Senior Health Safety Advisor

BYLOR Joint Venture; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Company pension

Annual holiday leave

Company car allowance

Job summary

BYLOR Joint Venture requires an HSE Advisor to work nights at the HPC site in Somerset, overseeing safety operations and addressing health & safety issues. You will coach project teams, conduct audits, and ensure compliance with the BYLOR SMS while identifying and mitigating risks.

The role demands construction industry experience, NEBOSH qualifications, and strong knowledge of HS&E legislation to support the environmental and safety agenda on a major civil engineering programme.

Qualifications

• HSE coaching for projects and teams.
• Risk assessment and hazard identification.
• Experience in the construction industry and environmental awareness.
• Knowledge of HS&E legislation and project compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide robust HS&E advice to project teams.
• Identify hazards and rank risk for effective actions.
• Conduct inspections and audits in line with compliance programmes.
• Investigate incidents and produce thorough reports addressing root causes.
• Monitor BYLOR SMS compliance and drive corrective actions.

Skills

HSE coaching

Risk assessment

Construction industry

Legislation knowledge

NEBOSH

Environmental knowledge

Education

NEBOSH

HSE qualifications

Job description

Bouygues Travaux Publics (TP) and Laing O’Rourke, two of Europe’s most dynamic engineering and construction specialists, are working together in a joint venture named BYLOR to deliver the main civil engineering works at Hinkley Point C (HPC) worth over £2.8 billion.

Bylor are pushing the boundaries of innovation and modern technology while delivering high quality construction on a massive scale. Bylor have already broken the UK record for the largest continuous concrete pour of 9,000m3 of concrete.

This is great opportunity to be part of a dynamic organisation that is challenging the industry and making history.

Purpose of the role:

Required to work nights on a shift basis to oversee the site is operating safety and to handle all health & safety issues.

Key responsibilities and specific accountabilities:

• Able to guide and support their allocated project/establishment by giving robust HS&E advice and able to coach in HS&E matters.
• Has the aptitude to identify hazards or deficiencies, ability to rate and rank risk to enable effective evaluation and communication of any required actions.
• Has experience of conducting inspections and audits of projects, establishments and offices, and ensuring these are undertaken in compliance with the compliance monitoring programme.
• Able to carry out investigations and produce thorough and comprehensive reports that address the underlying issues and not just the end result (i.e. the injury / damage)
• Monitors compliance, ensures projects are implementing the relevant parts of the BYLOR Safety Management Systems (SMS) and identifies corrective action where required.

Essential skills & knowledge:

• Able to coach the project team in key HSE project risks
• Understands the benefits of using the “behavioural” tools as a part of a continuous improvement cycle.
• Must have experience in the Construction Industry.
• Has a good understanding of relevant HS&E legislation and is able to interoperate the requirements of this legislation as applicable to the Project activities
• Has at least 3 – 4 years’ relevant experience with industry recognised qualifications
• Has sufficient environmental knowledge to be able them to support the BYLOR environmental agenda

Education & Qualifications:

• Industry recognised HSE qualifications
• NEBOSH

Additional Information:

All positions with Bylor are employed directly with either Laing O’Rourke or Bouygues Travaux Public and include competitive salaries, private medical insurance, company pension schemes and annual holiday allowance. Some grades will also include a company car allowance.

• competitive salaries
• private medical insurance
• company pension schemes and annual holiday allowance
• company car allowance

Unless stated otherwise all positions are based at Hinkley Point C in Somerset.

Somerset boasts beautiful English countryside, an attractive coastline, interesting towns and villages along with easy access to the M5 and within proximity to the cities of Bristol and Exeter.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at BYLOR.