Senior Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor

Job Description

The M25 is one of our Flagship projects in the UK! It is the most used part of the UK Strategic Road Network with it seeing over 200,000 vehicles per day and it’s a critical infrastructure asset for personal and goods vehicles into and around our capital. The network includes around 800 structures and 5 tunnels, so it requires high levels of performance, constant improvement and repairs to keep it operating smoothly.

We’ve formed a Joint Venture project called Connect Plus Services (CPS) to work with our partners to widen, operate and maintain the M25 under a 30-year contract until 2039.

The role can be based in South Mimms, Leatherhead or Dartford.

ROLE PURPOSE

The purpose of this role is to assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of processes aimed at managing health, safety & well-being risks within the Project.  The role will support the organisation’s ambition to be a safe and responsible company regarding our people, supply chain partners and the communities we serve

INTERFACES

The role will interface with direct employed (Internal) and Supply Chain (External) Managers, Team Leads and Operatives in both an office and construction environments with a significant presence during night construction works

ACCOUNTABILITIES

This role will be principally engaged in:

• Provide day to day management, guidance, support and mentoring to the other HSW advisors.
• Being a visible champion for HSW throughout the project engaging with Operatives and Managers
• Oversee the implementation of Organisational Standards relating to HSW at a local level providing feedbacking to the HSW Managers on any areas of improvement or potential conflict with business requirements
• Monitor the delivery of the communications strategy to keep HSW on the operational delivery agenda and report back to the HSW Managers on the levels of effective communication
• To support the delivery of appropriate and adequate HSW training based on Project needs
• Support/ undertake targeted inspections of HSW management system and supply chain audits, tracking & supporting actions to close out
• Managing own diary and stakeholder communications to plan, schedule and conduct inspections and HSW conversations with site & depot based teams
• To prepare and communicate timely reports and presentations detailing performance data on inspection findings, tracking & supporting actions to close out
• To positively represent the Health, Safety & Well-being function and its strategy during conference calls and meetings
• To review work activities against safety system of work taking appropriate action and providing documented advice where necessary
• Support incident investigations, ensuring incidents are dealt with effectively with actions tracked to close out

Qualifications

Essential

• Membership of a relevant professional body (IOSH)
• It is essential that you have experience of UK Highways projects.
• Professional qualification in health and safety (minimum NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent)
• A current CSCS Card
• Clean, full driving license
• Able to maintain a regular night-time and weekend presence
• Utilise suite of Microsoft Office applications and digital platforms at an intermediate level to review data, identify themes and prepare representative graphs

Desirable

• Prior site based construction experience
• Experience of working on a Joint Venture
• Prior experience facilitating meetings via digital platforms e.g. Teams, Zoom, Skype etc

Additional Information

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and we strive to build a workforce that truly reflects the communities we represent. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and any other protected characteristic. If you decide to apply for an opportunity with us, your application will be assessed based purely on your experience, the essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role. We value each and every one’s contribution as this builds our culture and means that if you work with us, you will be included, listened to, and respected.