H&S Advisor – Major Civils/Earthworks

Advance Training & Recruitment Services; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a dedicated HSES Officer to monitor health, safety, and environmental compliance throughout project lifecycles. Responsibilities include conducting inspections, preparing reports, and delivering training sessions for staff. Essential qualifications include a NEBOSH National Diploma and strong knowledge of health and safety regulations. The position emphasizes a commitment to a positive safety culture and offers an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding and experience in construction and civil engineering processes.
• Commitment to continual learning and development.
• Ability to engage and communicate at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Monitor HS&E compliance from design through to implementation.
• Deliver pre-work inspections to address potential risks.
• Prepare reports following site inspections and audits.
• Provide training and advisory sessions for personnel.
• Support safety leadership teams and promote a positive safety culture.

Skills

Ability to influence and promote a positive HSES culture

Competence in incident & accident investigation

Strong understanding of UK Health and Safety Regulatory Framework

Ability to prepare formal written reports

Project planning and management skills

Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) competence

Education

NEBOSH National Diploma, NCRQ Diploma in Applied Health and Safety or equivalent Level 6 qualification

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Job Purpose / Overview

To monitor and provide HS&E input, from design through to implementation and support the broader HS&E agenda as required and ensuring governance, compliance and legal obligations are met.

Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions

• Undertake planned project inspections / tours as per Frequency Matrix
• Deliver pre-work site inspections to evaluate and address potential risks at planning stages
• Review, track and trend unplanned events and support project / site management in their completion of investigations
• Support local management in their liaison with clients and contractors by attending meetings and other events such as working groups
• Prepare written reports following all site visits, inspections, audits and investigations
• Review and update Project documentation
• Ensure compliance to the BMS as well as testing the effectiveness of its various components in controlling risk and delivering continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance to the business emergency planning.
• Monitor emerging, new and revised legislation to assess its impact on the business.
• Ensure that lessons learned from monitoring/incidents are communicated and adopted.
• Monitor specific environmental aspects and work in conjunction with the HS&E Manager to develop the environmental procedures to ensure compliance with ISO 14001 certification
• Deliver training and advisory sessions to personnel and contractors in conjunction with HR teams;
• Setting to Work
• Fact Finders (including Just / Fair Culture)
• Occupational Health (OH)
• Plant & Vehicle Marshal (PVM)
• BMS Familiarisation
• Support the delivery of the Behavioural (Make Safety Personal – MSP) Programme
• Share learning across projects and business streams
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm and the Zero Harm Events Calendar
• Support the projects to ensure safety leadership teams (SLT) are engaged
• Promote the reporting of Close Calls throughout the business ensuring that actions are taken and feedback delivered
• Deliver Safety Cascades informing projects of relevant safety alerts, fast facts and lessons learnt
• Promote telematics and safe driving behaviours
• Assist the projects to deliver effective planning stages through compliance and reliability
• Be able to plan and monitor performance on SMART Objectives
• Ability to communicate and promote a positive Health & Safety culture
• Able to demonstrate a proactive approach and ability to implement best practices
• Assist in maintaining the companies Safety management system -iSMS
• Ensure effective communication of essential safety documents, e.g. safety alerts / bulletins
• Undertake reviews of relevant safety documentation, e.g. work package plans / task briefings
• Deliver site inductions
• Undertake Q/A themed audits
• Support in machinery and workplace risk assessments
• Gather evidence to support investigation process and its reports, including the interviewing witnesses and gathering of statements
• Deliver HSES coaching and mentoring to core and project teams

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Ability to influence and promote a positive HSES culture
• Competence in incident & accident investigation
• Strong understanding of UK Health and Safety Regulatory Framework & UK Business Management System
• Ability to prepare formal written reports and publications on HSES topics
• Ability to undertake project planning, project management and work to budgets
• Demonstrate commitment to continual learning to refine, further develop and apply expertise to add distinctive value to customers and Balfour Beatty
• Broad experience of complex construction and civils projects
• Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) competence
• Ability to engage and converse at all levels
• Strong understanding and experience of the construction and civil engineering process, including constraints and requirements of specialist heavy-civils operations (e.g. lifting operations, working at height, excavations, temporary works etc.)

Desirable

• Good knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Graduate Member of IOSH, CMIOSH or working towards
• Tunnelling experience

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• NEBOSH National Diploma, NCRQ Diploma in Applied Health and Safety or equivalent Level 6 qualification

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.