Posted By Blue
Health and Safety and Security and Environmental and Quality Manager?!?!?
Are employers taking the mickey?

Jobs like this have STRESS written all over them. Has anyone not went for a job like this due to being several roles wrapped into one? Has anyone seen more remits than this?

Posted By D H
Agree with EI - I am part of an HSSEQ team - and you really can do it on your own if its a small company.

But bigger companies spread the load by employing a team.

I think the only way someone may get stressed is if they do not have the resources to delegate the roles and responsibilities - or if they doubt their own ability?

Dave

Posted By andre.tap@wagenborg.com
Dear Blue,

I am a HSES&Q Manager,
It is all about having the right team. I am leading a team of 5 HSE specialists and we can do the work. The combination of Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Quality works good if you delegate the different tasks to the right person. And as I am the Manager I set out the policy and keep a heli view of the operations in my team. But I also have my qualifications in at least 4 items of my job title and am busy in learning the fith one. For me it is a challenge and see it as a opertunity to grow. I enjoy being part of this team.

I agree with you if you are the only person in doing these tasks, then it can be quite stressfull.

regards,
André

Posted By Homer
Sorry to hear you are once again on the list for redundancy, it seems to be an easy option for employers now to get rid of HSE and cut costs.

If it's any consulation I am in the same boat and my position is also being binned. What I find really annoying is the expectation that you can continue 24/7 and give the usual 110% to the role and they don't think you should be looking else where either.

Posted By CFT
Homer

Perhaps off tangent slightly but never the less part of the larger picture, I agree with you 100%. Personally I am worried sick, and finding it extremely difficult to function right now. Looking around for alternative employment is also quite a trial right now.

Had a call out over the weekend for an emergency that I absolutely know others (there are only seven left anyway managing over 2000 acres of commercial real-estate properties, which includes secretarial, ledgers and wages)it was serious, 'Pik,,,,erm travellers had broken in and made best efforts to remove copper cables from a one megawatt incoming. Liaising with the trades meant the outcome was fine. I still found it hard to attend. Ending up managing H&S implications, security, environmental issues, tenant liaison, ohm, nearly forgot of course the overall facilities & technical aspects of this one very small issue. Two weeks ago it was a 43 hours straight repairing and correcting damage from the electrical storms. Without the technical knowledge and having a full understanding of contractors work how can be assess the H&S side, given that due to the place looking like Armageddon much had to be on a dynamic basis, still it all went like clockwork and it was reassuring to not get any calls from the ivory tower thanking or suggesting it might have been time to go home to get some zzzz's in. At least that can be relied upon (being taken for granted I mean).

Then it was deal with underwriters for days, inspections, and soooo on. All good fun & highly satisfying of course if I'm honest. How then can we assess without a wider picture of knowledge, experience & general trade linked project know-how? Which I suppose is why we end up with so many hats.

Oh well, have much to do so better get on with it:-)