Mrs Lynne Symes
Overview
Specialisms
Industry | Years Experience |
---|---|
Retail | 5 |
Construction | 10 |
Public services | 5 |
Chemicals | 5 |
Molten metals | 5 |
Engineering | 20 |
Work History
Role | From - To | Job Title / Description |
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Site Safety Officer | 04.1985 - 09.1989 | Role at high purity chemical and precious metal refinmery. Included monitoring occupational exposure levels of various hazardous materials and noise, monitoring, implementing, and providing the training for the permit-to-work system, liasing with insurance assessor on claims, maintaining safety records and statistics and assisting with health & safety advice for subsidiary companies |
Regional Safety Adviser | 10.1989 - 05.1995 | Working for water & sewage company. Work included planning, controlling, and writing policies and procedures, leading and advising other safety staff, compiling and editing the Company Safety Manual, sitting on a national steering group that was overseeing the development of guidelines for hazardous areas (explosive atmospheres) in the water industry, civil defence planning. |
Senior Safety Consultant | 06.1995 - 06.1996 | Role included Planning Supervisor services for various projects, development of Safety Plans for government contract, development of CDM Course for client, audit of procedures for LUL Project Management Services |
Group Safety Adviser | 07.1996 - 12.1997 | Inspecting, auditing and monitoring health and safety on a variety of civil construction sites, including commercial properties |
Health & Safety Officer | 03.2002 - 08.2002 | Short term contract maternity cover. Work included risk assessments, Revision of Safety Policy and Safety Manuals, method statements |
Safety Advisor | 06.2003 - 09.2006 | Work with highway maintenance company including advising on health & safety for several multi-million pound highway maintenance contracts, assisting with both internal & external IMS audits to European Standards, Sitting on working parties to define group policy and procedures for health & safety, incident investigations, training, site auditing, setting up, administering and interpreting HSE Climate Survey, |
HSQE Manager | 10.2006 - 08.2011 | Facilities Management company role. Work included advising on Health & Safety on Client’s contract (Commercial Premises), Health, Safety & Environmental Audits – A major project completed whilst in post including full audit of all Clients UK premises, training of engineers – Risk Assessment, asbestos, driving at work, COSHH, etc., asbestos management – planning of a major asbestos stripping exercise, project Safety on a range of minor works, monitoring and advising on noise issues for Client. |
Health & Safety Manager | 10.2011 - 03.2013 | For high street retailer. Work included fire risk assessments, including managing project to implement findings across the portfolio, store compliance audits, negotiating with enforcement officers as required and managing solutions, anaging risk assessment findings to improve H&S in stores, training, implementation of new H&S system |
Senior Safety Consultant | 10.2013 - 04.2016 | Work includes visiting and advising clients on all aspects of health & safety, dealing with complaints and supporting and mentoring other consultants and Business Development Managers |
Membership of Professional Bodies
Professional Body | Membership | Member since | OSHCR Eligible Since |
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IOSH | Chartered Member (CMIOSH) | 04.1988 | 02.2007 |
Qualifications
Accrediting Institute | Type | Qualification | Date passed |
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Other | Degree or Above | BSc Health & Safety | 12.1984 |
Other | Diploma | Post Graduate Diploma Risk Management & Safety Technology | 06.1995 |
Further Information
I have been a Menber of IOSH since 1998, a Registered Safety Practiotioner and a Chartered Member.