Health & Safety Advisor

Rullion; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment partner seeks a Health & Safety Advisor for a contract role at Hinkley Point C, the UK's largest infrastructure project. The Advisor will provide expert safety guidance, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. Ideal candidates will have significant HSE experience, excellent communication skills, and relevant qualifications such as NEBOSH. This role offers a chance to contribute to a groundbreaking energy project while developing your career in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Association with a major infrastructure project

Career development opportunities

Work in a multi-disciplinary environment

Qualifications

• Proven track record in achieving excellent safety results on major engineering and construction projects.
• Significant HSE experience within a large project setting.
• Experience of coordinating between contractors to resolve health and safety issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide health and safety advice to the Client organisations.
• Develop project-based health and safety risk profiles.
• Carry out inspections and investigations.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Results focus

Technical analysis skills

Future-focused risk identification

Technical issue engagement

Knowledge distillation

Knowledge of operational processes

Vision and strategy development

Knowledge of HSE standards

Knowledge of CDM Regulations

Education

NEBOSH HSE Diploma or European equivalent

Tech IOSH or equivalent

Job description

Role: Health & Safety Advisor

Position: Contract

Location: HPC (Hinkley Point C)

Duration: 52 Weeks

Pay: £400pd (PAYE) - £540 (UMB)

Build the Future with the UK's Largest Infrastructure Project

Rullion is proud to partner with one of the UK's most ambitious energy projects - Hinkley Point C (HPC) - in search of a highly capable Health & Safety Advisor to join the Health, Safety & Environment Team.

The Role

The Health and Safety Advisor will work as part of a team of Health and Safety Advisors providing the highest standard of advice and support to the HPC CDM Client and Principal Contractor management teams. Working in a collaborative, assertive and supportive manner, the Health and Safety Advisor will undertake a range of safety programme-based activities which include day to day provision of technical advice and guidance on all project health and safety matters and risk based intelligent monitoring all of which contributes to our client's Energy's goal of zero harm.

Principal Accountabilities

• Participate in creating, maintaining, and improving health and safety in the workplace.
• Influence the multi-disciplinary team on health and safety issues relating to pre-construction planning & project evolution.
• Develop timely project-based health and safety risk profiles to direct risk-based inspection and other assurance activities.
• Provide assurance to the Client organisations that Designers and Principal Contractors are complying with their requirements under Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015.
• Participate and advise as a subject matter expert in constructability, maintainability, and operability reviews.
• Undertake inspections, carry out accident investigations, keep records and write reports.
• Co-ordinate and collate information required to produce scheduled H & S reports and identify trends and early warnings of possible issues and recommend appropriate action.
• Carry out assurance upon construction activities on site to ensure that the requirements set out in the construction phase plan are adhered to.
• Provide advice on the interpretation and application of the H & S management system. This to include provision of relevant training, briefings, and information.
• Carry out regular behavioral safety conversations with construction contractors on site.
• Pro-active creation and implementation of programmes to underpin zero tolerance to HSE issues/problems.
• Increase awareness of all HSE matters.
• Work with peers in other disciplines to ensure creation of coherent and integrated polices and systems that avoid unnecessary duplication and dissipation of effort.
• Be an effective and participative member of a team of safety, health, and environmental professionals.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

Knowledge & Skills:

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to develop wide network and working relationships internally and the construction industry.
• Results focus tempered with team centered approach.
• Highly skilled in the analysis of technically demanding and detailed information and quickly identify the underlying issues and risks.
• Strong capacity to be future focused in identifying risks and implications. Strong communication skills to be able to put across complex concepts and data in a way that is readily understood and actionable, using a variety of media.
• Skillful in engaging others with technical issues and maintaining their interest and enthusiasm.
• Skillful in distilling knowledge and building skills in others and the capacity to be pragmatic and practical in the way that technical issues are addressed.
• Good knowledge of large organisational, process plant and site, operations
• Ability to establish a vision and develop/implement strategy to attain it.
• Excellent knowledge of national and international HSE standards
• Excellent knowledge of CDM Regulations
• Proven track record of achieving excellent safety results on major engineering and construction projects.

Qualifications & Experience

• Significant HSE experience within a large project setting
• Experience of co-ordinating between contractors to support resolving health and safety interface issues across complex and high-risk operations.
• Tech IOSH or equivalent
• NEBOSH HSE Diploma or European equivalent
• Excellent knowledge of CDM Regulations

Are you ready to be part of a project that's reshaping the energy landscape of the UK? This is your opportunity to make a significant impact on the construction of Hinkley Point C. If you have the skills and experience to lead this challenging endeavour, we want to hear from you.

What's in It for You

• Be Part of History: Work on the UK's first new nuclear power station in a generation.
• Scale & Impact: Over 22,000 workers contributing to a £36 billion project that supports 70,000+ UK jobs.
• Net Zero Future: Contribute to a project essential to Britain's low-carbon energy transformation.
• Career Development: Work in a multi-disciplinary environment with exposure to high-level planning and world-class logistics operations.

Application Information:

If this sounds of interest, please APPLY NOW with your CV and a cover letter highlighting your suitability for this exciting role.

Good Luck!

Equal Opportunities

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