Senior Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor

Balfour Beatty

  • Devizes, Wiltshire
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 21 days ago
About the roleBalfour Beatty are looking for a Senior Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) Advisor to join our Power Transmission and Distribution Team working across the North Wessex Downs.The project will be replacing 4.6km of overhead electricity line and 13 pylons with underground cable on the North Wessex Downs landscape, to restore an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Devizes, as part of National Grid's Visual Impact Provision.The Senior HSW Advisor will provide guidance, support, advice and compliance monitoring on Health and Safety to ensure compliance with the Balfour Beatty HSW integrated Business Management System. They will promote safe behaviours on site and help to achieve our Zero Harm goals.What you'll be doing
  • Contribute to the implementation of the Zero Harm & Sustainability Action Plan
  • Undertake planned & unplanned inspections, audits, joint tours and reviews of projects
  • Produce formal reports on findings and communicate these to the project.
  • Contribute to local and national H&S projects (e.g. MSP, Supervisor Development)
  • Be involved at the planning stage to support design teams to identify and control risk.
  • Engage with site teams to identify safer ways of working using the hierarchy of control
  • Deliver on-going approved HSW Awareness Training to meet project and business needs
  • Actively provide support and guidance to the supply chain & subcontractors.
  • Assist in the development of HSW case studies and best practice.
  • Relentlessly pursue every opportunity to challenge the norm
  • Assist in the compilation of risk assessments and written safe systems of work
  • Support the delivery of briefings & toolbox talks
  • Ensure the project is compliant with all H&S Regulations, Company Policies and the BMS
  • Provide HSW advice and support at an operational level
  • Ensure lessons learned are effectively communicated across the Project /Business area.
  • Support HSW work winning activities across the business
  • Regular communication and promoting engagement with stakeholders
  • Support and maintain a constant focus on the behavioural safety programme
  • Support their Project /Business area during near miss/incident/accident investigations
Who we're looking for
  • Membership of a relevant professional body (IOSH)
  • Educated to NEBOSH National Level Certificate or equivalent
  • Good communicator with influencing and persuasion skills
  • Approachable
  • Good interpersonal skills and team player
  • Displaying and demonstrating the Balfour Beatty behaviours at all times
  • Incident/Accident investigator/fact finder
  • Accurate record keeping
  • Relevant experience matched with their Project /Business area.
Why work for usDay in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.Why join us?As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…About usBalfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.Diversity and inclusionAt Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visitTo help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit:We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at:

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