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realisation through the company’s sub-contracted fabricators. “In order to meet these responsibilities, my role entails regular reviews of project and engineering performance in line with customer and regulatory requirements. I actively encourage close participation of my QA/QC engineers in both the design and development work undertaken with the offices as well as subcontracted fabrication activities.” From an HSE perspective, FOS operate an inclusive safe working group within the business, encouraging all personnel to participate in the safe operation of the business. This includes regular office management and risk assessment, to cover engineers working both in an office based environment as well as offshore. “To this end, the business closely monitors both internal performance and that of our supply chain with the intention of ensuring a continuous improvement process that is maintained with respect to product delivery. “My personal development into Quality Management has been built from a manufacturing perspective prior to progressing into an HSEQ role. Having worked in a fabrication environment during my early career, prior to moving to a design business, I have manufactured equipment for both nuclear and oil & gas industries so have always regarded HSEQ as a key area of importance. This has been driven through client and industry best practice and to this end, auditing, risk management and continuous improvement have been key learning points that I have undertaken and I am now teaching to the engineers who work within FOS. “Within the oil & gas industry every operation is driven by health & safety. Client requirements to monitor, report and improve performance have become a pre-cursor to tendering for work and as such, the understanding of health & safety requirements is ingrained in all employees from the point they start within the business. HSE INTERNATIONAL 27