Senior SHEQ Advisor

First Recruitment Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Benefits

Job summary

A leading design and build provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior SHEQ Advisor to drive SHEQ performance and support policy development. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in SHEQ, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office. This role offers a competitive salary along with excellent benefits, and requires effective communication and organizational abilities to work collaboratively across teams.

Qualifications

• Experience as part of a SHEQ team is mandatory.
• Ability to interpret legislation and follow codes of practice is necessary.
• Strong decision-making skills with an emphasis on knowing when to escalate issues.
• Ability to interpret legislation and approved codes of practice.
• Strong organisational and time‑management skills.
• Capability to work both as a team member and independently.
• Strong communicator, comfortable engaging at all organisational levels.
• Confidence to make decisions and recognise when escalation is required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Visio, Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Manage SHEQ risk and drive performance.
• Support development of policies and management systems.
• Conduct SHEQ assurance audits and investigations.
• Organise audits and support the delivery and execution of SHEQ assurance audits.
• Conduct accident/incident investigations or support investigations conducted by the Head of SHEQ.
• Integrate within wider project teams to understand day‑to‑day challenges.
• Work with clients to deliver collaborative SHEQ approaches.
• Gain exposure to the project management lifecycle of project delivery.
• Highlight opportunities for sustainable solutions.
• Analyse trending key performance data.
• Maintain externally certified management systems.

Skills

Data analysis and evaluation

Trend identification

Strong communication

Organizational skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Time management

Tools

Visio

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Our client is a well‑known integrated design and build provider working in the water sector. With over 1,400 staff across eight regional centres, they support six long‑term water sector frameworks and two recently awarded frameworks, operating both as a sole contractor and in joint ventures and alliances.

As Senior SHEQ Advisor, you will report directly to the SHEQ Manager and play a senior‑level advisory role within the SHEQ team.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand the organisation’s approach to managing SHEQ risk and deliver best‑in‑class performance at a senior level.
• Maintain a dynamic and driven approach to supporting SHEQ across the company.
• Facilitate the development and implementation of policies, procedures, management systems and risk controls to reduce risk and support a positive SHEQ culture.
• Organise audits and support the delivery and execution of SHEQ assurance audits.
• Conduct accident/incident investigations or support investigations conducted by the Head of SHEQ.
• Integrate within wider project teams to understand day‑to‑day challenges.
• Work with clients to deliver collaborative SHEQ approaches.
• Gain exposure to the project management lifecycle of project delivery.
• Highlight opportunities for sustainable solutions.
• Analyse trending key performance data.
• Maintain externally certified management systems.

Candidate Requirements

• Ability to collect, analyse and evaluate large volumes of data whilst maintaining data integrity.
• Ability to identify trends in data and clearly articulate findings.
• Proven experience as part of a SHEQ team.
• Ability to interpret legislation and approved codes of practice.
• Strong organisational and time‑management skills.
• Capability to work both as a team member and independently.
• Strong communicator, comfortable engaging at all organisational levels.
• Confidence to make decisions and recognise when escalation is required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Visio, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Flexible approach to work time and location.

Sector

Commercial, Admin & Office Support

Salary

Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits