QHSE Manager IFM (Quality, Health, Safety & Environmental)

Job Introduction

An excellent opportunity to showcase your experience within Integrated Facilities Management – across food safety/health and safety and quality/continuous improvement.

You will be implementing the Sodexo Integrated Management System including Quality, Health, Safety and environmental best practice, across all elements of service delivery platforms within Sodexo, ensuring compliance with current health and safety legislation, approved codes of practice and company policies and procedures.  Focusing on adherence to service excellence and continuous improvement of the management system.

You'll work proactively with managers to establish and maintain safe systems of work, and a safe environment for colleagues and customers in an integrated facilities management business, responsible for business operations in food production and service; retail operations; hotel services and building fabric/engineering services.

You will ensure that there is a provision of competent safety advice to all managers and front line staff across the Colchester, USAFE and LSG, liaising with the client and Sodexo Defence HSE Executive on safety matters on both an emergency and routine basis, ensuring that a developed programme is in place, and support is provided for the Safety Advisor

Role Responsibility

• Develop and lead the operation and promotion of an integrated management system, encompassing a pro-active improvement culture in environmental, food safety and health and safety across the regions. Utilising the Sodexo management system policies and procedures, including risk assessment, accident prevention, health initiatives and acknowledged personal responsibility.
• Facilitate the maintenance and management of environmental health, safety and well-being through systems, audit/ inspection and the establishment of high standards and expectations on employees of service excellence and safety awareness behaviours / performance.
• Maintain an Integrated Management System audit programme for Health & Safety, environmental  and Quality standards and to ensure that all units are audited every 6 months through effective deployment of the trained auditors within the contract.
• Report on the performance of the IMS system at Management review meetings, and use this as a forum for any improvements.
• Advise on matters relating to the Environment and Health and Safety at work including the obligations and responsibilities of managers and employees; and provide comprehensive and practical advice to managers on best practice.
• Undertake environmental health and safety planning, including the setting of goals, agreeing priorities, and establishing adequate systems for performance management.
• (In conjunction with the Learning and Development Manager), assist in the delivery of comprehensive operational technical training to promote, develop and sustain a positive Health and Safety awareness culture throughout business operations
• Provide appropriate accident investigation methodology to ensure personal management accountability and improve risk management, including monitoring and interpretation of statistical data and formulate into a monthly report
• Management of client relationships and expectations relevant to the job role. Maintain formal and informal communications with clients, Sodexo Defence HSE Executive, sub contractors and customers. A positive pro-active approach must be made to the client as well as being supportive to their needs
• Compliance to all company/contract, documentation, audits and administration procedures are carried out to the company standard
• Legislative compliance, ensuring that all HSE aspects of the business are conducted in accordance with all relevant statutory requirements and Codes of Practice

The Ideal Candidate

• Comprehensive exerience in an Integrated Facilities Management business with responsibility for food and health/safety
• Demonstrable achievement of continuous improvement in the workplace
• Internal auditor in an ISO standard – 9001/14001/18001 and willingness to complete conversion course
• Ability to meet requirements of Level 6 Safety Qualification within a six months period
• Ability to meet requirements of Level 4 Food Safety Qualification within a six months period
• Professional qualifications that demonstrate professional development in integrated facilities management – across food safety/health and safety and quality/continuous improvement methodologyCertificate level environmental qualification
• Good organisational and communication skills, and production of concise information.
• Ability to prioritise, work to tight deadlines, both prescribed and self – imposed.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships at all levels.

Desirable

• Affiliation to a suitable professional chartered body
• Responsibility for a management system operation
• CMIOSH

• Please note:  we are receiving many applications with purely H&S experience.  However, we are seeking Quality experience in addition to this.

Package Description

Band B

Competitive

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

About Sodexo Defence
Working in partnership with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) since 1986, Sodexo Defence provides a wide range of support services from catering, retail and leisure, clerical support and cleaning through to accommodation stores management, transport and security services to support British service personnel and their families.

We employ over 7,000 permanent employees across the UK, operating on 87 military bases including in Cyprus and in the Falkland Islands. We manage a wide range of MOD contracts from Garrison multiactivity contracts and simple cleaning contracts to providing complete facilities management through 35 year private finance initiatives.