Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is looking for a Health, Safety, and Wellbeing Manager to join their team in Ipswich. The ideal candidate will oversee health and safety on major civil engineering projects, ensuring compliance and promoting a positive safety culture. An attractive benefits package includes flexibly working options and competitive annual leave.

Benefits

Smart working options

25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

Family-friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Experienced and motivated Safety Professional with extensive civil engineering experience.
• Ability to inspire and manage personnel to achieve high safety standards.
• Experience with project risk assessments and compliance evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement health and safety management systems.
• Provide guidance and training on H&S practices.
• Conduct audits and inspections to ensure compliance.

Skills

Health and safety legislation

Construction industry experience

H&S management

Problem Solving

Education

NEBOSH Construction Certificate

NVQ Level 4 / equivalent / Diploma

Corporate Member of IOSH

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About the role

Balfour Beatty is seeking an experienced and motivated Health, Safety, and Wellbeing Manager with major project experience in civil engineering/construction to join our Power Transmission and Distribution Team in Ipswich.

About the role

Balfour Beatty is seeking an experienced and motivated Health, Safety, and Wellbeing Manager with major project experience in civil engineering/construction to join our Power Transmission and Distribution Team in Ipswich.

Working on the Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement (BTNO) Project you will be responsible for the provision of timely health and safety advice, guidance, training, management reporting and practical management solutions to Project Staff, employees and contractors.

Project information: Balfour Beatty will be responsible for the replacement of the existing high voltage electricity network between Bramford Substation in Suffolk and Twinstead Tee in Essex, with a new 400 kilovolt overhead line spanning 18 kilometers. In addition, the company will also deliver 11 kilometres of underground cable through the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Stour Valley.

What you'll be doing

• Develop, maintain and promote the implementation of the Project H&S Management Systems including the (contract Health & Safety Plan, Emergency Preparedness Plan)
• Provide advice, support and assistance to all project personnel to enable them to manage their health, safety and Wellbeing responsibilities.
• Develop and deliver suitable H&S training programmes for all project personnel (including routine project inductions).
• Assist Project Managers and Supervisors delivering project related risk assessments using appropriate risk assessment methods. Undertake risk assessment and risk assessment reviews to ensure Balfour Beatty and Contractor assessments have identified suitable and practical control
  measures which cover foreseeable risk(s)
• Undertake Health and Safety compliance evaluations, inspections and audits at prescribed intervals – record outputs and liaise with site management to ensure actions are completed.
• Promote a positive safety culture through proactive monitoring and engagement.
• Investigate accidents, incidents and near miss events in accordance with Balfour Beatty standards to identify and share lessons learned. Ensure actions and recommendations are tracked.
• Fulfil H&S, Customer and Balfour Beatty accident reporting requirements
• To monitor, collate and interpret health and safety performance data including close out of inspection and accident investigation reports, and provide management reports on a routine basis
• As directed, promote continuous improvement of safety performance by implementing special projects and corporate health and safety improvement plans.
• Participate in the regular review and update of the Project Health & Safety Management System.

Who we're looking for

Qualifications required:

• Corporate Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (or working towards)
• NVQ Level 4 / equivalent / Diploma
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate
• Relevant CSCS Card

Knowledge/Experience required:

• Health and safety legislation, regulations and guidance.
• Construction industry experience, Major projects, Heavy civils, Power Transmission Distribution
• Producing monthly statistical reports

Competencies/Personal Attributes required:

• Motivated, determined, qualified and experienced Safety Professional with civil engineering/Construction experience.
• Ability to inspire, influence, direct and manage personnel to achieve higher standards whilst supporting and developing a strong team spirit and culture.
• Leads by example, proactively connecting to and supporting others to improve their H&S performance
• Initiative and drive to get things done correctly, with emphasis on working with and through people
• Maintains and continually improves personal competence
• Analysis and Problem Solving
• Team working
• Good organisational skills with ability to prioritise and manage conflicting deadlines

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 Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

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, visitwww.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]

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management

• Industries

  Construction, Civil Engineering, and Engines and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing

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