EHS Bu Lead

Mercury is the European leader in construction solutions.

We build and manage complex engineering & construction projects for the world’s leading corporations. Our solutions help deliver technologies and life changing advancements that connect people, communities, and businesses, giving them the power to achieve incredible things. Our people have the courage to be innovative. Their determination and sharp focus enable us to deliver with certainty, time and time again.

We deliver our clients’ visions through leading edge construction solutions across multiple sectors, including Enterprise Data Centres, Advanced Technology & Life Sciences, Hyperscale Data Centres, Fire Protection.

At Mercury, it is our duty to encourage and back our people to realise their vision of themselves. We place them at the heart of what we do, providing challenging opportunities to develop within a great team in a supportive environment that allows them to reach their full potential.

**Scope of the Role**:
The EHS BU Lead is responsible for leading standards of environmental protection and health and safety within their Business Unit at both an organizational and individual employee level. Reporting to the Head of Health & Safety, the role supports a team of health and safety professionals including EHS Leads, EHS Advisors, and other members of the project-level EHS teams such as environmental engineers, nurses, paramedics, clerks, and possibly junior EHS staff or graduates.

The success of the EHS BU Lead lies in close liaison with the Operations Directors, Divisional Business Unit Managers, and Project Managers. Furthermore, process-based liaison with the BU Document Controllers, Procurement Managers, and Commercial & Estimation teams for critical processes such as process review & pre-construction is key.

This person will work to ensure that Mercury delivers standards of excellence through both proactive and reactive engagement, ensuring best-in-class delivery, including standards and expectations, and supporting the delivery of business unit-wide EHS campaigns, programs, and initiatives. Extensive travel to all operational sites across the relevant division and in all geographies is required. The ability to positively influence our site and BU leadership teams in the support of and drive for world-class EHS standards and behaviours is a key attribute.

The EHS BU Manager will be required to work hand in hand with our clients, ensuring that Mercury, Client, and industry best practices are implemented and maintained.

**Key Responsibilities of the Role**:

- Provide 'hands-on' help, support, and assistance to all projects within remit, BU stakeholders, client representatives, and the supply chain.
- Liaise with clients in a timely and professional manner, including responses to queries, promotion of best practices, closeout of incidents and NCRs, and participation in client-based campaigns and requests.
- Ensure early engagement with all new projects to facilitate the success of project setup is of the highest standard.
- Work closely with the PQQ/Procurement teams to ensure that all possible supply chain partners are adequately reviewed within a reasonable timeframe.
- Develop and maintain strong networks throughout the business unit, communicating widely and appropriately to build a positive EHS culture.
- Set Audit Targets, review adherence to set targets and the quality of the completed audits on a monthly basis.
- Conduct regular reviews/spot checks of all open pending EHS issues in relation to critical open actions.
- Formal auditing of projects regularly, at least quarterly, focusing on significant risks first and reporting findings to the Head of Health & Safety, Project Management, and BU Directors.
- Review the BU analytics and trends at least monthly, identifying key risks and opportunities and deep diving the top 3 significant risks to drive key risk reduction strategies.
- Validate the need for Alerts, Bulletins, and other communication content and approve those prepared by others, ensuring this communication is shared throughout the Business.
- Work with the estimation & tender teams to ensure best-in-class tender packages are delivered on time and in full.
- Drive and prepare the BU’s EHS Strategy on a quarterly basis, deliver the strategies to key BU Management & EHS teams.
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities to eliminate recurrence, potential, or likelihood of risks, focussing on process & Design safety improvement planning.
- Ensure that all incident reports, NCRs, SIPs, and action plans are reviewed, scrutinized, and vetted by the Head of Health & Safety prior to release.
- Act as a 'torchbearer' for the 'Safety Management System' within their BU and use Lunch & Learns to cascade relevant SMS knowledge to new teams/staff.
- Focus on new staff and ensure that a robust engagement program is followed for all new staff, ensuring that key knowledge is shared within adequate timelines.
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