Senior HSW Advisor: Drive Zero Harm & Safe Work Culture

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

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension

Job summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Senior Health, Safety & Wellbeing (HSW) Advisor to join our Power Transmission & Distribution team in Norwich. You will guide, coach and support on-site teams to achieve Zero Harm standards, shaping safe behaviours and ensuring compliance on projects from overhead lines to substations.

You will work with operations to embed a positive safety culture, deliver HSW training, conduct inspections and contribute to design-stage risk control, promoting safer working

Qualifications

• Educated to NEBOSH National Level Certificate or equivalent.
• Good communicator with influencing and persuasion skills.
• Incident/Accident investigator/fact finder.
• Relevant experience in a construction/civils role.
• UK driving licence holder and willing to travel when required.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of the Zero Harm & Sustainability Action Plan.
• Undertake inspections, audits, site tours and reviews, producing clear reports and actions.
• Provide practical HSW advice, coaching and support to site teams, supply chain and subcontractors.
• Engage early in planning and design to identify and control risk.
• Promote safer ways of working using the hierarchy of control and behavioural safety principles.
• Deliver HSW training, briefings and toolbox talks to meet project needs.
• Ensure compliance with HSW legislation, company policies and the BMS.
• Support incident investigations and ensure lessons learned are shared across the business.
• Contribute to HSW initiatives, continuous improvement and best practice sharing.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and support HSW input into work-winning activities.
• Support audits, drive performance improvement and champion HSW innovation across projects.

Skills

HSW advisory

Communication

Influencing

Team player

Site coaching

Education

NEBOSH National Level Certificate

Job description

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Senior Health, Safety & Wellbeing (HSW) Advisor to join our Power Transmission & Distribution team in Norwich. You will guide, coach and support on-site teams to achieve Zero Harm standards, shaping safe behaviours and ensuring compliance on projects from overhead lines to substations.

You will work with operations to embed a positive safety culture, deliver HSW training, conduct inspections and contribute to design-stage risk control, promoting safer working