Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Highly experienced and passionate health, safety and environmental (EHS) professional who is always looking at innovative and dynamic ways to engage employees around HSE & wellbeing and creating strong proactive cultures. Worked across various sectors, work environments, including, manufacturing, distilleries, visitor centres, warehousing, commercial premises, offices, healthcare laboratories and production, processing facilities. Developed to become a strong senior leader who has driven significant cultural and performance change across multiple geographies and facilities, through impactful influencing and engagement approaches. I have won various global, regional and site EHS awards during my career for implementing innovative EHS programmes and system, process solutions e.g. dynamic risk assessment process; bespoke behavioural based safety programs, commercial driving solutions and contractor management systems. Designed and created numerous health and safety awareness videos during my time in Diageo which have been very well received. Currently looking for a new challenge and opportunity to bring my extensive EHS knowledge and leadership experience to a new organisation.
- Led, created and implemented global health and safety strategy and policy. - Implementation of new global, regional health and safety programmes, standards and procedures - Regularly engaging and influencing global and regional GMs, Senior Leadership Teams - Successful delivery of leading and lagging health and safety KPIs - Member of Global Governance & H&S LTs - Creation and implementation of health and safety capability content and learning hub - Auditing of company premises against global risk management standards and local legislation - Design and implementation of innovative health and safety systems solutions for Change Management, Permit to Work, Chemical Management, Process Safety, & Audit, KPI management, safe driving, global health and safety intranet. - Main point of contact for annual reporting requirements partnering with PWC.
- Leading, engaging and influencing Regional Executive Teams, General Managers, Directors, Managers to implement health, safety and wellbeing (HSW) transformation and improvement programmes and systems. - Lead and implemented commercial safe driving capability and behaviour monitoring system -Mapped out Global Commercial Business HS Standards and Global Commercial Capability Roadmap/Framework - Transformed H&S KPI performance through growing regional leadership capability and culture - Worked closely with PWC to ensure H&S aspect of company annual reporting requirements was delivered - Managing H&S Budget - Auditing of company premises against ISO and internal management standards -Member of Diageo's Global HSLT and responsible for Global HS data and assurance -Creation and launch of numerous engaging HSW themes hazards and risks in gamified way -Design & Launch of EMEA HSW Employee Ideas and Hazard Identification System -Implementation of EMEA business HSW Transformational Strategy & Roadmap -Roll expanded to include Russia & Middle East and North Africa commercial businesses -Creation and design of "hearts and minds" employee engagement in house HSW videos •Provide leadership and management of health and safety at those locations •Working with HR, business unit leaders, General Managers, Facilities, and the Exec team to constantly improve: - Risk Assessment - Emergency Procedures - Safe Driving - Accident Investigation and reporting - Events risk assessments - Situational Awareness and Capability - Wellbeing - General H&S
- Working with senior and middle management to implement HSE strategy across multiple sites - Continuously improving and developing site specific health and safety cultures - Coordinating and conducting risk assessment reviews - People manager with direct report(s) responsibilities - Implementing, maintaining and continuously improving ISO18001 &14001 management systems - Delivery of KPIs for safety & environment - Work closely with HSENI; HSE; HSA; SEPA & NIEA as required - Ensure wastewater treatment plant complied with PPC permit requirements - Ensuring sites legally compliant to EHS legislation and Diageo Risk Management Standards - Conduct site audits and inspections - Training employees on core health and safety subjects
- Worked across three healthcare research facilities with a team of 18 people reporting to myself - Responsible for cradle to grave new buildings, ongoing planned preventative maintenance of all existing buildings and for the health, safety and environmental requirements of these - Ensure clinical waste incinerator complied with directive and PPC permit requirements - Main point of contact for HSE & SEPA - Won employee spotlight of year award for innovative work
- Site H&S lead in bottled water production site - Worked closely with senior and middle management teams to ensure compliance with H&S policies, procedures and legislation