Senior Health & Safety Advisor

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The Role

We are seeking a competent Senior Health & Safety Advisor to join the team. Working predominantly in the South East region for

approximately 1 year on a major project and then transitioning into a broader Senior Health & Safety Advisor position, taking

responsibility for managing and supporting site management and H&S advisors across a portfolio of projects throughout the UK,

predominantly within the South. This role will be reporting to the Contracts Director, Contracts Manager & Senior Health, Safety &

Environment (HSE) Manager. The successful candidate will provide HSE technical and competent advice and support to our sites.

What You Will Be Doing

* Leadership - overseeing all specific/major project HSE requirements including client, workforce and contractor requirements.

Leading on HSE standards and establishing positive working relationships

* People Management – line manager for specific/major project HSE advisors, setting priorities, objectives, targets and

overseeing the running of an efficient and supportive HSE team

* HSE Management Plans – supporting the planning processes and production/maintenance of key management plans including the

Project Management Plan (PMP), Construction Phase Plan (CPP), Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Devising & Approving RAMS, Task

Briefings, Permit to Dig etc.

* HSE Briefings, inductions and site team engagement – deliver site safety inductions to all site team, workforce and visitors,

support the site team preparing and delivering toolbox talks, behavioural safety programmes and HSE briefings

* Technical Advice & Support – providing specialist advice, support and input where required to deal with specific project issues

with planning, managing and monitoring HSE considerations

* Project Review – reviewing the project to identify opportunities and unusual risks, to be briefed to the site team

* Incident Management – assisting/delivering any part of the site-based elements of the incident management process including

incident control, notification and investigations

* HSE Compliance – ensuring compliance with HSE management system & procedures as part of our Business Management System both in

self-delivering requirements, but also influencing behaviours, coaching & mentoring and compliance across all sites and teams

* HSE Monitoring – providing support in terms of project monitoring requirements, including regular HSE inspections, audits, and

trends

* Risk Identification & Mitigation – as appropriate

* Record Keeping –including regular HSE progress and status reports

* Client Interface – satisfy client requirements by providing client HSE representation and attendance at progress meetings

What We Are Looking For

* Experience of managing people, clients and relationships

* Willingness to travel & work at various sites across the UK (including overnight stays)

* Full UK driving licence

* Minimum NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent and working towards next qualification

* Certified member of IOSH (and working towards chartered status)

* Preferable 3/5 years working for a Tier 1 or Tier 2 civil engineering contractor

* Highly developed professional communication skills, including writing and presentation of reports, investigations, preparing

relevant documents, and participating in a range of meetings

* Be able to confidently and effectively communicate with all levels of the workforce, contractors, clients and regulatory bodies

* Be self-motivated, focused, reliable, well-organised, flexible, and possess good team working ethic

* Enthusiastic about health, safety & environmental issues

* Possess strong computer literacy, including good working knowledge of the full Microsoft Office suite

Training and Development

We believe in developing our staff through building experience on the job as well as further academic and professional

qualifications where appropriate for the individual.

Benefits

* Competitive starting salary

* Company contributing pension scheme (eligibility applies)

* 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

* Travel and subsistence allowances for working away from home

* Company vehicle or car allowance (eligibility applies)

* Training and professional membership fee reimbursed

We can offer long term career opportunities where your pay will increase as you gain more experience.

Please Note

We are not taking calls from recruitment agencies at this time.