QHSE Lead

QHSE Lead

Reporting to the Head of CI, this role will be responsible for leading the QHSE team across all SMD sites. The QHSE Lead is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining the organisation's Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental management systems.

The role ensures compliance with regulatory requirements, customer expectations, and industry standards while driving a culture of continuous improvement, operational excellence, and risk reduction across the business.

Key duties will also include developing, implementing and maintaining SMD’s certification with ISO
9001, ISO
45001, ISO
14001

Other key duties include:

• Supporting the Group’s management review processes.
• Producing monthly QHSE performance analysis, reporting to the Head of CI.
• Providing ideas, opportunities and challenges across all business streams to instil continuous improvement.
• Support and facilitate improvement activities in SMD implementing best practices for change management
• Monitor safety and quality standards and ensure compliance with these requirements.
• Liaising with external bodies such as the Environmental Agency, Local Authorities, Regulators and LRQA.
• Supporting fire risk assessment audits annually at each UK site.
• Carrying out accident investigation with the injured party and report significant findings.
• Lead root cause analysis investigation on major HSER’s and NCR’s. Through 8D, 5
  
  Why, Ishikawa diagram and FMEA methodologies.
• Quarterly review of key databases for trend analysis, such as, Risk Register, NCR’s, Services Cases, Warranty spend, Infield reports and incidence etc.
• Chair monthly Senior Quality Review reviewing Infield issues, Major NCRS and customer feedback. Tracking those items the company will invest in long term resolutions.

What skills and qualifications do I need?

This person should have formal qualifications or relevant experience in a Quality or a HSE subject. Experience with Continuous Improvement activities. Experience with Quality and Safety management systems is a must as is experience in manufacturing or engineering.

You will need excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Building strong working relationships and the ability to influence at all levels, are key requirements for this role as you will work across the organisation. The ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload is also required.

For 50 years, SMD has partnered with pioneers in industry and science to take technology and engineering to places that people have never been.

We specialise in the design, manufacture and deployment of remotely operated and autonomous power and control solutions. They help our partners around the globe to harness the potential of the most challenging subsea environments with maximum safety, efficiency and sensitivity. Our collaboration has delivered 12 world-firsts on critical client projects, and our teams are always willing to break new ground, and work with a smile.