Senior SHEQ Advisor OCU Services ·

Opals Group; Borehamwood, Greater London, Three Mile Cross; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking experienced SHEQ/SHE Advisors to lead health, safety, and environmental initiatives across various projects. This role is pivotal in ensuring compliance with safety standards and fostering a culture of safety within the organization. You will engage with all levels of the business, providing essential training and guidance while monitoring contractor safety practices. Join a company that values personal development and career progression in a supportive environment, where your contributions will directly impact the safety and well-being of employees and clients alike. Embrace the opportunity to make a difference in a dynamic and growing organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in SHEQ advisory roles within construction or utilities sectors.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards across projects.
• Provide specialist advice on safety policies and procedures.

Skills

Senior SHEQ Advisor experience

Excellent Spoken & Written Communication Skills

Positive people Management skills

Logical thinking & problem solving ability

Good organisational skills & attention to detail

Negotiation skills

Report writing

Ability to cope under pressure

Trustworthiness and discretion

Education

NCRQ level 6 / NVQ level 6 / NEBOSH diploma

EUSR or CSCS in General Health and Safety

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

Due to significant growth and contract wins, OCU Services, (part of the wider OCU Group) has some new opportunities for experienced SHEQ/SHE Advisors to be based out of our Borehamwood, Iver or Shinfield offices. The purpose of the role is to provide Health, Safety & Environmental leadership and information, advice and training to all levels and departments within the OCU Business, working across a number of Power/ Electrical projects across the business.

Responsibilities

• You will ensure strict adherence to the reporting and recording procedures for accidents and dangerous occurrences as required under RIDDOR, as directed by the SHEQ Manager.
• Shall be responsible for providing specialist advice on the company's safety policy and procedures and compliance with statutory obligations throughout the company.
• Shall monitor arrangements to ensure that health and safety standards applied by contractors are satisfactory and in accordance with contractual arrangements, company specifications, policy and procedures.
• Shall ensure that site employees work in accordance with the company’s health and safety requirements, policies and procedures along with those of its Clients.
• Shall recommend disciplinary procedures where any member of site supervisory staff fails to discharge their safety responsibilities satisfactorily.
• Shall take appropriate action when notified of disregard of safety on site.
• Shall ensure the provision of a safe and healthy working environment for persons working in or visiting any company operation, site and/or premises.
• Shall monitor provision and effectiveness of adequate and existing welfare facilities.
• Promote the reporting of near misses throughout the company.
• You are required to work at any site on which the Company operates, as authorised and as determined by the needs of the business. You will not be required to work outside the United Kingdom.

Skills & Experience

• Experience of working as a Senior SHEQ Advisor within Construction, Utilities, Civil engineering, ideally within the Power arena.
• Excellent Spoken & Written Communication Skills
• Positive people Management skills
• The ability to act with initiative
• A mindset of continual improvement
• Good negotiation skills
• A tactful but assertive manner
• Capable of delivering confident articulate presentations
• Logical thinking & problem solving ability
• Good organisational skills & attention to detail
• The ability to cope under pressure
• Be able to interpret and understand relevant Laws
• Competent in MS Word, Excel Power Point & Teams
• Report writing (including, incident investigation, Robust RCA)
• Self-motivated but able to work as part of a team
• Trustworthiness and discretion, when handling confidential information

Required Qualifications

• NCRQ level 6 / NVQ level 6 / NEBOSH diploma
• Previous experience working in the utilities sector (Power sector preferred)
• Previous experience Working within Live Substations (Desirable)
• Experience working with management systems and the NERS Accreditation (Desirable)
• Experience working in DNOs and IDNOs
• EUSR or CSCS in General Health and Safety
• Proficient in compiling reports
• MUST HOLD CURRENT FULL UK DRIVERS LICENSE

Company Information:

Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.

Working directly with many of the country’s leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms, and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.

We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.

We believe that being successful is a choice.

We choose to be successful.

We are OCU, ‘One Company United’.

We celebrate difference and appreciate diverse backgrounds. We encourage everyone who join us to be themselves at work and create inclusive teams in our workplace.