Grampian Police/ Police Service of Scotland

·       Managing a team of Detectives and ensuring their reports/ cases/ memos etc are of a high standard prior to submission to the Crown Office.

·       Being the Senior Investigatory Officer in major cases, where I had to make quick decisions which were pivotal to the outcome of the enquiry.

·       Ensuring effective and efficient investigation into serious, high profile major crime.

·       Compile and submit very detailed reports detailing evidence in a chronological order within very strict timescales to the Procurator Fiscal.

·       Review internal policies and procedures to ensure they are being complied with by staff.

·       Plan and execute operations which I compiled detailed risk assessments and mission statements for.

·       Formed part of teams that worked with the HSE executive investigating serious breaches of HSE legislation and reporting findings to the Crown Office/ Procurator Fiscal.

·       Adopt and apply safe working practices in order to minimise the risk to myself, my colleagues, members of the public and also offenders.

·       Present presentations on new legislation to members of staff throughout a Division.

·       Working with external partner agencies on Police led operations with the ultimate aim to improve public health and specifically those with addictions to illegal drugs.

Oil and Gas company.

·       Serves as a change agent by leading teams in performance improvement initiatives and manages and drives teams in order to achieve set improvement aims.

·       Attends new/ existing project meetings to represent the QHSE function and provide QHSE input. (HIRAs).

·       Chairs meetings with senior business stakeholders in order to drive change and prepare presentations for same.

·       Reviews existing processes/ procedures and devises ways to improve them in terms of quality and efficiency.

·       Carries out root cause analysis/ causal analysis for reports of non-compliance/ health and safety incidents and prepares corrective action reports which requires compilation of timelines and detailed reports.  Thereafter devise, plan and implement any process/ procedural changes as a result of the findings and feedback and present findings to customers.

·       Reviews existing risk assessments to ensure they are compliant with current legislation and fit for purpose and also devise new risk assessments/ COSHH assessments.

·       Carry out internal audits of the companies QMS for compliance with ISO 9001.

·       Assist my Manager develop the companies QMS to ensure it is robust and fit for purpose.

·       Lead LEAN projects with the overall aim to improve efficiency and reduce the cost of poor quality.

·       Carry out proactive safety tours to ensure the site is complying with HSE requirements and provide advice and assistance to staff when required on HSE matters.

·       Relay QHSE information to staff by way of bulletins etc and give presentations to staff in line with the QHSE engagement and communication plan.

·       Ensure each unit has appropriate level of cover of fire wardens and first aiders and ensure their training is up to date.

·       Carry out site inductions to new starts, customers and visitors to site.

·       Compiling reports on HSE statistics and carrying out trend analysis which steers where resources are targeted/ initiatives aim at.

·       Monitor work shop staff to ensure they are working safely and stopping any actions/ jobs which I feel are unsafe.

Morrison construction - seconded AWPR (large civils project 40km dual carriage way around city of Aberdeen).

·       Carry out detailed health and safety inspections highlighting non-conformances/ good practice in line with the BMS (Balfour Beatty BMS) and CDM regulations.  These reports are submitted to directors of the project.

·       Carry out audits of work carried out against a set procedure(s)/ CDM regulations and compile detailed reports for Senior Management.

·       Induct new members of staff.

·       Carry out training in a range of topics – setting people to work, face fit mask testing, plant vehicle marshal, BMS awareness.

·       Compiling safety alerts and publish same across the project.

·       Writing weekly safety reports to publish to site and project Directors.

·       Attend weekly progress meetings with site teams as well as pre-work meetings.

·       Compile fire safety plans and emergency response plans for the site when it was required.

·       Act as a point of contact for assistance for health and safety matters for those on site.

·       Investigate accident/ near misses/ RIDDORs – different levels of investigation depending on severity of incident.  Carry out full human factors investigation (HFACS) and compile reports on same which are submitted to Directors.

·       Manage a small team of Advisors when Management is abstracted/ on annual leave.

·       Act as the Project lead for the onsite behaviour safety programme (Challenging Beliefs, Affecting Behaviours – GT/ Morrisons).  Ensuring it is rolled out effectively across the project and followed by site teams with whom I work closely with.

WM Donald - Civil engineering contractor

·       Carry out detailed health and safety inspections highlighting non-conformances/ good practice in line with CDM regulations and company/ client standards.  These reports are submitted to directors of the project.

·       Carry out audits of work carried out against a set procedure(s)/ CDM regulations and compile detailed reports for Senior Management.

·       Carry out training in a range of topics – setting people to work, face fit mask testing, plant vehicle marshal.

·       Compiling safety alerts and publish same across the company and out with the company.

·       Writing weekly safety reports to publish to sites and Senior Management team.

·       Attend monthly management meetings and pre-start meetings for projects.

·       Compile fire safety plans and emergency response plans for the site when it is required.

·       Act as a point of contact for assistance for health and safety matters for those on site.

·       Investigate accident/ near misses/ RIDDORs – different levels of investigation depending on severity of incident.

·       Assist with ISO internal audits when required to do and compile reports.

·       Write and implement new health and safety policies/ procedures.

·       Act as a conduit of change striving towards a more rounded safety culture making change at all levels within the company.

Director at M2 Safety Consultants.