Health & Safety Lead

As the Health and Safety Lead, you will be an advocate for shaping and maintaining the Dalkia Health and Safety culture and our key values within the Specialist Service business and responsible for a team of Health and Safety Advisors across the Specialist Services business units that delivers an exceptional service to the current and future projects across several industries.

Job Purpose

Dalkia is seeking an experienced Health & safety Lead to champion our H&S team in solving complex organizational and operational challenges through people-based safety solutions and allow us to grow our unique culture as we grow the business. You’ll be an integral part of the team, so you’ll need to understand every aspect of the business and act as a leader regarding H&S within the Specialist Services environment.
You will be guiding the Health and Safety Advisors, Operations managers and in some cases, the clients through an exciting time of growth for the Dalkia Specialist Services Business Units that includes, Nuclear Operations, Cleanrooms, Infrastructure and E&I, hence your ability to establish your personal and functional credibility and to build strong working relationships acting as a trusted Leader will be key. This is a full-time opportunity with travel required to sites across the UK as required to support the teams and the growing portfolio of projects within Specialist Services.

Aims and Objectives

To focus on the expected team behaviours for maintaining and achieving significant Health and Safety results and outcomes for the business, helping Dalkia to maintain its leading-edge status within the industry and our reputation with our customers.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
• Manage and lead the team of current Health and Safety advisors currently within Specialist Services looking to drive improvements forward through analytical data and initiatives.
• Support Dalkia’s pre-qualification process across Health, Safety, Environment and Quality components of bids.
• Monitor Project site compliance and procedures against Dalkia policies and propose solutions.
• Manage the required HSE audits and inspections across the required sites.
• Provides expert resources for investigations into incidents and near misses, illnesses, and injuries in order to establish root causes and so make recommendations for changes and improvements to prevent reoccurrences.
• Take a broad / long term perspective and proactively identify complex challenges and think systemically. Identify and offer solutions and drive implementation.
• Work closely with the Business leadership and HR teams to define appropriate safety initiatives and plans.
• Work on a range of HSE improvement projects and initiatives
• Support development of Subcontractor and suppliers’ approach to HSE performance and compliance.
• Prepare presentations and data/insights analysis working with the Health and Safety Advisors, and subject matter experts as required.
Able to influence, coach and drive impact through effective working relationships