Senior Health & Safety Advisor

Amey are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Health & Safety Advisor to join our Highways team in Northern Ireland to provide the support, advice, and information necessary for the operations team to deliver their services in a continually improving, safe and environmentally friendly manner. At Amey we put safety first always. As a Senior HSQE Advisor within our Consulting Highways division, you will play a pivotal role in driving the continuous improvement of Health, Safety, Quality, and Environmental (HSQE) standards across a range of projects.

• Be seen to add value to the operations, practice and delivery management teams by delivering a proactive risk and solution-based approach based on engagement.
• Expand their knowledge and competence of other areas of health, safety, environment and assurance in order to become a multi-skilled member of the HSEQ family.
• Write clear, concise and readily understood reports, procedures and guidance documents, ensuring Group minimum standards and wider BU governance standards are met.
• Continually uphold Amey’s core value of ‘safety first, always’, by complying with and promoting our robust safety measures to minimise the risk of injury or ill health to you and those around you. This will be achieved by consistently applying and working within our Zero Code framework whilst undertaking activities for or on behalf of Amey.
• Apply technical and specialist knowledge to deliver and manage a risk-based audit & inspection regime as agreed with the sector BP as necessary to identify areas of strength and weakness.
• Apply advanced technical or specialist knowledge to advise, observe, inspect and audit.
• Support management teams to ensure that projects comply with relevant legislation, industry standards, and Amey Consulting's Integrated Management System (IMS).
• Advise project teams on HSEQ matters.
• Analyse information and data to identify trends and causes and propose solutions.

• Nebosh Diploma or equivalent Level 6/7 qualification.
• Chartered membership (or equivalent/working towards Chartership) of a professional safety institution (IOSH, IRSM)
• Investigation qualification or ability to obtain.
• Internal/Lead Auditor (ISO 45001)
• Relevant Environmental and QA qualification (desirable)
• CPD record with a relevant professional body.
• A full current UK driving licence.
• Right to work legally within the UK and Ireland (NI & ROI)

• A working knowledge and competence of at least one other area in addition to their HS speciality (E/Q)
• Computer Literate with a good knowledge of SharePoint. Power BI, Power Apps, and MS applications
• A good understanding of Integrated Management Systems, their maintenance and continual improvement.
• Ability to apply management systems expertise to new regions and legal frameworks.
• Interpersonal skills to build and foster cooperation, through collaboration with employees, management, and other key stakeholders as necessary with a view to continually building and encouraging good working practices, support, challenge and improvement.

• Specialist technical knowledge in a professional services/Construction management /design or Highways local authority sector backed by extensive experience of implementation, in Health & Safety organisation and risk management arrangements and the development and implementation of relevant management systems.
• An understanding of Environment & Sustainability and Quality & Assurance management systems and their integration with H&S systems.
• Excellent knowledge of the H&S legislation which impacts on the markets the business operates within (especially CDM safe by design)

Career Development – Our dedicated progression framework identifies your career pathway and progress within the organisation, and with dedicated mentoring and support on hand to ensure you hit your career milestones. We’re huge advocates for professional development and offer a recognition bonus for those achieving professional qualifications.

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