Health & Safety Advisor - Civils

OCS Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a SHEQ Advisor to provide high-quality support for health, safety, and quality standards. The role involves working closely with project teams and stakeholders, promoting SHEQ performance, and ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation. Candidates should have a NEBOSH qualification or NVQ level 5/6 and strong communication skills. This position offers an excellent salary and projects located in Central London.

Benefits

Excellent salary and package

Projects in Central London

Qualifications

• Completed or in progress with NEBOSH qualification or NVQ level 5/6 in Occupational Health & Safety.
• Experience of working in the civils sector.

Responsibilities

• Identify and escalate any resource issues that could create risk for the projects you support.
• Support implementation and embedment of the SHEQ goal and strategy.
• Support project compliance with statutory requirements.

Skills

Strong Communication skills

Understanding of Health & Safety legislation

Education

NEBOSH qualification or NVQ level 5/6 in Occupational Health & Safety

Member of IOSH working towards graduate status

Job description

The Company

Specialise in high-quality public realm and landscaping schemes, as well as highway and civil engineering projects across both public and private sectors. The majority of projects undertaken are in Central London.

The Role

The purpose of a SHEQ Advisor is to support key stakeholders (our customers) and to achieve the highest levels of performance. A developing member of the SHEQ team, working closely with the Head of SHEQ, project teams and our supply chain partners to give high quality SHEQ support.

• Identify and escalate any resource issues that could create risk for the projects you support.
• Support implementation and embedment of the SHEQ goal and strategy.
• Support project teams to lead and engage in SHEQ and deliver high standards
• Promote and help create a positive SHEQ reporting culture.
• Develop relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitor and support SHEQ performance.
• Support project compliance with statutory requirements.
• Monitor and support supply chain SHEQ performance.
• Identify and elevate / communicate areas for improvement to the Contracts Manager and Head of SHEQ to support continuous improvement.
• Support incident management for the projects you support. Focus on identifying root cause analysis and how to prevent incidents from happening again.

The Requirements

• Completed or in progress with NEBOSH qualification or NVQ level 5 / 6 in Occupational Health & Safety.
• Member of IOSH working towards graduate status.
• Experience of working in the civils sector
• Strong Communication skills
• A high understanding of Health & Safety legislation

The Benefits

• An excellent salary and package
• Projects in Central London