Alex Tomkins

A dedicated Health & Safety specialist with experience in Manufacturing, Facilities Management, and Corporate safety at both a local & global scale, specialising in developing, implementing, and maintaining occupational health & safety management systems to ISO 45001 & ISO 45003 standards. 

February 2023 – Present: Health & Safety Lead, Checkout Technology Ltd. via Pareto FM

Primarily providing consultation on global health and safety compliance for one Pareto FM's largest clients, while also supporting the internal health & safety function.

• Develop & maintain global compliance audit processes, ensuring legal standards are being met in all locations.
• Design & implementation of policies & processes at both a local & global scale, including a global health & safety policy & a DSE risk management system.
• Develop & oversee delivery of global health & safety training programs for core industry risks, including DSE, manual handling, and stress management.
• Manage global disaster recovery plan in relation to physical business continuity threats such as fire, typhoon, and active shooter scenarios.
• Review subcontractor RAMS as part of regular planned preventative maintenance & reactive tasks.
• Issue permits to work where required, managing overall permit to work lifecycle for required tasks.
• Undertake annual fire risk assessment of local offices, and consult on activities where fire risk is present.
• Conduct audits in line with ISO 9001 & ISO 45001 standards at other Pareto FM client sites, developing corrective action plans with Account Managers & relevant stakeholders where necessary.
• Manage mobilisation process of new accounts from a health & safety perspective, ensuring all necessary processes & documents are in place prior to contract start date.
• Oversee the effective & continued implementation of the OH&S Management System, in line with the company ISO 45001 & ISO 9001 standard.
• Develop general risk assessments for company activities, and RAMS, point of works assessments, and toolbox talks for site-specific tasks.
• Oversee company mental health & wellbeing program, working with HR to develop policies & initiatives that improve & maintain positive mental wellbeing for employees.

Education: 

2019 Oncourse Health & Safety

• NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, Credit

2014 – 2018    University of Northampton

• Diploma of Higher Education, Psychology, Pass

Other Qualifications:

• IOSH Managing Safely  May 2019
• ISO 45001:2018 Internal Auditor  October 2020
• Fire Marshal May 2021
• Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) Class 1 & 2  September 2021
• Emergency First Aid at Work (3 day)  November 2021
• Legionella Management January 2022
• Mental Health First Aid (2 day) June 2022
• Manual Handling Level 2 Trainer July 2022
• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor August 2022
• NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety February 2024