Consultant Profile

• Provision of competent H&S advice to a rapidly growing company (previously a group of six companies that merged into one between 2012 and present)
• Provision of construction focused H&S advice to key clients
• Provision of independent H&S audits and fire risk assessments to key clients
• Liaison with client H&S stakeholders.
• Carrying out and presenting the results of audit reports in line with regulatory requirements
• Designed, implemented and maintained health & safety management system meeting regulatory requirements and managing the high risks to which the companies are exposed.
• Achieved and maintained OHSAS 18001 certification for health & safety management systems via BM Trada auditing. Investigating implementation of ISO 45001
• Developed organisational environmental management systems to allow the companies to achieve ISO 14001 accreditation.
• Implemented systems for and carried out workplace/task inspections and audits to meet requirements of internal and external stakeholders.
• Developed and managed implementation of risk control measures in high risk areas (e.g. laboratories in the petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries or live data centres) in consultation with stakeholders responsible for the work area.
• Changing perception of workplace health, safety and environment procedures at all levels within a growing group of companies.
• Designed and implemented in-house training presentations for different aspects of health and safety tailored to different levels of employee (e.g. training on latest version of Construction (Design and Management) Regulations for directors; risk assessment/method statement/permit to work procedures for project managers)
• Advising on available external training courses where in-house training is not appropriate or particular industry recognised certification/qualification is required.
• Communication, co-ordination and co-operation with client employees responsible for health, safety and environmental to ensure JCA meet client expectations as well as regulatory requirements.
• Approved IOSH Managing and Working Safely trainer, achieved IOSH training licenses for employer to deliver standard IOSH Managing and Working Safely.

• Provision of health and safety advice to maintenance department of the company focusing on working at height, man riding lifting equipment and construction legislation.
• Assist division Health and Safety Advisor with duties in all areas of the wider division
• Advising clients on requirements of lifting legislation and guidance within the appropriate British Standard including changing client perception of the maintenance and upgrades to ensure the needs of the legislation and guidance are met.
• Managing consultation meetings with employees and communicating information gathered to both company and divisional stakeholders along with any recommendations for action.
• Implementation of site audits to ensure company safety procedures are implemented by operatives
• Design and implementation of log books to manage safe systems of work and audit records for client equipment maintained by the company.
• Advise on and assist with site/task specific risk assessments and method statements ensuring that hierarchy of controls is considered by managers and supervisors responsible for these documents.

G O Safety Solutions Ltd was formed to provide competent health and safety advice and ongoing support to companies of all scopes and scales. The focus will be on companies who wish to develop their health and safety systems however some larger organisation prefer an additional external level of support to help their existing inhouse health and safety team. This will be balanced with providing IOSH licensed training as both open and closed (inhouse to client) courses.