Health & Safety Advisor - Section wide / Enabling and Earthworks - Suffolk site based

Balfour Beatty plc; Leiston; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days annual leave

Family-friendly policies

Pension & share incentive

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc in Leiston, UK, is seeking a Health and Safety Advisor to support Sizewell C and the Civil Works Alliance by ensuring compliance with HSW objectives across pre-construction, construction and post-construction phases.

You will conduct inspections, assist with risk assessments and help implement the Safety Management System, with flexible smart working where possible.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate
• Minimum Tech IOSH
• Experience as Health and Safety Advisor with relevant construction-related or transferable skills

Responsibilities

• Undertake Health and Safety compliance inspections, tours and audits.
• Identify and rank risk associated with CWA work activities.
• Prepare fact-driven reports from inspections, tours, audits and investigations.
• Support implementation of Sizewell C and CWA SMS.
• Build relationships with project teams and stakeholders.
• Assist work planning to evaluate and address potential risks.

Skills

NEBOSH General

IOSH

Job description

About the role

Be part of this 'once in a generation' project that will deliver clean energy to 6 million homes for the next 60 years. Sizewell C will see the creation of a 3.2 Gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast to provide reliable load low-carbon electricity.

The Civil Works Alliance is an extended delivery enterprise involving Sizewell C and three international construction companies: Balfour Beatty, Bouygues Travaux Publics and Laing O'Rourke.

We are more than just an alliance, we are bringing together a single delivery organisation with years of learning and experience from other major complex infrastructure programmes worldwide.

What you'll be doing

To support the operational teams to deliver and comply with the project and CWA HSW objectives and goals throughout the pre-construction, construction and post construction process, ensuring all legal obligations are met.

Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions

• Undertake Health and Safety compliance inspections, tours and audits to satisfy the monthly HSW Assurance Plan, the HSW Manager, or as requested by the CWA in response to emerging risks.
• Able to identify and rank risk associated with CWA work activities.
• Able to prepare fact driven reports following inspections, tours, audits and investigations.
• Support the implementation of and ensure compliance with the Sizewell C (SZC) project standards and the CWA Safety Management System (SMS).
• Able to build relationships with the CWA project teams and wider interested stakeholders.
• Support project teams during work planning to evaluate and address potential risks.

Who we're looking for

Essential

• NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate
• Minimum Tech IOSH

Desirable

• Has previously experience in a Health and Safety Advisor role with relevant constructed related or transferable skills.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• - Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• - 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• - Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• - Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty's Major Projects business is delivering some of the UK’s most complex and iconic infrastructure projects including HS2, the new high-speed railway and the first nuclear power station in a generation, Hinkley Point C. Using the latest technology, we're driving productivity and creating a lasting legacy by delivering sustainable solutions that strengthen communities.

From consultancy and design, to all aspects of construction and maintenance. We have the proven expertise to deliver large-scale projects safely and successfully.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at [e-mail]