Senior Health, Safety & Environment Advisor

Summary

A leading international civil engineering company, specialising in complex market segments such as
Transportation, Energy, Tunnelling, Building, Civil and Structural Engineering is looking to hire a Senior Health & Safety Advisor to join their team in Swindon to lead and be accountable for all the health and safety on a number of major civil engineering projects.

Key Responsibilities

-    Establish and provide leadership in best practice in safety, health and sustainability matters on project s
-    Advise and support Directors, Managers and Supervisors to discharge their H&S responsibilities regarding their employees and others.
-    Liaise with Client on a regular basis, being able to establish positive relationships and trust
-    Lead on ad-hoc health and safety projects i.e. Improvement Plans, Supervisor Development Programmes etc as required by the Project Director and the Client
-    Ensure management controls are in place so that all personnel are aware of their statutory duties and responsibilities and to provide advice as and when required.
-    If required, lead junior H&S Advisors ensuring support is provided as required
-    Contribute to a culture of "Everyone Home Safe and Healthy every day"
-    Manage & carry out surveillance/ regular inspections / audits of sites and workplaces to determine whether work is being carried out in accordance with Policy, Procedures and the relevant Statutory Provisions. Where appropriate make recommendations for improvement.
-    Follow up on any required outcomes from inspections that have been carried out
-    Lead, partake and oversee accident / incident investigations in accordance with the procedure and, analysing all data, making recommendations to avoid any reoccurrences
-    Manage, collate & review H&S statistics to identify trends and areas for improvement  
-    Assist the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager in the development, organisation and delivery of the induction process; ensuring everyone at has attended a Project Induction and HUB day
-    Manage and where required be involved in the preparation & review of documents including H&S plans and procedures, method statements and those of 3rd parties
-    Maintain records as necessary to ensure compliance with Legislation, procedures and Contract Requirements
-    Ensure compliance with all relevant Schedule of Partners KPIs
-    Stop work at any time H&S elements of the works are in question

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

-    Relevant H&S Membership at Senior Level (e.g. IOSH, NEBOSH, IEMA, CQI)
-    Extensive experience in a H&S role working n the civil engineering infrastructure sector (tunnelling industry desirable)
-    Solid understanding of the requirements of the ISO 9001, 14001 and BS OHSAS 18001 standards
-    MS package knowledge (e.g Outlook, Excel, Word, Visio, MS Project)
-    Commercial and contractual awareness

Salary

In the region of £60,000 - £65.000 plus a company car or car allowance and package

Due to the nature of the project all candidates must have full right to work in the UK

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Navartis Ltd is a specialist recruitment company supplying highly skilled technical and management professionals within the global Transportation, Civil Engineering & Utility industries, if you are seeking a new position our recruitment team can locate the opportunity to suit your needs