Health & Safety Advisor

BAM Group; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in infrastructure is seeking a Health & Safety Advisor for a redevelopment project at a Royal Navy site in Plymouth. The role involves supporting H&S initiatives, conducting audits, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. Ideal candidates will have a NEBOSH certificate and experience in the construction sector.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Wide range of family-friendly policies

Company car/car allowance/travel allowance

8% matched pension contributions

Private healthcare

Life assurance

26 days holiday

2 well-being days

1 volunteering day

Personal and professional development

Qualifications

• NEBOSH Certificate (preferably Construction) or equivalent required.
• Membership of a relevant professional institution (e.g., Tech IOSH or above).
• Experience in a construction environment is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support H&S managers in promoting and implementing H&S policies.
• Produce monthly/yearly H&S performance statistics and reports.
• Conduct health and safety inspections and audits.

Skills

Health & Safety Management

Risk Assessments

Accident Investigation

Education

NEBOSH Certificate (preferably Construction)

Membership of relevant professional institution (e.g., Tech IOSH)

Job description

Building a sustainable tomorrow

KierBAM are a Joint Venture (JV) partnership between Kier and Bam Nuttall. We are currently delivering the redevelopment project at a Royal Navy site located in Plymouth and we are seeking an experienced Health & Safety Advisor.

Due to the site being a high Security Military Naval base, additional security checks will need to be made – BPSS level of security clearance is required. These checks can take up to 8 weeks to process. Only candidates holding EU, NATO, 5 Eyes, or MISWG member passports and have been a UK residence for the last 5 years can be considered for this role.

Your mission

As Health & Safety Advisor, you will be responsible for the following:

• Supporting the Managers of H&S in the promotion and use of H&S policies and procedures in conjunction with KBJV Policies and Procedures.

• Assist the Manager of H&S to lead the development and implementation of Project H&S objectives, campaigns, and initiatives.

• When required, produce monthly and yearly H&S performance statistics and reports.

• Produce and publish H&S documentation to a high standard.

• Work closely with the operational teams in carrying out their roles and H&S responsibilities.

• Assist the operational teams in developing Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work (SSoW).

• Support the operational teams in developing and reviewing of SSoW, permits and plans associated with the timely delivery of works.

• Conduct regular and robust health and safety Inspections & Audits as prescribed by the Inspection monitoring targets

• Ensure all accidents, incidents and near misses are reported in a timely manner, and are also effectively investigated, and actions are delivered and closed as per timescales prescribed.

• Assist Management teams in the development of health and safety related documents.

• Advise and assist in the identification of health and safety training requirements.

• Undertake and plan ‘Random’ D&A Testing in accordance with KBJV process, support the project team in conducting ‘For Cause’ D&A testing.

• Where required support the induction, training and briefing of project staff.

Who are we looking for?

Essential:

• NEBOSH Certificate (preferably Construction) or equivalent.
• Membership of relevant professional institution (e.g., Tech IOSH or above).

Desirable:

• Experience of working in construction and heavy civil environment (CDM Designers)
• Working knowledge of ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and ISO 9001 Standards.
• Accident/Investigation Qualification (e.g., Kelvin TOPSET, ROSPA or NEBOSH HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation)

What’s in it for you?

Competitive salary
A wide range of family-friendly policies
Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
8 % matched pension contributions
Private healthcare
Life assurance
26 days holiday
2 wellbeing days
1 volunteering day
Personal and professional development

BAM Infrastructure is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

Who are we?

The art of building is about building for communities; it’s about building for life.

Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

Our recruitment process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Zainab Rubbani, Recruiter, BAM Infrastructure, at [e-mail]

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.