HS&E Advisor

HS&E Advisor

Location:

Glasgow & surrounding areas

Business Unit:
Environment About UsGalliford Try is one of the UK's most formidable construction businesses with an enviable track record of delivering schemes that create positive, lasting change for the communities we work in.

Our Environment Business provides "source to sea" asset delivery capability across the UK and Scotland, delivering both framework and standalone projects for some of the UK's leading water companies. Since AMP3, we have delivered more than 2 billion of assets for clients including Yorkshire Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water, Thames Water, Southern Water, Welsh Water and Scottish Water.

As an established market-leading business, this is an exciting opportunity to join our team at a time of transformation as we continue to evolve and prepare for delivery in an increasingly digital and sustainable future.

Purpose of the Role We are looking for a proactive and collaborative HS&E Advisor to join our Environment Business.

Reporting to the Framework HS&E Manager, you will support the delivery of Galliford Try's Health, Safety and Environmental strategy across a range of projects and frameworks. Working closely with operational teams, clients and supply chain partners, you will help ensure our projects are delivered to exemplary health, safety and environmental standards.

This role plays a key part in driving continuous improvement, supporting compliance with management systems, fostering a positive HS&E culture and ensuring consistency of performance across the business.

What You'll Be Doing As an HS&E Advisor, you will:

Support the development of a positive, open and collaborative HS&E culture across the business.

Promote Galliford Try's behavioural programme, Challenging Beliefs, Affecting Behaviours, helping to embed positive safety behaviours throughout our projects.

Support the implementation of our HS&E Strategy, driving continual improvement and learning across the business.

Implement and support compliance with our HS&E Management System, ensuring alignment with company and client requirements.

Provide technical health, safety and environmental guidance to operational and site management teams.

Engage with clients, supply chain partners, regulatory authorities, industry bodies and colleagues throughout the project lifecycle.

Support operational teams from planning through to project completion, ensuring proactive implementation of HS&E standards.

Monitor and review HS&E performance using KPIs and support the delivery of improvement initiatives.

Contribute to the identification and mitigation of HS&E risks across projects and operations.

Attend project meetings and provide professional advice and support to delivery teams.

Escalate HS&E concerns appropriately and support the implementation of corrective actions.

Collaborate proactively with operational and support teams on all matters relating to health, safety and environmental performance.

Key Responsibilities Assurance, Auditing & Compliance Conduct workplace inspections, HS&E reviews and site audits.

Undertake ISO 14001 audits to verify compliance with company management systems.

Record findings accurately within company systems and provide recommendations for improvement.

Review project documentation including:

Construction Phase Plans Emergency Response Plans High-risk Method Statements Risk Assessments HS&E-related project documentation

Assist with the onboarding and performance review of supply chain partners where required.

Incident Management & Reporting Investigate incidents, non-conformances and environmental events.

Produce detailed reports and identify opportunities for improvement.

Support or lead incident investigations, identifying root causes and preventative actions.

Manage incident reporting and close-out activities through Galliford Try systems.

Liaise with regulatory bodies when required.

Produce monthly performance reports and present findings to leadership teams as appropriate.

Training & Development Deliver HS&E training sessions, awareness programmes and toolbox talks.

Prepare and develop guidance notes, codes of practice and best practice materials.

Support operational teams, leadership teams and supply chain partners in improving HS&E performance and understanding.

Contribute to the development of a strong learning culture across the business.

About You We're looking for an enthusiastic HS&E professional with strong communication skills, a collaborative mindset and a passion for creating safe,…