Health & Safety Advisor

HS2 Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join HS2 Ltd as a Health & Safety Advisor for a major construction project in Birmingham. You'll ensure compliance with health and safety standards, coach project personnel, and contribute to a safe working environment. Significant projects with Balfour Beatty VINCI offer a dynamic place to advance your career in a diverse team.

Benefits

Access to Employee Assistance Programmes

Flexible Working

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity

Travel Allowance for Eligible Candidates

Qualifications

• Previous experience in Construction Project/Facilities Health & Safety is required.

Responsibilities

• Advise on project compliance with HSMS and statutory provisions.
• Maintain the Health & Safety competence matrix.
• Conduct H&S inductions and briefings with the construction team.

Skills

Health & Safety Compliance

Risk Assessment

Training & Coaching

Accident Investigation

Education

NEBOSH Construction Certificate

Job description

Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain’s biggest construction project?

We are searching for Several Health & Saftey Advisor based in Birmingham city centre.

Our prominent Birmingham city centre site, Sublot 4, cover a 4.5km stretch, bringing HS2 trains into the new Curzon Street station. The site is responsible for three sections of HS2; Curzon Street Station, the Saltley area and Washwood Heath. The work involves the construction of viaducts, underbridges, overbridges, river diversions and retaining structures.

Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 - Britain’s new high speed railway.. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join us - we’re at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus you’d join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region.

Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role

About the role

• Advise, guide and coach all personnel on the project with the implementation of the HSMS.
• Advise on project compliance with the HSMS and statutory provisions.
• Maintain the Health & Safety competence matrix
• Deliver the H&S induction and other H&S briefing along with the construction team
• Production, review and implementation of the CPP.
• Review of Risk Assessment and Method Statement
• Support the team in the accident/incident investigations procedure and timely communication of the findings.
• Monitoring of the project, trade contractors, designers, suppliers and assisting the Procurement Team
• Liaison with trade contractors, designers, suppliers, client, enforcement agencies and other relevant parties.
• Assist with the development, regular review and update of the HSMS.
• Contribute to the development of an Injury Free Environment.

Experience required

• Previous experience in Construction Project/Facilities Health & Safety
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate

Benefits of working with us

•Access to Employee assistance programmes

•Flexible working

•Enhanced maternity and paternity

•Travel allowance for eligible candidates

About Balfour Beatty VINCI

Working together for over 30 years, Balfour Beatty VINCI have been successful in delivering several significant infrastructures; creating unrivalled expertise and capability across rail, highways and aviation sectors in the UK and beyond.

Our work with HS2

Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and on to Handsacre in Staffordshire. Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites: •42 viaducts totalling over 11km

•More than 35 cuttings reaching over 30km

•66 embankments reaching over 33km

•Six interfaces with the existing rail requiring both dive-under and overbridge structures

Diversity and Inclusion: Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is delivering equal opportunities for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neuro diversities. We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce. We have embedded Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.