QMUL - Capital Projects Health and Safety Manager

QMUL - Capital Projects Health and Safety Manager

Capital Projects Health and Safety Manager Candidate Information Pack

QMUL is a unique, world- class global University with a long, proud and distinctive history. As one of the UK’s leading research-focused higher education institutions, we have more than 32,000 students, 4,500 staff and an annual turnover of £535m.

Contents

• Message from the President and Principal

• About Queen Mary, University of London

• The role of Capital Projects Health and Safety Manager

• Job Description and Person Specification

• Further Information and How to Apply

Message from the President and Principal

Thank you for your interest in this role and in Queen Mary University of London. Working at Queen Mary means being part of a unique, world-class global University with a long, proud and distinctive history.

University of London. Working at Queen Mary means being part of a unique, world-class global University with a long, proud and distinctive history.

Our founding institutions, the London Hospital Medical College, St Bartholomew’s Medical College, Westfield College and Queen Mary College, were founded to provide hope and opportunity for the less privileged and otherwise under-represented. Today, we remain true to the vision of our founders by continuing to improve lives locally, nationally and internationally through the seamless combination of our world-leading strengths in education and research. The Queen Mary community – our staff, students and alumni – is the heart and soul of our University. We are proud to provide an inclusive and nurturing environment so that staff and students from all backgrounds can develop, flourish and achieve their full potential.

I look forward to welcoming you to our unique University and working with you to realise our ambitions.

Professor Colin Bailey, President and Principal

Welcome to Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London teach and research across a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences, medicine and dentistry, and science and engineering.

Based in a creative and culturally diverse area of east London, the main site in Mile End is one of the largest self-contained residential campuses in the capital.

Our research excellence

Queen Mary has made a strategic commitment to the highest quality of research. The University has invested in this principle by systematically recruiting the best academics in their disciplines from around the world.

The results of the most recent national assessment of research – the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) – have confirmed its place in the very top group of research-led universities in the UK.

Overall it was ranked 9th in the UK among multi-faculty universities and 5th in the UK for the percentage of our 3* and 4* research outputs.

Russell Group institution

Queen Mary is one of 24 leading UK universities represented by the Russell Group, that are committed to maintaining the very best research, an outstanding teaching and learning experience, excellent graduate employability and unrivalled links with business and the public sector.

High-quality learning experience

Queen Mary offers students a stimulating, supportive and high-quality learning experience, with teaching inspired by our world-leading research.

QMUL have invested in new facilities over the past five years to offer its students an exceptional learning environment. Recent developments include the £39m Graduate Centre, providing 7,700 square metres of learning and teaching space, and the new Dental Hospital, home to the Institute of Dentistry, the UK’s first new dental school in forty years. Future developments include the planned new school of Business and Management (8,500 square metres).

Estates & Facilities

The Estates and Facilities Directorate is core to the University’s strategic ambition to provide a world-class managed estate with excellent facilities for staff and students.

The mission of Estates & Facilities is to ensure that the campus buildings, environment, and facilities reach the highest standard of design, sustainability, and presentation. This is to reflect the ambition of Queen Mary, enhance the student experience and promote QMUL as a world class academic institution. As part of the QMUL’s ambitious Strategy 2030, extensive focus will be placed on enhancing, growing and better utilising the QMUL estate portfolio to create a physical environment that supports our posi- tion as an inclusive, world-class university.

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About the role

QMUL is seeking to appoint a Capital Projects Health & Safety Manager to champion health and safety excellence across the University’s £multi-million portfolio of estate development projects. The University has bold ambitions over the next decade that will see QMUL grow and advance significantly as a leading research and teaching institution globally. This includes growth of student numbers in London by circa 10,000 (headcount) with c. 70,000m2 of the estate to be developed by 2030 through the delivery of several interdependent major capital projects. Within the Estates and Facilities Directorate the Capital Projects team are responsible for the Master Planning and Development of all campuses forming the QMUL estate. The team manage a large-scale capital programme from inception to completion, delivering projects on budget, on programme and to a high standard of quality. The Capital Projects Health & Safety Manager will champion health and safety excellence and provide professional health and safety guidance for QMUL’s construction, refurbishment, alteration and engineering projects and will ensure that QMUL fully complies with all statutory duties imposed under the umbrella of construction health and safety, specifically the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations.

