Head Of Environment, Health, Safety And Quality

We have an exciting opportunity for a collaborative leader to join the Technical Asset team. The Head of Environment, Health & Safety and Quality (EHSQ) will be responsible for developing and delivering the EHSQ strategy and working with senior management team to ensure it aligns with our wider business objectives and values.

We’re looking for a leader who is performance driven and able to communicate clear and concise goals. The successful candidate will have a collaborative, team oriented approach to ensure the highest standards of EHSQ throughout our operations. Motivated and self-directed, the successful candidate will energise internal teams and third parties to deliver positive change, championing a culture driven approach to health and safety.

The Head of EHSQ will have overall accountability for EHSQ performance – creating the vision and offering guidance and support for all EHSQ matters across the business.

• You will drive adaptation of global best practices to improve performance and systems.
• As a key member of our Leadership team, you will partner other heads of department to promote a culture of continuous improvement for EHSQ.
• Create regular and effective communications channels to staff and 3rd parties.
• Establish annual EHSQ goals in collaboration with the Technical Director and CEO.
• Coordinate, facilitate and promote the delivery of an effective EHSQ Management System accredited to ISO 14001, 45001 and 9001 to meet our statutory responsibilities and a safe working environments for staff, passengers and partners.
• Host the quarterly Executive Managing Responsible Group meeting of key business stakeholders to review performance and define appropriate action plans.
• You will be a subject matter expert, keeping up-to-date with legislation changes and reviewing our guidance as necessary. You will develop strategies to implement and communicate these changes.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with all key regulatory stakeholders, acting as the primary contact between regulators and the airport
• Ensure the on-going effectiveness of EHSQ risk assessment and risk management tools.
• Working with in house teams, design and deliver EHSQ training for Edinburgh Airport staff and third parties.
• Deliver Behavioural Incident Analysis and Root Cause Analysis sessions to address EHSQ issues and improve performance.
• Manage external EHSQ audits and the internal audit programme in line with ISO 14001, 45001 and 9001 engaging with teams across the business to develop action plans to ensure compliance and continual improvement.
• Represent Edinburgh Airport as the EHSQ technical expert in internal and external stakeholder meetings as required.

Qualifications and experience:

• Degree or masters qualification in one of Health & Safety, Environmental Management, Environmental Science or similar.
• NEBOSH General Certificate.
• ISO 45001, 9001 and 14001 Lead Auditor with experience of conducting internal audits
• Demonstrated ability to create a clear EHSQ vision and strategy and prioritise tasks and actions accordingly.

Key skills:

• Data analytics: Ability to evaluate and manipulate data to draw insights and make clear recommendations
• Communication: Excellent inter-personal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, including with non-direct reports and Executive team.
• Decision making: You have good judgement and can resolve issues, influencing at all levels through effective relationships.
• Self-starter: You are self-motivated and able to take a flexible approach to working hours to support business needs as required.
• Adaptable: Ability to operate under pressure and prioritise from multiple tasks collaborating with teams across the airport.
• Financial management: Comfortable managing financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes.

The following additional items are nice to have, but are not essential for the role:

• Previous experience of working within an airport or the aviation industry
• Good knowledge of aircraft and airport operations

If your experience looks slightly different to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to still apply. You could add something we didn’t know we needed.

• Flexible working- whether that’s hybrid or flexible hours, we’ll help you find an option that suits you
• Generous pension scheme
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Supporting your health and wellbeing- private healthcare after 1 years’ service, access to our Employee Assistance Programme and occupational health services
• Free car parking on site and when you go on holiday
• We offer a range of other benefits

Why EDI?

We are Edinburgh Airport, where Scotland meets the world. The success of the airport comes down to our people, and you can help us deliver even more big days for our passengers and colleagues. The development of your career is important to us, and we’ll support and encourage this every step of the way. As a business we’re driven by our values – they’re at the core of our culture and everything we do. We’re looking for people who will demonstrate these values day-in, day-out. So if this sounds like you, apply now and get ready for your career to take off.

Building a diverse workforce that is inclusive and accessible to all is a priority for our business. As part of this journey, we are proud to be the first UK airport to be endorsed by WORK180. They only recognise great employers for all women. Find out about our policies on our WORK180 employer page.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring applicants with a disability can participate fully in our recruitment process. Please let us know in your application form if you require any adjustments, such as parking arrangements or alternative methods of communication.