Head of Function - Quality, Health & Safety
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Location: National
Recruiter contact: Sacha Kelly
Job Details
* Location(s): Glasgow, GB; Croydon, GB; Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB; Edinburgh, GB; London, GB; Manchester, GB
* Contract Type: Permanent
* Work Pattern: Full Time
* Market: Various
* Discipline: Health
* Job Ref: 12599
* Seniority level: Director
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Quality Assurance
* Industries: Civil Engineering
Overview Of The Role
As Head of Health, Safety and Quality you will be responsible for the leadership and management of the Health, Safety and Quality team working across our sectors including Transportation, Social Infrastructure, Environment & Water, Energy & Defence, and Built Environment for both internal and external clients. This senior leadership position within the Specialist Advisory Portfolio includes a range of specialisms such as PMO/Project Controls, Risk, Planning, Cost Intelligence & Estimating. We are looking for a team leader with a high level of experience and expertise in Health, Safety and Quality who can bring together the existing Health and Safety and Quality teams and form a coherent group to deliver services across sectors and enable growth opportunities.
Key Accountabilities
* Develop & deliver on strategic direction and strategic growth plan for the Quality Health and Safety Team ensuring tie in with the wider Specialist Advisory Services offering
* Team Lead of 60+ cross sector Health and Safety and Quality resources; comprising both specialists and multi-discipline team members
* Day to day resourcing management of team, minimising downtime and ensuring individuals within the team are meeting their career aspirations and following the career development maps
* Responsible for resourcing and recruitment, ensuring sufficient staff with the right skills are available to deliver current workload and meet the strategy for growth
* Be actively involved in project delivery
* Contribute to sub-sector business plans with view on revenue & profit related to Health, Safety and Quality opportunities
* Lead business development and work winning activities in relation to Health, Safety and Quality.
* Develop an integrated Health, Safety and Quality offering for both internal and external APD clients
* Lead the team to deliver their project and programmes of work ensuring that our internal procedures are followed
* Sponsoring the development of best practice delivery in Quality Health and Safety Management
* Acting as an ambassador for the business at external forums promoting the excellent work of the team and the Mott Macdonald business as a whole
Candidate Specification
* Engaging and inspiring people leader with demonstrable experience of establishing new teams and structure, setting direction, culture and driving high-performance
* Sound business acumen and commercial mindset able to look at things holistically with a track record of maximising opportunities in market
* An effective collaborator and advisor that can position and sell the wider Advisory offering to clients, working closely with APD Sector Portfolios and Specialist Advisory teams
* Strong client facing skills with the ability to build and manage relationships and maximise business development opportunities at all levels of client organisations
* Takes accountability for driving successful outcomes for clients with focus and drive to excel clients’ expectations whilst ensuring profitability for Mott MacDonald
* Ability to operate effectively in a multi-layered matrix consultancy, infrastructure or construction environment through collaboration, influencing, collective decision-making, and common agendas
* Effective communicator, able to engage and influence at all levels internally and externally within Mott MacDonald and client organisations
* Degree qualified and Chartered Professional status held with accredited body
Health and wellbeing
* Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
* Health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments.
* Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
* A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
* Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
Financial wellbeing
* We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
* Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
* Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
* Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
* As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
Lifestyle
* A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
* Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
* Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
Enhanced family and carers leave
* Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
* Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
* Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
Learning and development
* Primary annual professional institution subscription.
* A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
* Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
* Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
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