HEALTH AND SAFETY WORKS - Key Persons


David Oates

Having worked with safety since the introduction of the COSHH regulations in 1988 David has a particular specialism in the scientific environment with key projects and experience including: Setting up H&S at the Sanger Centre at Hinxton Hall. Safety Adviser at Virco who undertook Phyenotyping and Genotyping HIV patients. Safety Adviser at Imutran where the research was in pig heart transplantation. Involved in Research and Safety with the ICRF Tumor Virus group who were attempting to find a vaccine for Human Papilloma Virus. Worked for The Cancer Reserch Council on DNA repair. Six years experience of analytical food chemistry. My project management experience has been gained in organising remedial work for roads and sewers on David Wilson Home sites, plus the refurbishment of laboratories and offices.

Jennie Oates

Jennie Oates has joined full time working as Company secretary along with her Directorship of our new sister Company Quality Management Works.

Joe Hillman

Joe joined the team in October 202.He has a background in chemistry, many years' experience in laboratory management and H&S roles at various drug research companies across the Oxford-Cambridge areas. Joe's specific skills are laboratory chemical, biosafety and radioisotope safety working with many organisations at all levels to review and improve H&S culture across the whole of their business. His experience includes: Chemical and General Safety expertise. First Aid, Fire Safety and Spill team roles. Handling of cryogenics and gas cylinders. DSE, manual handling and occupational health surveillance. Written and reviewed H&S documentation. Management, set up, relocation and refit of laboratories.

Laura Tull

Has gained varied experience, across a range of service and manufacturing industries. Laura started her career as a Safety administrator working her way up to Group QHSE Advisor, now for one of the largest Renewables service contractors in East Anglia. Her strengths lie in helping businesses meet, maintain, and improve their regulatory compliance - providing them with the tools, processes and required information to achieve best practice for their business area. Believing that Safety does not need to be over complicated. Her experience includes: Assisting project teams in the safe and efficient delivery of projects within the Renewable Energy industry (construction and Ops & Maintenance), Manufacturing, Warehousing, and low risk environments such as Offices. Inspection and audit of Sites (Offices, Warehouses, Retail, Construction Sites) to assist and observe areas of best practice, areas of weakness in legal compliance and or approval requirements. Helping businesses achieve and maintain approvals such as ISO 18001 / 14001 & 9001. Review and creation of CDM documentation for Principal Contractors. Review and stream lining of Safety Management Systems.

Wendy Grocock

Has a background in science, having worked in research within the biotechnology and academic sectors as a laboratory-based scientist in cancer research, before moving into management and Health and Safety roles. Strengths lie in scientific and laboratory environments, including Biological Safety and COSHH. Providing advice for safe working practices within laboratories, documentation audit and review of risk assessments, COSHH and technical documentation. As well as generic Health and Safety within office environments, such as DSE, Manual Handling, Lone Working and general policy development. Her experience includes: