H&S Advisor – Major Civils/Earthworks

Job Purpose / Overview

To monitor and provide HS&E input, from design through to implementation and support the broader HS&E agenda as required and ensuring governance, compliance and legal obligations are met.

Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions

Undertake planned project inspections / tours as per Frequency Matrix
Deliver pre-work site inspections to evaluate and address potential risks at planning stages
Review, track and trend unplanned events and support project / site management in their completion of investigations
Support local management in their liaison with clients and contractors by attending meetings and other events such as working groups
Prepare written reports following all site visits, inspections, audits and investigations
Review and update Project documentation
Ensure compliance to the BMS as well as testing the effectiveness of its various components in controlling risk and delivering continuous improvement.
Ensure compliance to the business emergency planning.
Monitor emerging, new and revised legislation to assess its impact on the business.
Ensure that lessons learned from monitoring/incidents are communicated and adopted.
Monitor specific environmental aspects and work in conjunction with the HS&E Manager to develop the environmental procedures to ensure compliance with ISO 14001 certification
Deliver training and advisory sessions to personnel and contractors in conjunction with HR teams;
Setting to Work
Fact Finders (including Just / Fair Culture)
Occupational Health (OH)
Plant & Vehicle Marshal (PVM)
BMS Familiarisation
Support the delivery of the Behavioural (Make Safety Personal – MSP) Programme
Share learning across projects and business streams
Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm and the Zero Harm Events Calendar
Support the projects to ensure safety leadership teams (SLT) are engaged
Promote the reporting of Close Calls throughout the business ensuring that actions are taken and feedback delivered
Deliver Safety Cascades informing projects of relevant safety alerts, fast facts and lessons learnt
Promote telematics and safe driving behaviours
Assist the projects to deliver effective planning stages through compliance and reliability
Be able to plan and monitor performance on SMART Objectives
Ability to communicate and promote a positive Health & Safety culture
Able to demonstrate a proactive approach and ability to implement best practices
Assist in maintaining the companies Safety management system -iSMS
Ensure effective communication of essential safety documents, e.g. safety alerts / bulletins
Undertake reviews of relevant safety documentation, e.g. work package plans / task briefings
Deliver site inductions
Undertake Q/A themed audits
Support in machinery and workplace risk assessments
Gather evidence to support investigation process and its reports, including the interviewing witnesses and gathering of statements
Deliver HSES coaching and mentoring to core and project teams

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

Ability to influence and promote a positive HSES culture
Competence in incident & accident investigation
Strong understanding of UK Health and Safety Regulatory Framework & UK Business Management System
Ability to prepare formal written reports and publications on HSES topics
Ability to undertake project planning, project management and work to budgets
Demonstrate commitment to continual learning to refine, further develop and apply expertise to add distinctive value to customers and Balfour Beatty
Broad experience of complex construction and civils projects
Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) competence
Ability to engage and converse at all levels
Strong understanding and experience of the construction and civil engineering process, including constraints and requirements of specialist heavy-civils operations (e.g. lifting operations, working at height, excavations, temporary works etc.)

Desirable

Good knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Graduate Member of IOSH, CMIOSH or working towards
Tunnelling experience

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

NEBOSH National Diploma, NCRQ Diploma in Applied Health and Safety or equivalent Level 6 qualificatio

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status