Senior Health and Safety Advisor

FJA are working with a national leader in the Water industry, who are looking to recruit a SeniorHealth and Safety Advisor. The Senior H&S Advisor will play an integral part of the SHEQ team based in the Leicester area. The role is a permanent full-time position.

Benefits in the role of Senior Health & Safety Advisor:

• Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
• Car/car allowance
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
• Contribution Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Health Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• And many more benefits including – cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub

As a SeniorHealth and Safety Advisor, your role will be pivotal in ensuring that robust health and safety standards are consistently implemented across their high-profile construction sites which cover complex civil engineering, mechanical, electrical and commissioning works.

You will report directly to the Health and Safety Manager and the responsibilities will include:

• Understanding our approach to managing SHEQ risk and delivering best in class performance at a Senior Level.
• Champion a proactive safety culture, engaging with contractors, subcontractors, and all key stakeholders.
• Maintaining a dynamic and driven approach to supporting SHEQ across the company.
• Facilitating the development and implementation of policies, procedures, management systems and risk controls, which will help reduce risk and support a positive SHEQ culture
• Work closely with the project director, construction teams, contractors and external bodies to integrate health and safety into the project workflow
• Organising audits and supporting the delivery and execution of SHEQ assurance audits.
• Conducting accident/incident investigations and/or supporting investigations conducted by the Head of SHEQ.
• Integrating within the wider project teams to understand day to day challenges.
• Working with our client to deliver collaborative approaches to SHEQ.
• Exposure to the project management lifecycle of project delivery.
• Highlighting opportunity for sustainable solutions.
• Trending and analysis of key performance data.
• Maintenance of our externally certified management systems.

Required experience for the Senior Health and Safety Advisor:

• Proven experience in managing health and safety on complex construction sites, including multi-disciplinary teams and subcontractors with a key focus on both client and construction partner relationships
• Ability to collect, analyse and evaluate large volumes of data whilst maintaining data integrity.
• Ability to identify trends in data and clearly articulate the issue or findings.
• Proven experience of working as part of a SHEQ team.
• Ability to interpret legislation and Approved codes of Practise
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to work both as a team member and under own initiative.
• Good communicator who’s comfortable engaging at all levels within the organisation as you will be advising the team at a senior level.
• Confidence to make decisions whilst recognising when appropriate to escalate issues or concerns.
• Good Microsoft Office skills especially Visio, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Flexible approach to work in terms of both time and location.

If you are looking for a SeniorHealth and Safety Advisor role and want to work for a forward-thinking Company, then click on the 'apply now’ button.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive we are not always able to reply to all applications. If you haven’t heard back from us within 2 weeks, then please accept that your application has been unsuccessful for the role we currently have advertised.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job. Finlay Jude Associates Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers