Senior Health Safety and Wellbeing Advisor

Balfour Beatty plc; Brighton; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

Annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension & incentives

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Senior HSW Advisor to join the Regional Buildings Team on the West Slope Residences project at the University of Sussex. The role provides in-house health and safety advisory services to enable statutory compliance and promote Zero-Harm culture on site.

Key duties include on-site support, inspections, incident investigations, KPI reviews with subcontractors, and RAMS/Construction Phase Plan reviews.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH National Diploma or equivalent in safety management or working towards relevent qualifications.
• Experience in accident/incident investigation.
• Experience in a health and safety role on highway/major projects or construction.
• Sound technical Health and Safety knowledge.
• Ability to work independently and within project teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible, on-site HS&W advice to the Project.
• Carry out site inspections and targeted inspections for compliance and corrective actions.
• Promote and deliver the Zero-Harm agenda.
• Assist in incident reporting, root-cause analysis and lessons learned across the supply chain.
• Monitor mandatory safety training within the team and supply chain.
• Collect and analyse safety statistics; lead KPI review meetings with subcontractors.
• Review RAMS, competencies, and the Construction Phase Plan for adequacy.
• Produce formal reports using the Project Portal to track HS&W inspections against UK frameworks.

Skills

NEBOSH National Diploma

Accident investigation

Health and safety knowledge

Independent working

Team collaboration

Job description

About The Role

Balfour Beatty is looking for a Senior HSW Advisor to join our Regional Buildings Team on the the West Slope Residences - The University of Sussex project. The Senior HSW Advisor will provide an effective in-house health and safety advisory and management service, to advise and assist the project in meeting all it’s statutory health, safety and wellbeing responsibilities and to promote the Zero-Harm culture.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide visible, on-site support and HS&W advice to the Project.
• Carry out regular site inspections and targeted inspections to ensure compliance with the Balfour Beatty Health, Safety and Wellbeing procedures and provide any corrective actions.
• Provide active support in promoting and delivering the Zero-Harm agenda.
• Assist in the reporting and investigation of incidents, identification of root causes and lessons learned and share within the supply chain.
• Monitor and assist with mandatory safety training within the Balfour Beatty team and the Supply Chain.
• Obtain and analyse required safety statistics to compare performance between all sub-contractors. Hold regular meetings with the Supply Chain safety representatives to discuss performance KPIs, HS&W Trends and lessons-learned from any incidents.
• Provide competent advice in the review of documentation such as RAMS, competencies, and the Construction Phase Plan.
• Produce formal reports using the Project Portal to record planned & unplanned HS&W inspections which review project performance against the UK HSWS Regulatory Framework & UK Business Management System (BMS) requirements
  

Who we're looking for

• NEBOSH National Diploma or equivalent in safety management or evidence of working towards relevent qualifications. Level of relevant experience will be considered in other cases
• Accident/incident investigation experience
• Experience in a health and safety role preferably in highway/major projects or construction. Some environment experience is desirable.
• Sound technical Health and Safety knowledge
• Ability to work independently and in Department and project teams
  

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.

Benefits

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

Operating across England and Wales, our buildings teams create places where people live, are cared for, work, learn, meet and have fun, with a focus on the aviation, health, defence, education and development sectors.

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, visit www.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.

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]