Health & Safety Officer

HS2 Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Balfour Beatty VINCI as a Health & Safety Officer for the HS2 construction project in Birmingham. This role offers the chance to support occupational health and safety functions while working on groundbreaking infrastructure. Benefit from tailored development plans and mentorship for career growth.

Benefits

Flexible working available for some roles

Free parking

Travel allowance for eligible candidates

Family friendly leave policies

Excellent pension contributions

Access to employee assistance programmes

Access to annual flu vaccinations

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid CSCS card.
• Experience in occupational health & safety in the construction sector is essential.
• Possess a full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Support the Health & Safety function of Sublot 4.
• Focus on Occupational Health and Emergency Preparedness.
• Progression plan to Occupational Health & Safety Advisor.

Skills

Knowledge of occupational health & safety legislation

Construction industry experience

Education

CSCS card (HSE Manager & Professional Test)

Job description

Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain’s biggest construction project?

Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 - Britain’s new high speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join us - we’re at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus you’d join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Health & Safety Officerin Birmingham City Centre. As a Health & Safety Officer you will support the Health & Safety function of Sublot 4, focusing on Occupational Health and Emergency Preparedness. The role includes a tailored professional development plan aimed at progression to Occupational Health & Safety Advisor, with mentorship provided by the H&S Manager.

This role will be based in Birmingham city centre. Our prominent Birmingham city centre site, Sublot 4, cover a 4.5km stretch, bringing HS2 trains into the new Curzon Street station. The site is responsible for three sections of HS2; Curzon Street Station, the Saltley area and Washwood Heath. The work involves the construction of viaducts, underbridges, overbridges, river diversions and retaining structures.

Experienced required

• CSCS card (HSE Manager & Professional Test) and full driving licence
• Knowledge of occupational health & safety legislation and construction industry experience
• Includes tailored professional development and ongoing training (internal, external, and on-the-job)

Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Benefits of working with us

• Flexible working available for some roles
• Free parking
• Travel allowance for eligible candidates
• Family friendly leave policies
• Excellent pension contributions
• Access to employee assistance programmes
• Access to annual flu vaccinations

About Balfour Beatty VINCI

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCI’s role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:

• 9.3km of viaducts
• 35 cuttings
• 56 culverts
• 2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels
• 28 underbridges and 11 underpasses

Diversity and Inclusion

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is delivering equal opportunities for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neuro diversities. We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce. We have embedded Equality,Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.

We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements.