Senior SHE Advisor

Costain Group PLC; Hitchin; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated SHE professional to enhance safety, health, and environmental practices within their operations. This role involves supporting contract teams in implementing SHE Management Systems, ensuring compliance with regulations, and fostering relationships with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in SHE, with qualifications such as Tech. IOSH or NEBOSH certifications. Join a forward-thinking company committed to improving lives through innovative infrastructure solutions, where your expertise will contribute to a safer and more sustainable environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of SHE related experience, with over 5 years in the industry.
• Strong knowledge of SHE Management Systems and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Support Contract Leadership Team in SHE compliance and performance.
• Deliver training for successful SHE Management System implementation.
• Engage with SHE Assurance programme for compliance.

Skills

SHE Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Training Delivery

Data Analysis

Education

Tech. IOSH or AIEMA or equivalent

NEBOSH Construction Certificate

NEBOSH Oil and Gas

IEMA Associate Qualification

NEBOSH Occupational Safety Diploma

Job description

• Job Category: Safety, Health and Environment
• Posting Date: 03/31/2025, 02:02 PM
• Degree Level: Two Years College
• Locations: M22 5TG (Hybrid)
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Driving Required: Yes
• Security Clearance Required: No

Job Description

The Group Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) Department is responsible for ensuring that Costain operates in a safe, healthy, and environmentally responsible manner through the implementation of the Group SHE Management System and Group SHE Plan. The Group SHE Management System provides a framework and standards for managing safety, health and environmental risks and opportunities and aims to prevent injury, ill health and provide a safe working environment and protect and enhance the natural environment in balance with socio-economic requirements throughout all our activities and operations. The department's purpose is to protect employees, the community, and the environment while ensuring that Costain operates sustainably and complies with relevant legislation and regulations.

To support the Contract SHE functions, provide, and support SHE solutions and enable the Contract / Operational Teams to implement the Group SHE Management System.

To build and maintain relationships with all stakeholders, whilst providing an independent and objective view of SHE Performance on the Contract.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Support and Influence Contract Leadership Team, Clients, and other Stakeholders in compliance with the Group SHE Management System and Contract SHE Performance
• Support and where required deliver training, to allow the contract team to successfully implement the Group SHE Management System
• Coach and support the Contract Operational and Supply Chain Contractors in the delivery of the Contract SHE requirements
• Where required be actively involved in the ongoing assessment of the Contracts Supply Chain Contractors
• Actively support the delivery of the annual Contract and Group SHE Objectives
• Actively engage with the Contract SHE Assurance programme to ensure compliance with company and statutory requirements
• Actively support the investigation of all unplanned events and close out of assurance findings, ensuring lessons are shared in accordance with the Group SHE Management System
• Support the timely reporting, analysis, and use of SHE data to support and influence the Contract Leadership Team and where required support the development and implementation of data-based improvement plans

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• 3 years SHE related experience
• Over 5 years relevant SHE experience in relevant industry

Qualifications

• Tech. IOSH or AIEMA or equivalent
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate or
• NEBOSH Oil and Gas or
• IEMA Associate Qualification (Course) or equivalent
• Cert IOSH or AIEMA or equivalent
• NEBOSH Occupational Safety Diploma or Environmental Diploma or equivalent

About Us

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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