Les Jones - Career Path

James Leslie Jones



AMEC Plc


December 97 - June 05

Senior HSE Adviser


In this role, Senior HSE Adviser I was responsible for day to day HS&E management on a number
of individual projects as part of the project teams.

All of the projects I worked on at AMEC where major civil engineering projects and were usually large
long term projects.
Responsibilities

Ensure compliance with legal requirements and Company procedures and policies.
  • Management on preventing injury to personnel and damage to property.               
  • Assisting, as necessary, during tendering, planning and pre-contract stages.
  • Carry out safety inspections and audits and advise management, as appropriate, to make improvements.
  • Monitor trends and make policy improvements to manage trends.               
  • Investigate accidents, incidents etc. making recommendations to prevent reoccurrence.
  • Assist in identifying training requirements and deliver various training courses.
  • Suggest methods to promote health, safety and environmental awareness at all levels. 
  • Liaise with Enforcing Bodies and Government Officials as is necessary. 
  • Functionally report and respond to safety and environmental incidents and emergencies etc.
  • Attend Company Safety Committee meeting and actively advise on matters. 
  • Report on a monthly basis to the Board, statistics and performance objectives.


Some Projects worked on;


12 Quays Ferry Terminal, Liverpool. £ 57m

12 Quays - a new Ferry terminal and HGV parking facility, which included a birthing link span and the in filling of two redundant docks using dredged Mersey grit.


Brombourough Waste Water Treatment Works. £ 79m


Bromborough Waste Water treatment works  - The complete construction of a waste water treatment plant including, concrete sub-structures, super structures, mechanical and electrical engineering and a 570m tunnel into the river Mersey and associated cofferdam.


Leftbank Appartment, Spinning Fields, Manchester. £ 69m


The construction of 141 apartments, two levels of retail shopping and two levels of sub-basement parking.

The sub structure adjoins the River Orwell and the whole building is sat on a contiguous piled wall. The super structure is a constructed from re-enforced concrete.


M6 Toll Road, Birmingham. £ 499m


Major motorway construction, Project name BNNR (M6Toll). Consists of twenty seven miles of motorway with over 247 under and over structures.


I left this role to go to Morgan Ashurst (Formally Bluestone) for career advancement.