SQS

Earlier this year, Katrina O'Connor was honoured when she was asked to speak at the London's Women in Engineering Group about her personal story and journey that has led her to where she is today as a co-founder & Company Director of SQS with her husband Maurice O'Connor.

Katrina touched on all the experiences and people, both inside and outside of work that made her the person she is at work today. From working in Barclay's Bank at the time of a bank robbery where she learned that a true leader steps up in times of danger to demonstrate you have nothing to fear and lead the way, to working at John Lewis where she learned the importance of providing clarity of brand and mission as well as feeling a sense of belonging through uniform and employee recognition. These were just a couple of the inspiring stories shared by Katrina on the day, whereby she was led by wonderful females who left a lasting impression on her and drove her passion for customer & quality. A mission to raise the standards in the Reinstatement Industry when she set up the business with her husband Maurice from their kitchen table in 1996.

We are proud of our great people with a focus in our home-grown training and development scheme. We have a diverse team of skilled experts in their field. This incudes:

40% women at executive board level
25% of women in functional leader roles
46% of our go to people under current development to step up are women
4 of 6 current trainees carrying out ILM Level 3 management course are females, working towards becoming contract managers

Further education across all support functions is also in place, including QS degree, AAT Finance, CIPD, ISO Auditing.

Of 23 people who have been through these courses in the last 10 years 57% are female

In a predominantly male industry, this was not the reality when the business started 27 years ago!

Katrina said "In SQS focusing on People & Customer I found my niche and purpose in life and have thoroughly enjoyed the journey, never taking for granted the people that helped fill my kit bag through real life lessons & experiences. These people helped shape the SQS way, and happen to be great women leaders I will continue to demonstrate my gratitude to them by supporting women where ever I can.

Thank you to my Nanny Peggy, my mum Margaret, Gill Sidwell & Larry Smith, Helen Kelly and Sarah Parry & a big thank you to Jayde, my daughter who is with me today and represents all our customers"

We would like to give a big thank you to the event host London's Women in Engineering Group HI (LoWEG)which is specifically for women working in highways, engineering, utilities and transport for London. Another big thank you to our valued partners Morrisons and Cadent who sponsored the event. We had a fantastic day meeting amazing women, who we look forward to seeing again at the next event!

SQS wins internationally recognised health and safety accolade from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)

Stanmore Quality Surfacing Ltd, based in London, has fought off stiff international competition to scoop a prestigious RoSPA Award, demonstrating its commitment to health and safety excellence.

Stanmore Quality Surfacing Ltd won a Gold Award for the seventh consecutive year in the Health and Safety Performance and Management category, demonstrating its dedication to ensuring its staff / customers / clients / contractors get home safely at the end of every working day.

The RoSPA Health and Safety Awards is the largest occupational health and safety awards programme in the UK. Now into its 67th year, the Awards have almost 2,000 entries every year, covering nearly 50 countries and a reach of over seven million employees. The programme recognises organisations’ commitment to continuous improvement in the prevention of accidents and ill health at work, looking at entrants’ overarching health and safety management systems, including practices such as leadership and workforce involvement.

While most awards are non-competitive – recognising individual organisations’ achievements – competitive awards are presented in 20 industry sectors and for specialist areas of health and safety management.

John Brennan, SHEQ Director said: “For SQS to receive an accolade like this from RoSPA on 7 successive occasions is testament to the dedication and professionalism of our delivery teams, the commitment of top management to create a safe working environment for all and the efficacy of the company’s internal support mechanisms.”

Julia Small, RoSPA’s Achievements Director, said:

“Accidents at work and work-related ill health don’t just have huge financial implications or cause major disruption – they significantly impact an individual’s quality of life. That’s why good safety performance deserves to be recognised and rewarded.

“We are thrilled that Stanmore Quality Surfacing Ltd has won a RoSPA Award and would like to congratulate them on showing an unwavering commitment to keeping their employees, clients and customers safe from accidental harm and injury.”

Sponsored by Croner-i, the RoSPA Awards scheme is the longest-running of its kind in the UK, and receives entries from organisations across the globe, making it one of the most sought-after achievement awards for the health and safety industry.

