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Quality, Health and Safety Assistant

Location: Witney, Oxfordshire

Salary:  £28,000 - £32,000 per annum dependent on experience (pro-rata will be applied).

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Part Time (3 days per week, 8 hours per day)

Based in Witney, Oxfordshire, MEICA Technical Services (MTS) Ltd specialize in Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control and Automation for heavy industrial projects in the water, utilities and energy sectors. 

We are recruiting for an experienced Health, Safety and Quality Assistant to join our rapidly expanding business. You will work closely with the Operations Director to develop and implement our QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety and Environment) strategy across the business. You will be expected to use your knowledge gained from our internal training programme, alongside your existing industry experience.  This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic professional who wants to develop their health and safety career in a fast-paced environment. This is part-time position (3 days per week) in our Witney office. 

The chosen candidate will be required to work autonomously, have a strong sense of initiative and possess strong multi-tasking and organisational skills.

Responsibilities:

Liaising with the Operations Director to ensure continual improvement of our QHSE initiatives, processes and procedures
Provide administrative support to manage, monitor and maintain our ISO standards.
Monitoring and the investigation of all accidents/incidents and near misses
Monitoring and maintenance of all sub-contractor documentation to ensure it is valid and up to date.
Monitoring employees’ submission and completion of H&S records.
Management of the Work Wallet H&S platform.
Attendance of monthly H&S meetings.  Chairing these meetings in the absence of the Operations Manager, if necessary.
Updating and maintaining legal register database
Carrying out site H&S audit/inspections with the support of the Operations Director.
Development and delivery of training/tool box talks to site crew and employees.
Completion of pre-qualification questionnaires
Assisting the operations team, if necessary.
Necessary Skills profile:

Proven experience within a Quality, Health and Safety role (Construction Industry preferred).
Demonstrable desire to learn and improve (further training and development opportunities will be given).
Good communicator and teamworking skills
Strong multi-tasking and organisational skills
Desirable Skills:

IOSH Managing Safely (Preferred)
Understanding of ISO45001 and 9001 (Preferred)
Auditing and inspection experience (Preferred)
Keen interest in health, safety and environmental issues
Training:

As a business we believe, continual training and development is key to job satisfaction and fulfilment.  Full training of the business background, mandatory health and safety requirements as well as our products and services will be given, enabling the day-to-day tasks of the job to be more clearly understood.  We would also be willing to invest in further professional training for the right candidate.

Hours and days of work, holidays and pay day:-

We would be looking for the ideal candidate to start as soon as possible.

3 days per week (8 hrs p/d).
Holidays will be 28 days per annum (including bank holidays) from January to December, increasing to 33 days after 5 years’ full service.  This would be pro-rata based on contracted hours.
Salary:  £28,000 - £32,000 per annum dependent on experience (pro-rata will be applied).
Sick Pay
You will be entitled to our generous company-contributory pension scheme after three months service
Please note that ALL new employees are subject to a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check on acceptance of a position within MEICA Technical Services (MTS) Ltd.

Closing Date for applications: 15th September 2026

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for MEICA Technical Services, please do not hesitate to apply