in support of employee involvement in Quality, Health, Safety & Environmental awareness and improvement activities.

Key Activities

• Ensure that the quality system is maintained and improved, in accordance with the accreditation requirements of ISO9001:2015.
• Ensure compliance with all other statutory, regulatory and customer required standards.
• Review, Analyse and Report on the performance of the company quality systems.
• Work to identify any training needs
• Work to improve all aspects of the quality section, including, product, process improvements, process engineering activities and project control.
• Check and approve manufacturing documentation.
• Responsible for all aspects of Health, Safety & Environmental requirements including, but not restricted to, staff inductions, fire precautions, First Aid requirements, PAT testing
• Responsible for the work environment including recycling and disposal of hazardous materials.

The successful applicant will possess the following skills / experience:

• Educated to in a relevant engineering discipline or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge
• A working experience within in a Quality and HSE role gained within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Experienced in using measuring equipment such as CMM
• Experience in implementing and developing Health, Safety & Environmental policies, procedures, Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAM’s).
• Work to a high standard of accuracy, well-presented and confident PC skills – Microsoft Office suite
• Gathering, analysing and reporting on key H&S data/statistics
• A motivated and a self-starter able to work on own initiative. The ability to work in a team environment or alone when required.
• NEBOSH qualification would be an advantage

** When receiving your application for this vacancy, we will be contacting suitable applicants as soon as possible and want to ensure we are able to speak to you. Please can you advise when is the best time to get hold of you i.e. before 9am, at a lunch break, after 5pm etc., when sending your CV.

For more information, please apply with a full CV and covering letter by email or call our Recruitment Team on (phone number removed).

Those who have the right skills and experience, our aim is that you will hear back from us within 24 hours but due to the high number of applications we are receiving at present, we are unable to respond to every application individually so If you do not hear from us within 3 days, please assume that your application at this stage has not been successful. As new positions arise, we will review any applications already made to us and may contact you about other suitable roles.

Resource Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to a policy of treating all its employees and job applicants equally. It is the policy of the Company to take all reasonable steps to ensure that each applicant is assessed only in accordance on the basis of their qualifications, skills and abilities to perform the relevant duties without prejudice in regards to background, religion, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability or gender.

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Keywords; QHSE, Quality engineer, health & safety, quality assurance, quality supervisor, quality manager

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