SHE Advisor

Pontoon; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Pontoon is seeking a SHE Advisor for the Yorkshire GREEN Project based in Leeds/York. The role covers Safety, Health and Environmental support across a major transmission project, collaborating with principal contractors and delivery teams to ensure compliance and promote a proactive safety culture.

Essential duties include site inspections, risk assessment, and implementation of control measures across substation, transmission line, and civil works.

Qualifications

• Experience as an HSE advisor in construction
• Experience on major construction or infrastructure projects
• Strong understanding of UK health and safety legislation
• Ability to inspect, audit, monitor and engage with contractors
• Clear communication and influencing skills
• Knowledge of behavioural safety programmes and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Promote high SHE performance across the project and drive continuous improvement
• Review site practices and advise principal contractors and delivery teams
• Undertake site inspections and audits for compliance with procedures and legislation
• Monitor SHE management systems, risk assessments, method statements and controls
• Support incident investigations and share lessons learned
• Engage with client representatives and workforce to promote positive safety behaviours
• Encourage reporting and learning to improve hazard identification and risk management

Job description

Job Title: SHE Advisor - Yorkshire GREEN Project

Location: Leeds/York

Contract Type: 12 months with scope to extend

The Role

As a SHE Advisor, you will provide Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) support across a major electricity transmission infrastructure project in Yorkshire. Working collaboratively with principal contractors, subcontractors, and project delivery teams, you will help ensure compliance with relevant legislation, company procedures, project requirements, and established SHE standards.

You will play a key role in promoting a proactive safety culture, identifying hazards, assessing risks, and supporting the implementation of effective control measures throughout construction activities. These may include substation construction, overhead transmission line installation, underground cable works, civil engineering, lifting operations, and associated infrastructure upgrades.

Through regular site engagement, inspections, audits, and constructive challenge, you will support the consistent application of safe working practices, drive continuous improvement, and contribute to the delivery of a safe and environmentally responsible project.

You will also champion SHE initiatives, promote positive safety behaviours, support incident investigations, and provide practical advice to site teams and management. A key focus will be ensuring that critical risks are effectively managed and that everyone involved in the project takes responsibility for maintaining high standards of health, safety, and environmental performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with principal contractors, subcontractors, and project delivery teams to promote high standards of SHE performance and drive continuous improvement across the project.
• Review site working practices, identify opportunities for improvement, and provide constructive feedback and advice to principal contractors and delivery teams.
• Undertake site inspections, audits, and assurance activities to verify compliance with contractor management systems, client Business Procedures, project requirements, and applicable legislation.
• Monitor site activities and assess the effective implementation of SHE management systems, risk assessments, method statements, and associated control measures.
• Support project supervisors in carrying out effective and proportionate site monitoring, ensuring that standards of supervision, intervention, and assurance are consistently maintained.
• Promote occupational health and wellbeing, including mental health awareness, early intervention, and the prevention of work-related ill health.
• Support the SHEQ Manager in communicating and implementing SHE campaigns, initiatives, and improvement programmes, including Stand Up for Safety and other relevant project initiatives.
• Provide practical SHE advice and specialist support in areas such as plant and vehicle interface, safe systems of work, and safety from the electrical system, escalating specialist matters where required.
• Review SHE performance data, incident statistics, inspection findings, and audit results to identify trends, recurring issues, and opportunities for targeted improvement.
• Support the enterprise team with accident and incident investigations, ensuring that findings, lessons learned, and corrective actions are communicated effectively and implemented in a timely manner.
• Engage with client representatives, contractor management, supervisors, and the wider workforce to promote positive safety behaviours, strengthen accountability, and support the development of an injury-free culture.
• Encourage workforce involvement, open reporting, and constructive challenge to improve hazard identification, risk management, and learning across the project.
• Monitor the effectiveness of corrective and preventative actions, following up on identified issues to ensure that improvements are implemented and sustained.
• Support the sharing of good practice and lessons learned across the project to improve SHE standards and consistency of delivery.

Essential Requirements

• Previous experience working in a Health and Safety Advisor role within a construction environment.
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate or NEBOSH General Certificate.
• Experience working on major construction or infrastructure projects, ideally involving transmission or distribution assets, substations, overhead line construction, or comparable complex engineering environments.
• A sound understanding of UK health and safety legislation and its practical application within construction projects.
• Experience undertaking site inspections, audits, monitoring, and engagement with contractors and operational delivery teams.
• The ability to identify hazards, challenge unsafe practices constructively, and influence positive changes in working behaviours.
• Clear communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively with personnel at all levels.
• An understanding of behavioural-based safety programmes, safety culture development, and continuous improvement principles.

Desirable Requirements

• Tunnelling Safety Training Scheme (TSTS) qualification.
• Previous experience in a SHE role on tunnelling or underground infrastructure projects.
• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent higher-level health and safety qualification.

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