Leah Blackwell

As a health and safety advisor who has 12 years' experience in construction, I am hardworking individual who strives to achieve the best in all areas that I am responsible for and connected to my duties. I engage well with people on all levels of an organisation and believe this allows a good reception from individuals regarding H&S as well as contributes to open communication toward improving the behavioural safety culture. I am always eager to learn new skills to development my career and competencies.

I have been in the construction industry for 12 years now and have gained knowledge and experience to have the foresight for health and safety from all angles and believe this gives me an advantage when supporting management as well as operatives.

SHEQ Advisor at Kenson Highways (2024-05 – Present)

• RAMS review
• Putting job packs together for all new sites that start
• Fortnightly meetings with the project teams
• Monthly Health and Safety Meetings
• Site Inspections
• Drafting and delivery of Toolbox talks
• Liaising with Head of SHEQ for audits ISO 1401 and 9001
• Accident/incident investigations
• Diary Management
• Consult with Directors on the day-to-day operations of the site/s
• Consulting with supervisors to improve working conditions and environments
• Consulting with the client daily to improve site conditions
• Tracking and maintaining Training records
• Booking training courses
• Some voluntary night shifts to oversee resurfacing works, especially projects that are near TFL assets
• Monthly site visits with senior members of staff
• Liaising with my site teams to make sure their needs are met
• Regular site visits with Newham and Enfield council
• Making sure my site teams adhere to environmental legislation

Health and Safety Advisor at DM Safety & Health services (Taylor Wimpey) (2023-12 – Present)

• H&S audits for the client over nine sites, two visits per month per site
• Monthly and Quarterly H&S meetings with the client
• Monthly meetings with trades H&S personnel
• Diary Management
• Attending Project managers quarterly site visits
• Accident investigation
• Chasing the site management team for the close out of report items
• Training (Manual handling, RPE, dust, accident reporting)
• Fortnightly meetings with DM safety
• Phone call to my site teams every 3 weeks to make sure everything is okay
• Apprentice meetings to introduce myself and ask about their needs
• Mental Health First aider
• Monthly site team Lunches on site, this brings the entire site team together informally and promotes healthy relationships with all site personnel
• I am responsible for nine hundred plus operatives including my site management team
• Reading previous safety reports identifying trends and offering support to try and prevent the trends from reoccurring
• Looking through accident reports to identify trends and offering training to relevant trades
• Making sure my site teams adhere to environmental legislation
• Consulting with ground workers to make sure gully bags are being used and silt fencing has been installed properly
• Liasing with RSK environmental experts with any concerns I may have

Senior Health and safety Advisor at Croudace Homes (2021-01 – 2023-12)

• Site Inspections using WISE safety services
• Consult with Managing directors and health & safety managers on the day-to-day operations of the site/s
• Consult with Build managers/ build directors on the day-to-day operations of each site, making them aware of any issues that may arise
• Approving Construction health and safety plans
• Notifying the HSE - F10's
• Quarterly and yearly figures
• Saving data for weekly labour reports
• Keeping records of accidents
• Keeping yellow/red card records
• Monthly supervisor meetings
• Quarterly Group H&S meetings
• Monthly site reports to make the site team aware of areas of focus
• Approving invoices via IAS system
• Booking training courses
• Consulting with trade supervisors/managers on a weekly basis to make sure they are H&S compliant
• Chasing audit findings to make sure all items have been closed out promptly
• Making sure all training certificates are in date for all my site team. That includes trades

Health & Safety Advisor at Henry Construction (2020-10 – 2021-01)

• Conducting site inspections
• Site Inductions
• Making sure all paperwork is up to date and in place LOLER, PUWER, daily safe starts ETC
• Consulting with supervisors to improve working conditions and environments
• Consulting with the client daily to improve site conditions
• Visiting multiple sites each week conducting site inspections and making sure Managers are compliant with safety regulations
• Weekly Health and safety meetings with subcontractors
• Daily monitoring of RC Frame and Ground works

Health & Safety Advisor at Ardmore Construction LTD (2019-02 – 2020-10)

• Supporting the Project H&S manager with day-to-day tasks, meetings, system uploads for documentation, RAMS
• Delivering Daily Site Inductions and administrating access to fingerprint entry system
• Conducting site walks and daily observation reports on Field view
• Weekly fire point inspections and reports for emergency preparedness
• Monitoring welfare arrangements and Environmental practices reporting on them monthly
• Consulting with subcontractors and trades ensuring effective H&S communication
• Administrating paperless systems for Permits to work, toolbox talks, daily safe starts, Weekly & Monthly reports/ inspections
• Updating the construction phase plan when significant changes occurred

Painter & decorator at Haslemere Construction LTD (2013-06 – 2019-01)

• Delivering Toolbox Talks to eight operatives
• Conducting access equipment checks
• Attending H&S meetings as a delegated spokes person
• Delivering daily safe starts for the main contractor
• Management of temporary works co-ordination
• Management and maintenance of SHEQ ISO accreditations & Contractors SHEQ schemes

Trainee Health and Safety Advisor at Canary Wharf Contractors (2018-05 – 2018-07)

• Conducting site inspections
• Keeping notice boards up to date with relevant information
• Assisting in safety meetings/ briefings
• Drafting reports and updating subcontractor's performance statistics
• Collaborating with managers to resolve and rectify issues then requesting specific updates to be made to RAMS
• Consulting with supervisors to improve working conditions and environments
• Ensuring work was conducted to specific requirements and snagging works

Two-day environmental awareness course – RSK (2024 – 2024)

Mental health First aider (2022 – 2022)

CITB – SMSTS in Construction Health and Safety – Construction Industry Training Board (2020 – 2020)

NEBOSH – Construction Certificate in Construction Health and safety – National Certificate in Construction Health and safety (2018 – 2018)

NEEBOSH - General Certificate in Health and Safety – National general certificate Health and Safety (2019 – 2019)

CITB – Go construct & women into Construction in Ambassador for women into construction – Construction Industry Training Board (2017 – 2017)

CITB - Level 3 Diploma in Painting & Decorating – Construction Industry Training Board (2014 – 2014)

NVQ Level 3 in Painting & Decorating (2014 – 2014)

City & Guilds - Level 2 in Maths & English – City & Guilds (2014 – 2014)

City & Guilds – Level 2 Diploma in Painting & Decorating – City & Guilds (2011 – 2011)

– Leytonstone High school (1997 – 2002)