PointSafe provides health & Safety consultancy and training based on its core Values; Honesty, Individuality, Sustainability and Adding Value.

We offer expert health and safety consultancy services to help ensure that your organisation is legally compliant. Specialising in the construction, property and education sectors our innovative training and workshops inject passion and fun into what can be dry subjects. Visit our website for our range of services and also to visit our gallery of health, safety and environmental photographs for use in toolbox talks and presentations etc.

I provided health and safety leadership and support for those delivering a variety services including:

• Architecture and design
• Building surveying
• Civil and structural engineering
• Building Services engineering
• Project and programme management
• Cost management
• Estates and asset management
• ICT Consultancy
• Advisory services

Reporting to the Director, I provided professional advice and guidance to the business. Tasks include production of board reports, leadership tours, accident investigations, developing and delivering workshops and training sessions, producing annual SHE strategy, carrying out audits and inspections.

Kier Workplace Services provided specialist teams and technology solutions to create and maintain great workplaces. Enabling clients to focus on their core business.

My role was to support the business; ensuring compliance to Kier policy, legislation and other requirements, I managed a team of SHE Advisors who provided specialist support to our broad range of clients and services.

My team and I looked after the health and safety of KWS and its stakeholers at prestigious and critcal client estates such as:

• The Royal Opera House
• The Royal Shakespeare Company
• Multiple Local Authorities
• Numerous schools
• Hospitals and NHS premises

Having enjoyed a successful and happy time with CTS, I transferred into Carillion Services. My role was to provide advice, guidance and support to the team of Managers and operatives providing construction and hard services to a large, complex and challenging estate.

My role included management, tracking and delivering performance against our Key Performance Indicators and helping ensure that our client and end users got the safest, best possible service. Key personal and business successes while I was in the role included:

• Zero lost time incidents
• Zero RIDDORs
• Zero high risk near misses
• Introduced culture of engagement and improvement
• Personal winner of the 'Lean' management award - held across Carillion
• Key role in ensuring that in just 12 months, the contract was top of the compliance and excellence league table against peer contracts and in the top ten overall (from more than 100 contracts)
• Prepared plans and documentation which led to a successful certification audit by Bureau Veritas

Following Carillion's acquisition of Mowlem, I became HSEQ Manager for Carillion's construction apprentice business and a key member of the senior management team. Responsible for the health and safety of more than 1500 construction apprentices, included extensive visits to construction and civils sites. Key successes include:

Reducing overall accident numbers within the business from 270 PA to 40 PA
Increasing the number of positive interventions (Don't Walk By) raised within the business from 200 PA to more than 55000 PA
Winner of Carillion international award for safety excellence
Sector winners of international Carillion sustainability award
Writing submissions to win five RoSPA Gold Awards and Gold Medal for safety excellence
Winner of the RoSPA industry sector award for education - competitive award
Personal winner of 3 Carillon values awards for professional delivery and innovation

In parallel with my role in Carillion Training Services, I was given responsibility for Carillion’s recruitment business. Key activities; leadership visits to client sites to ensure welfare of agency workforce and client relationships. Diverse range of site visits including civils, rail and construction. Key personal and business successes while I was in the role include:

Ensured continued certification to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.
Implemented numerous improvement initiatives, these included; accident review panels, safety involvement teams and efficiency drives.
Wrote submission to achieve RoSPA Gold Award at the first attempt.
I designed an initiative that saved or brought in approximately £50k over a 3-month period.

In addition to my core role, I also worked as a Job Coach mentor for the Business Action on Homelessness charity. I was personally responsible for finding 3 formerly homeless people full time employment, which was 5% of Carillion PLCs overall target.

Providing advice, support and guidance to a diverse portfolio of Government contracts nationwide including those providing services to the Ministry of Defence and Her Majesty's Customs and Revenue