QHSE and Fuel Handling Team Leader

QHSE and Fuel Handling Team Leader, Widnes, UK What are we looking for?

Do you have a desire to work for a renewable energy provider? Are you a HS&E professional with experience in the power generation business, and are you a team leader who can drive your team to succeed? If so, then you could be the right person to help us create ‘Ever Better Energy’?

Reporting to the Plant Manager you will have a dual role of managing the operation of all quality, health and safety and environmental aspects of the plant whilst also leading the fuel team in undertaking the overall fuel handling duties from fuel reception to by-product removal in a safe and efficient manner.

You will foster an ethos of maximum plant reliability, flexibility and availability whilst still attaining high standards of quality, health and safety & environmental performance and compliance.

• Monitor and promote Company operational and HS&E KPIs and drive a program which delivers against these.
• Provide HSE guidance to the plant team and support corporate initiatives whilst ensuring that statutory requirements and company policies and procedures are developed, reviewed, communicated and implemented appropriately.
• Liaise with all third-party legislative bodies and provide reports as required concerning key metrics such as safety statistics, environmental performance, availability, efficiency and outage rate statistics.
• Act as the site focus for compliance with relevant Health, Safety and Environmental legislation.
• Support the management of change process, assisting to ensure that all new projects are Safety Rules Cleared before they are brought into the system.
• Audit the Emergency preparedness of the team and set up frequent drills to test response.
• Support RCA internal and cross site RCA investigations and promptly share the lessons of all serious safety incidents through Regional SHEQ.
• Ensure the fuel handling and by-product duties are operated with respect to safety, environmental and operational limits at all times, whilst maximising availability, reliability and efficiency.
• Ensure day-to-day compliance with all aspects of the fuel handling systems including, daily routine LOLER and vehicle pre-use checks, fuel handling routines, plant inspections and all on-site traffic management and weighbridge systems are operational and effective.
• Ensure all loading and unloading of general site deliveries, including fuel, by-products and all general plant and office deliveries are undertaken.
• Responsible as the site point of contact for the MSA contract for the reception and collection of all fuel handling products, liaising with the duty shift team leader and security to coordinate all transport movements accordingly, based upon the annual/monthly and weekly forward plan.
• Responsible for the periodic checking of the fuel quality delivered, to ensure it remains within specification and also for the monthly audit/stock take of the fuel held on site.
• Ensure the fuel handling team provides operational support for the operations and maintenance teams to maximise plant performance and safety, particularly with regards general defect rectification, planned and first line reactive maintenance and fault finding.

• NEBOSH or IOSH qualified with a good understanding of all HSE aspects. Qualifications below this may be acceptable if accompanied by suitable experience.
• Prior experience in Operations and/or Maintenance of a large processing facility or similar; ideally a power station or similar Thermal power production infrastructure.
• Previous experience and qualifications in the use of Counterbalance FLT/MEWP’s/Telehandler and Overhead Crane is preferable, although training, as required, will be provided.
• Experience in the use of traffic management and weighbridge facilities would be desirable.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills with the ability to communicate appropriately with all levels of the organisation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage with all stakeholders.
• A self-motivated and adaptable personality who is suited to a culture which is…