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We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with relevant industry experience in a construction health and safety management role. We are keen to encourage a diverse range of applications, and believe that suitable candidates may have gained experience in a client-side, consultancy or contractor-side roles as a construction safety professional or CDM lead. Candidates should possess or being working towards qualifications in safety appropriate to construction management, such as NEBOSH General Certificate, NEBOSH Construction Certificate and IOSH membership. The role offers a fantastic career development opportunity for a construction safety professional to play an influential role in the successful and safe delivery of a diverse, £multi-million construction project portfolio over the next decade.

University of Surrey

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Duties and Responsibilities

Job Description

Job Title:

Capital Projects Health and Safety Manager

School/Dept/Institute Centre/Faculty:

Professional Services / Estates and Facilities Head of Health and Safety, Estates and Facilities

Reports to:

Hours per week:

Full-time (35 hrs)

Appointment period: Current Location: Work activity type:

Indefinite

All Campuses

Admin/Operational/Technical and Support

Job Context

The Capital Projects team are responsible for the Master Planning and Development of all campuses forming the Queen Mary University of London estate. The team manage a large capital programme from inception to completion, delivering projects on budget, on programme and to a high standard of quality. The improvement in facilities supports academic research and enhances the student experience. All projects are completed with the highest standards of Health and Safety.

Job Purpose

To champion health and safety excellence and provide professional health and safety guidance for Queen Mary, University of London’s construction, refurbishment, alteration and engineering projects and to ensure that Queen Mary, University of London fully complies with all statutory duties imposed under the umbrella of construction health and safety, specifically the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations as well as fulfilling the role of Principal Designer where required.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

1. To ensure all projects fully comply with all statutory requirements regarding Health and Safety, specifically the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations. Including competency assessment of consultants and contractors, ensuring the timely delivery of pre-construction information, the suitability of Construction Phase Health & Safety Plans, Operating and Maintenance manuals and the Health and Safety File. 2. Undertake regular site audits and compile suporting reports to continuously monitor and improve the health and safety performance of contractors on site highlighting both good and bad behaviour and instigate and proactively manage rectification / improvements where required liasing with contractor representatives, in-house staff and project consultants as required.. Attend all project site meetings and provide health and safety reports and present same at project board meetings. 3. To undertake the duties of the Principal Designer under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations for all projects designed by the in-house team and to assess, monitor and advise external Principal Designers apoiunted for all major projects.

4. To represent the Capital Projects team at all Health and Safety meetings, including the main University Health and Safety Advisory Group and other Safety Groups as required.

5. Support the implementation of the Estates and Facilities Health and Safety Management System. Attend and provide advice and reports as required in collaboration with colleagues within Estates and Facilities, external consultants and the University’s Health and Safety Directorate. Take responsibility for specific projects and lead formal working groups. 6. To support staff, consultants and contractors, identify training needs and develop and deliver or procure relevant training programmes, CPD and tool-box talks to improve health and safety competences and behaviours. Monitor, oversee and arrange external providers as required. 7. To assess, comment on and approve Risk Assessments and Method Statements and prepare Permits to Work for contractors undertaking work on the Queen Mary, University of London estate in accordance with established procedures. Carry out / contribute to contractor inductions to ensure the Queen Mary, University of London safety expecations are acknowledged and accepted by all site staff.

8. To regularly inspect / audit design proposals and works on site to ensure that the highest standards of health and safety are being maintained as well as full compliance with statutory requirements.

9. Lead the investigation of any accidents, near-misses on site or breaches of Health & Safety Legislation in accordance with University proceedures in conjunction with the University’s Health and Safety Directorate and external regulators as applicable, ensuring full compliance with statutory requirements (ie RIDDOR). Compile and present detailed reports and maintain a log and audit trail to identify trends. Develop action / improvement plans and lessons learnt reports and, where required, be involved in implementing them proactively. 10.Liaise with and develop good working relationships with the University’s Health and Safety Directorate and Safety representatives of all other departments within the University concerning the activities of the Estates and Facilities Directorate.

11. Liaise with external bodies such as local authorities and specialist groups on health and safety issues and initiatives.

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Person Specification

This table lists the essential and desirable requirements needed in order to perform the job effectively. Candidates will be shortlisted based on the extent to which they meet these requirements.

Requirements

Essential / Desirable

Qualifications Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject

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E

NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent

D

NEBOSH Construction Certificate

D

Membership of IOSH at graduate or chartered level

Experience/ Knowledge

E

Significant, relevant experience in a construction health and safety role for similar sized complex organisation or major contractor Experience of developing policies and procedures, together with health and safety information management

E

E E E

Experience of health and safety risk management

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