Lead SHEQ Advisor

JN Bentley; Reading; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development support

Chartership guidance and sponsorship

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Mott MacDonald Bentley is seeking a Lead SHEQ Advisor to join our established team in the water sector across the UK. The role balances high standards of occupational health and safety with a focus on human factors as part of our behavioural safety leadership programme.

You will act as the senior client SHEQ contact, coordinate with Operations Directors, and drive SHEQ performance metrics across projects, including reporting and escalation when needed.

Qualifications

• Experience of construction practices and health and safety challenges.
• Able to mentor junior team members and lead by example.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills with deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Act as senior contact for Client SHEQ requirements.
• Liaise with Operations Directors to focus SHEQ support.
• Own SHEQ performance measures and incident investigations.
• Report performance metrics and recognize good practice.
• Coordinate SHEQ attendance at design reviews and meetings.
• Provide SHEQ information to the HS&E Executive.
• Promote Health & Safety Strategy and I Care initiatives.
• Develop and promote the High Energy Hazard programme.
• Support team development and training needs.
• Authoring BMS instruction documents.

Skills

Chartered status pursuit

Client liaison experience

Incident investigations

RCA close-outs

Mentoring junior staff

Performance data reporting

Training needs assessment

Education

Achieved or pursuing Chartership

Job description

Mott MacDonald Bentley is a design and build business combining the design expertise of Mott MacDonald with the contracting experience of JN Bentley, operating across water, energy and environment sectors throughout the UK. With an annual turnover surpassing £600 million, Mott MacDonald Bentley cements its position as a leader within the industry. The sustained, robust business performance creates an ideal environment for career growth.

If your interest and experience lie within Health and Safety, the SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment Quality) team is for you. The team supports the entire company, including operational teams, in ensuring that Mott MacDonald Bentley work safely, avoid environmental harm, safeguard the occupational health of our employees and deliver quality projects to our clients.

As a Lead SHEQ Advisor you will be joining our established team, working within the water sector in partnership with various clients. This role will give the right candidate a great balance between exercising and monitoring high standards of occupational health and safety, also focussing on human factors as part of our behavioural safety leadership programme.

As Lead SHEQ Advisor You Will

• Act as the senior contact for Client SHEQ requirements.
• Liaise with the Operations Director and Managers to ensure SHEQ support is focused on key operational areas, activities, and the appropriate staff/teams.
• Serve as the principal contact for SHEQ incidents, ensuring incident trends are communicated and investigations are appropriate and completed.
• Owner SHEQ performance measures, ensuring compliance with SHEQ Support visit frequencies, identifying high‑risk projects for enhanced support, and reporting performance metrics to Operations Directors (including poor performance for improvement and good performance for recognition such as Be‑Recognised).
• Liaise with Project Delivery Teams across design and construction, ensuring SHEQ attendance at design reviews, QES 3 readiness meetings, and CM/SM meetings.
• Provide relevant SHEQ information to the HS&E Executive.
• Support and promote the Health & Safety Strategy by monitoring and encouraging Talk Safe and Talk Green participation, collaborating with department heads to promote the I Care initiative, and engaging key suppliers to improve understanding of JNB Operational Safety Standards and I Care expectations.
• Help develop and promote the High Energy Hazard programme.
• Foster innovation within the unit SHEQ team.
• Ensure robust induction delivery.
• Support team development by reviewing training needs, development pathways, and wider opportunities.
• Support team development by reviewing training needs, development pathways, and wider opportunities.
• Authoring BMS instructions documents.

What You’ll Need

• Experience of construction practices and associated health and safety challenges.
• Achieved, or currently working towards, Chartership.
• Management experience with a proven record of effective client liaison.
• Strong organisational and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with team members and stakeholders.
• A valid driving licence and willingness to travel to sites across your operational region.
• Experience in workflow coordination.
• Experience conducting incident investigations and completing RCA close‑outs.
• Ability to mentor junior team members.
• Experience allocating project responsibilities.
• Competence in performance monitoring and providing performance data.
• Experience creating guidance documents.

What We Can Offer

Alongside our significant training and development investment, bespoke progression plan and support to achieve professional chartership, we offer a wide range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

To view our full range of benefits, please see the Bentley benefits brochure attached.