A new role in a technical department, primarily to build a Networking relationship between the 18 industry sector Groups at Stakeholder level to better understand the needs of all industry members in order to fulfil their needs to develop at any level, from apprentice to senior Fellowship members. To understand the needs of our industries via the IOSH Branches and report back to senior members of IOSH so as to improve and achieve global recognition as the number one H&S body as per the 2022 Strategy, to Enhance, Collaberate and Influence. This involves not only working within the Intellegenge and Information team, but with the Reaserch team, Public Affairs team, Global team, Media, Web, Commercial and Membership teams. Assisting, supporting and attending  industry led events, seminars and meetings. Dealing with third party stakeholders and setting up communications between key personell.  

Report directly to the company director, with his guidance I implemented and advised on all H&S matters for the Facilities team liaising with our client and my NHS Trust and Brookfield Construction counterparts. I ensured that H&S was co-ordinated for the NHS trust where I was based. This formed part of a Private Finance Initiative project of which there were three separate Trusts as well as our client (the Landlord), I therefore had a close working relationship with a number of senior stakeholders.

There were a number of contractors who I assisted in managing the wide range of shared services on site. This included, Security, Catering and Portering services, to ensure all providers are offered a co-ordinated approach to H&S on site, which was paramount. As well as sitting on the Trusts Senior H&S committee at the Peterborough PFI Hospital, I also  had specific roles including, the Authorised Person for Medical Gas and the Resposible Person for Water Management (Legionella).

The campus which had in excess of £70m of M&E installation including its HV island, a stand alone City Care Centre as well as the on site Mental Health Unit.

 My role involved

• Reporting to and adising the company director and Senior Mamagement Team
• Implementing, carrying out and monitoring H&S standards via H&S auditing
• Workplace inspections
• Accident investigations
• Carrying out and reviewing risk assessments for projects, contracts and assessing standards completed by other team members
• Risk assess and report on work place areas, high risk tasks and project work
• Review H&S training needs and oversee the training matrix
• Carry out H&S training
• Implement and oversee Permit to Work requirements and standards
• Review, audit and implement compliance monitoring systems
• Lead point of contact when externally audited from both a compliance and H&S perspective 

To allow implementation of safe systems into the workplace, I reviewed and updated contract policies and procedures along with the site and company H&S policy, the practical procedures required to implement safe systems into the workplace, ways to influence and promote a positive safety culture at all levels. There were a range of hazardous substances used within the facilities role and I had responsibility for managing the COSHH management system (Sypol) across the contract. 

From a Facilities perspective, I assisted in the implementation and maintaining strict technical standards within the contract KPI’s and NHS Hospital Technical Memorandum’s. Taking the lead in the management of contractors and specialist sub-contractors, ensuring they were aware of the hazards associated with the work they carried out and that they followed the safe systems expected of them. In both Technical and H&S I acted in a supporting and advisory capacity at all levels. Working closely at director level across the contract, I reported directly to the Brookfields Contract Director and was part of a Senior Management Team reporting on a monthly basis. I set up and rolled out e-learning and project managed the new waste management contract across all related Trust sites. At the time of leaving I was in the process of setting up an Integrated Management System (IMS) for the contract.