SHEQ Advisor OCU Services · Iver, Borehamwood

Opals Group; Borehamwood, Greater London, London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a proactive Health & Safety Advisor to enhance workplace safety in the power sector. This dynamic role involves providing expert advice, conducting training, and implementing safety measures to foster a positive safety culture. You will engage with teams across various projects, ensuring compliance with safety policies and procedures. This position offers a supportive environment where your expertise is valued and career progression opportunities abound. If you're passionate about making a real impact in health and safety, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Career progression opportunities

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Pension plan

Qualifications

• Proven experience in health and safety roles, ideally in the power sector.
• NEBOSH Certificate and relevant IOSH membership preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct training, toolbox talks, and inductions for staff.
• Investigate incidents and implement preventative measures.
• Undertake audits and inspections, reporting findings.

Skills

Health and Safety Management

Communication Skills

Incident Investigation

Risk Assessment

Training Delivery

Positive Safety Culture Promotion

Education

NEBOSH Certificate

IOSH Membership

Job description

Do you have a passion for keeping people safe and driving a strong safety culture? Are you looking for a role where you can make a real impact and be at the heart of health and safety excellence? If so, we want YOU!

Why This Role?

At the OCU Group, safety is more than just compliance, it’s our way of working. We’re looking for a proactive, hands-on, and dynamic Health & Safety Advisors who thrive on creating safer workplaces, engaging with teams and influencing positive change. An expert within your field, you will be providing advice, training and support across all departments.

Experienced with the power sector, you will join our team in Borehamwood or Iver, covering Power Projects across West London and the M4 corridor. You will drive compliance with company policies, procedures and integrated management systems, while attending client contract meetings and delivering presentations as needed.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will be more than just ensuring policies are adhered to. Investigating incidents, identifying root causes and implementing preventative measures will be a key aspect of your role, along with compiling and submitting reports to senior SHEQ management in a timely manner. You will also be undertaking tasks such as:

• Conducting training, toolbox talks and inductions
• Creating and reviewing the production of risk assessments and method statements and answering any health and safety related queries
• Undertaking audits and inspections of the sites, identifying areas for improvement and reporting on the findings

In addition, you will play a crucial role in supporting the development and execution of HSE programs, working closely with the Health, Safety & Environmental Manager and the Head of SHE Major Projects.

To support your expression of interest, you will have demonstrable knowledge/experience as follows:

• Proven experience in a similar role ideally within the power sector
• NEBOSH Certificate and ideally relevant membership of IOSH
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work well with a wide range of people
• Drive and enthusiasm with the ability to promote a positive Health and Safety culture
• Experience working in live substations is desirable, as well as previous exposure to DNO and IDNO environments.
• A full UK driving license is essential.

If you’re ready to take the next step in your Health & Safety career, apply today and help us create safer, smarter workplaces!

What’s in It for You?

• A supportive team environment where your expertise is valued
• Career progression opportunities in a growing company
• Competitive salary + benefits package (e.g., pension, health insurance)
• The chance to make a real difference in workplace safety

About us:
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’.

The OCU Group is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, noting that candidates must have the right to work in the UK.