We hope everybody enjoyed the extended Easter weekend. Working on behalf of Cadent Gas we were busy last week visiting our Mains Replacement Customers. We were able to gather valuable feedback on the customers experience throughout our works. We also took the opportunity to deliver some early Easter Eggs and activity books; much to the delight of children and their parents over the school holidays.

Title: Customer Excellence Officer

Position Type: Permanent

Department: Customer

Location: Scratchwood

Title: HGV Technician

Position Type: Permanent

Department: Transport

Location: Scratchwood

Title: Admin Support

Position Type: Permanent

Department: Transport

Location: Scratchwood

Title: IT Site Support Engineer

Position Type: Permanent

Department: IT and Systems

Area: All Depots

Title: Planner

Position Type: Permanent

Contract: EPN

Location: Brentwood

Title: Turnkey Project Coordinator

Position Type: Permanent

Contract: Projects 820

Location: Borough Green

Title: Turnkey Project Coordinator

Position Type: Permanent

Contract: Thames Water Engineering

Location: Scratchwood

Title: Area Contract Manager

Position Type: Permanent

Contract: Thames Water

Location: Borough Green

New Vacancy - CUSTOMER EXCELLENCE OFFICER.

Please visit https://sqsltd.co.uk/job/customer-excellence-officer/ for more info.

New Vacancy - CUSTOMER EXCELLENCE OFFICER.

Please visit https://sqsltd.co.uk/job/customer-excellence-officer/ for more info.

Customer Excellence Officer - SQS excavation & reinstatement solutions Stanmore Quality Surfacing Ltd (SQS Ltd) is a family firm that has grown into a leading reinstatement, surfacing and engineering solutions provider in London, the Home Counties and the South East. With a nearly 30-year track record in providing high quality reinstatement and highways maintenance ser...

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Due to ever-increasing work throughout the Essex area. We now look for a Reinstatement Planner for our Brentwood depot, Essex.
Please visit the carers page on our website for more details

Planner - SQS excavation & reinstatement solutions Due to ever increasing works throughout Essex area. We now look for the Reinstatement Planner for our Brentwood depot, Essex. Overall purpose of the Planner job role: To ensure effective planning of jobs for our operations teams. This position would suit someone who has acquired the skills of multi-...

APRENTICESHIP

Interested in becoming an apprentice and over the age of 18, why not become a key member of SQS workforce?

Are you hardworking, dedicated and ready for a new challenge?

We offer a comprehensive accredited apprenticeship training package to align your skills, knowledge and experience.

Our unique apprenticeship scheme also offers you the opportunity to gain invaluable practical on the job working allowing you to build on new skills and putting them into practice.

Become part of our apprenticeship you will help us deliver and lean, reinstatement of the Highways/Carriageways and Footways works.

We offer the opportunity for full time employment and further training after the completion of your apprenticeship.

We need the best people for our future, are you that person?

If you are interested in becoming part of the SQS apprenticeship, apply on our website sqsltd.co.uk
































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New Vacancy - IT Site Support Engineer (1st/2nd Line Support)

Position Type: Permanent
Department: IT and Systems

Area: All Depots


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SQS solutions for utilities, street works & highway authorities SQS is a family firm that has grown into a leading reinstatement, excavation and surfacing solutions provider in London and the South East. We have a 25-year track record in providing high quality reinstatement and highways services.

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Recruiting now… Trainee Gas Engineer jobs are available to work on gas projects via SQS Ltd throughout London and Greater London.

Our award-winning Trainee Gas Engineer scheme is open to all people with no experience, through to supervisors. If you are unsure of your career path or you want to change your career and think engineering could be something you are interested in, then contact us today and see where your career could go. All training and qualifications are provided during the trainee programme.

Over 20 million homes and businesses around the country use and rely on their gas supply every single day. The gas pipe network that keeps you warm and enables you to cook your food, has to be laid, upgraded and maintained by thousands of engineers. This is your opportunity to be part of that and to millions of people.

If you are interested or know someone who might be interested take a look at our website where you can submit your application or email [email protected]

North London Delivery Partner Recruitment - Jobs available now! Do a job that matters.We are recruiting people to work on Cadent’s gas projects throughout the London and Greater London areas.Over 20 million homes and busi...

We currently have the following positions available at SQS:

We are also looking for an HGV Technician and a Commercial Assistant.

For more info visit: https://sqsltd.co.uk/