HSQE Advisor

GSP; Andover; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Aureos is seeking a Regional HSQE Advisor to support multiple projects on a regional site basis in the UK. You will conduct inspections, audits and NCR management, driving HSQE improvements and ensuring CDM compliance across the site teams.

You will work closely with the HSQE Manager, Project Management and regional leaders to promote a positive HSQE culture, lead incident investigations and deliver monthly HSQE reporting.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH Construction Level 3–6 (or equivalent) required.
• IOSH membership or active membership encouraged.
• IEMA Practitioner or higher membership preferred.
• Mental Health First Aider certification is essential.
• First Aid training is required.
• Full driving licence is essential.
• Strong report writing ability and incident investigation experience.
• IT literate with experience using MS 365 and HSQE systems.

Responsibilities

• Minimum two general site audits per week and address NCRs with PMs.
• Conduct targeted inspections weekly and raise NCRs as needed.
• Contribute to HSQE activity and feedback weekly with the region team.
• Maintain diaries and plan site visits, sharing plans with HSQE Manager.
• Record reviews on the document review form and RAMS acceptance docs.
• Lead on RAMS reviews and keep HSQE admin updated.
• Participate in weekly catch‑ups with Advisor and Regional PM.
• Lead monthly HSQE reporting with the HSQE Advisor and Regional Board.
• Attend weekly/biweekly site team calls and input HSQE matters.
• Act as first point of contact for HSQE matters for operational teams.
• Investigate incidents with the HSQE Manager for serious events.
• Stop work when unsafe and document safe corrective actions.
• Support CDM documentation reviews and promote HSQE culture.
• Ensure NCRs and contributions close within set timescales.
• Escalate non-conformances using Aureos management system.

Skills

NEBOSH Construction

IOSH Membership

IEMA Practitioner

Mental Health First Aider

First Aid Trained

Driving Licence

Report Writing

Incident Investigation

IT Literate

MS 365

Tools

MS 365

Job description

If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further! The provision of competent health, safety, quality and site environmental advice. Ensuring inspections and guidance for the site staff and management team is carried out. Providing challenge where required and not walking by. Promotion of safe equipment, standards and method of working. Showing the behaviours expected and leading by example each and every time. This is a regional site-based role supporting a number of projects within a selected region.

Primary duties, responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Minimum X2 General site audits per week to be completed in full Inclusive with any NCR’s raised and communicated to the Project Management team for close out
• Minimum X3 Targeted Inspections per week to be completed with NCR’s raised
• Minimum X2 Contributions with actions raised accordingly
• Weekly Diary report to be issued to the HSQE manager before close of play Friday each week
• Population of outlook diary events planned identifying site visit and locations with HSQE activity planned shared with the HSQE Manager and HSQE Administrator
• All inspections / contributions to be processed onto the Pro Sapien system and direct feedback communicated to relevant parties on site prior to leaving
• Completion of site inspection report to be conducted at the time of the visit ensuring all raised items and feedback can be processed accordingly by all parties involved
• Advisors to be onsite each available day providing HSQE advisor engagement and baseline duties
• All HSQE document reviews to be formally recorded onto the document review form and issued to the team cc’d HSQE Administrator
• RAMS reviews formally issued through the RAMS acceptance document and cc’d to the HSQE Administrator
• Weekly catch-up teams call to be established with the Advisor and Senior Project Manager building relationship and foresight of work activity with the Region
• Monthly HSQE report to be led by the HSQE Advisor in conjunction with the SPM engaging with the Regional GSP Board meeting as required
• Attendance and HSQE Input as required on weekly / biweekly site teams calls as managed through the SPM / PM team requirements.
• Regular Contributions & Site Inspections feedback and engagement with the project teams identifying trends / actions open / on the weekly / monthly calls and meetings by the HSQE Advisor on relevant HSQE matters
• Point of initial contact for HSQE matters for the operational team to be maintained with the HSQE Advisor and escalation paths used to the HSQE Manager
• Incident Investigation on all Regional incident events with joint investigations for high level / serious occurrences conducted with the HSQE Manager
• Where unsafe working is identified, stop the works, agree and document suitable and safe solution and re-brief.
• Assisting the operational team with reviewing of CDM documentation
• Take an active role in developing, maintaining and promoting a positive HSQE culture
• Ensuring compliance with Aureos standards and client requirements
• Undertaking task analysis and acceptance reviews of risk assessment and method statements
• Ensure all requirements and findings are closed within the required timescales
• Promote the closure of NCR’s and Contributions within the projects
• Report and elevate matters of non-conformance using the Aureos management system

Secondary duties, responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Encourage quality contributions and ensure timely close out and feedback is actioned, promote lessons learnt and good practice sharing.
• Attend requested SSEN / Aureos meetings were requested
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with Site and Project Manager teams, clients and other stakeholders
• Promotion of health and wellbeing support, and directing staff where required
• Prepare and deliver workforce (including subcontractors) engagement (toolbox talks, awareness sessions)
• Proactively improve in reducing risk through the planning and Pre Construction process

Person Specification Qualifications and Training Essential:

• NEBOSH Construction Level 3 – Level 6 (or equivalent)
• IOSH Membership
• IEMA Practitioner member or above (or equivalent)
• Mental Health First Aider
• First Aid Trained
• Driving Licence
• Report writing
• Incident investigation
• IT Literate

Person Specification Qualifications and Training Desirable:

• CSCS
• EUSR
• Temporary Works TWC / TWS experience
• Energy Specific / Substation Experience
• Cat & Genny trained

Knowledge and Experience Essential:

• Understanding of working methods within the Energy Sector
• Understanding of Principal Contractor roles and responsibilities
• Site inspections and risk assessment experience
• CDM Regulations knowledge and experience

Knowledge and Experience Desirable:

• Industrial knowledge across the infrastructure Services areas of Business
• Basics of management systems
• Temporary Works Knowledge and experience
• Street Works awareness and red book standards
• Environmental & Sustainability management systems / awareness
• Lifting operations awareness

Skills and abilities Essential:

• Excellent listening and communication skills
• Positive attitude and tolerance when dealing with challenges faced
• Ability to use IT systems including Microsoft 365, and HSQE specific systems.
• Ability to manage own diary and prioritise workloads
• Conduct incident investigations
• Provide Industry relevant advice and support to HSQE matters

Skills and abilities Desirable:

• Excellent time management and relationship skills, comfortably working effectively within a broad range of working environments.
• Strong interpersonal skills able to communicate clearly to inform and influence others; uses appropriate, effective methods to deliver messages.
• Embraces and drives continuous improvement, challenging the status quo for the benefit of the business, supporting learning and development.
• Hands on approach to problem solving
• Excellent standard of written and numerical literacy

Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable. Aureos is a multi-disciplinary energy and transport networks specialist engineering services provider, spanning the design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and crisis response of critical infrastructures across power, renewables, nuclear decommissioning, railways, highways and local government sectors.