Job Description

The Team Lead - HSE plays a critical role in ensuring that construction projects comply with established quality standards and meet all regulatory Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) requirements. This role involves managing, auditing, and monitoring construction contractors to uphold safety protocols, minimize risks, and ensure a safe working environment for all personnel.

The Team Lead - HSE is responsible for establishing and implementing processes and procedures that promote a culture of safety and ensure the smooth and compliant operation of construction sites. Their duties align with GHD’s HSE management system and relevant industry codes, ensuring that all safety protocols are met while driving continuous improvements in health and safety performance.

Responsibilities

• Document Preparation: Edit document in line with organizational style guidelines and prepare information for publication.
• Insights and Reporting: Prepare and coordinate the completion of various data and analytics reports.
• Data Collection and Analysis: Conduct research using primary data sources, and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
• Information and Business Advice: Provide specialist advice on the interpretation and application of policies and procedures, resolving queries and issues and referring very complex or contentious issues to others.
• Internal Communications: Execute a communications plan within established internal communication systems and procedures.
• Regulatory and Compliance Management: Help design and implement a compliance program, liaising with the regulator to ensure the program adheres to regulatory and compliance standards. This may also involve supervising the activities of a regulatory/compliance team.
• Health, Safety, and Environment: Monitor and review performance against health, safety, and environment (HSE) key performance indicators (KPIs) and patterns of behavior within the area of responsibility. Take action to improve performance and to resolve noncompliance with the organization's HSE policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions.
• Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Audit Compliance: Manage a portfolio of audit assignments. Ensure that the team plans and delivers audits that cover identified risk areas, and that appropriate corrective actions are agreed on with auditees. Resolve issues arising from audits and refer serious or contentious issues to the audit program leader.

Competencies

• Ensures Accountability – Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. For example, tracks performance and strives to remain effective, learning from both successes and failures. Readily takes on challenges or difficult tasks and has reputation for delivering on commitments.
• Manages Ambiguity – Operates effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear. For example, responds effectively to unclear situations, seeks to resolve ambiguity and make progress. Seeks guidance on how to adapt to changes, responds with appropriate composure and effectiveness.
• Business Insight – Applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals. For example, clearly understands how own activities relate to critical business drivers. Monitors business news and market changes for impact on the business or on own expertise area; uses this to shape decisions.
• Communicates Effectively – Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. For example, tailors communication content and style to the needs of others. Pays attention to others' input and perspectives, asks questions, and summarizes to confirm understanding.
• Manages Complexity – Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example, looks at complex issues from multiple angles; explores issues to uncover underlying issues and root causes; sees the main consequences and implications of different options.
• Decision Quality – Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. For example, knows when to act independently and when to escalate issues. Integrates various inputs, decision criteria, and trade-offs to make effective decisions. Typically makes good independent decisions.
• Financial Acumen – Interprets and applies key financial indicators to make better business decisions. For example, swiftly assembles and fluently interprets the financial data and metrics relevant to the role. Draws rich insights from financial and quantitative data. Adheres to relevant budgetary guidelines.
• Persuades – Uses compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others. For example, convinces others through a variety of means and methods of persuasion, including well-reasoned rationale. Recognizes when compromise is necessary and shifts approach to accommodate others.
• Balances Stakeholders – Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders. For example, shows a strong commitment to identifying all relevant issues and making decisions that maximize outcomes for all key stakeholders. Engages effectively with multiple stakeholders and responds with well-balanced, win-win solutions.
• Instills Trust – Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. For example, demonstrates integrity, upholding professional codes of conduct. Instills trust by following through on agreements and commitments despite competing priorities and by being honest and straightforward.
• Optimizes Work Processes – Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement. For example, encourages and rewards continuous improvement and quality outcomes. Equips others to handle day-to-day tasks effectively on their own. Integrates systems to improve quality and service.

Skills

• Data Collection and Analysis – Works at an advanced level to determine and analyze trends from data that is collected to assist in compiling reports that will help in decision-making. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Verbal Communication – Works at an advanced level to express ideas, request actions, formulate plans, & policies by means of clear and effective verbal communications. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Compliance software – Works at an advanced level to automate compliance tasks, maintain regulatory compliance, and generate reports for auditing purposes. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Auditing – Works with full competence to conduct audits, identifying exceptions, and developing specific solution or recommendations. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Presentation Skills – Works with full competence to communicate and deliver information verbally in a clear, concise and compelling manner to other people. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Policy and procedures – Works at an advanced level to monitor, interpret and understand policies and procedures and ensure their alignment with organizational strategies and work objectives. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Legal Compliance and Procedures – Works at an advanced level to ensure adherence to relevant laws, regulations, and internal policies within legal proceedings and documentation. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Writing skills – Works with full competence to express ideas, request actions, formulate plans, & policies by means of clear and effective writing. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Numerical Skills – Works at an advanced level to understand numerical concepts and use them to carry out mathematical operations e.g. in order to analyze reports. Typically works independently and provides guidance.
• Database Reporting – Works with full competence to use database reporting tools and techniques. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Categorizing and Classifying Information – Works with full competence to utilize systems and tools to support categorizing and classifying data and information. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Data Control – Works with full competence to acquire, organize, protect and process data in order to fulfill business objectives. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Reporting – Works with full competence to create reports for various audiences as relevant, in a lucid and effective manner, keeping in mind the purpose of reports. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Review and Reporting – Works with full competence to create reports, and review reports created by others, for various audiences as relevant, in a lucid and effective manner, keeping in mind the purpose of reports. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Statistical Techniques – Works with full competence to apply analytical skills and statistical methods for data collection, review, testing, analysis, and conclusion drawing, with a solid understanding of probability theories, data models, and statistical software. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level
• NEBOSH IGC
• NEBOSH DiP Occupational Safety and Health
• ISO45001 OSH Lead Auditor

Experience

• General Experience: Experience enables job holder to deal with the majority of situations and to advise others (Over 10 years)
• Managerial Experience: Experience of general supervision of more junior colleagues (7 to 12 months)

Traits

• Focus – Preference for organization, procedure, and exactitude.
• Need for Achievement – A tendency to work intensely to achieve and exceed difficult standards.
• Persistence – A tendency toward passionate and steadfast pursuit of long-term goals, in spite of obstacles, discouragement, or distraction.
• Composure – The ability to stay calm and poised in stressful, difficult, or ambiguous situations.
• Confidence – The degree to which a person is convinced that they control the course of events in their lives.
• Credibility – The degree of consistency between a person's words and actions.
• Sociability – The natural inclination to engage with and interact with others.
• Adaptability – Comfort with unanticipated changes of direction or approach.
• Optimism – The degree to which people are comfortable with themselves and positive about life.
• Curiosity – The extent to which a person is likely to tackle problems in a novel way, see patterns in complex information, and pursue deep understanding.
• Assertiveness – The degree to which people enjoy taking charge and directing others.
• Situational Self-Awareness – The ability to stay attuned to one's own experiences, motivations, and reactions in the present moment.
• Influence – The ability to motivate and persuade others.
• Empathy – Being attuned to others' feelings, motivations and concerns.
• Openness to Differences – A desire to consider and explore differences in perspective, thought, and experience of persons from a variety of backgrounds.
• Affiliation – A preference for aligning with a larger team or organization toward a common goal.
• Humility – The degree to which a person is seen as courteous, free from self-absorption, and easy to get along with.
• Tolerance of Ambiguity – Comfort with uncertain, vague, or contradictory information that prevents a clear understanding or direction.
• Risk-Taking – A willingness to take a stand or take chances based on limited information.
• Trust – An expectation of honesty and forthrightness on the part of oneself and others.