New HSQE Manager At Avondale

Groundworks company Avondale Environmental Services has appointed a new HSQE manager.

Lucy Knight started with the Chatham-based company in February and brings with her, a strong CV of previous positions. 

She’s worked in Health, Safety and Environment across Kent since 2017, in industries such as healthcare, industrial manufacturing, food manufacturing, and recycling & waste. 

Her priority is to create open channels of communication to put health and safety first for all employees.
Avondale’s work involves using large machinery, working on highways and on railways to clear vegetation using specialist cutting plant. Their work takes them across the UK, cutting vegetation back from railway lines to keep services running, footpaths cleared on a yearly schedule and managed on highways to give drivers clear visibility and reduce hazards.
They also work across the country undertaking highways and railways tunnel washing.

The company is in a planned growth phase – and Lucy will be ensuring with fast growth, comes health and safety on all sites, jobs and tasks. 

She said: “As well as bringing in my knowledge and experiences to the role, I’m really looking forward to creating an open and engaging channel of communication with staff and operatives. My previous work has told me that it takes all of us together to foster a proactive and positive Health & Safety culture.”