Head of Health Safety and Wellbeing

What you'll be doing
Provide advice, support and direction to all project HS&W teams to enable them to support their project teams to deliver Zero Harm, in a coherent and co ordinated manner.

Ensure assurance plans are in place and implemented.

Undertake Health Safety and Wellbeing compliance evaluations, tours and audits as required and to ensure sufficient assurance of project  conjunction with Executive General Managers / Managing Directors / Directors, carry out project and business sector HSW performance reviews and reporting using lagging and leading indicators.

Work with the HSW Director, to develop and ensure the delivery of the BB Rail HSW Strategy.

Review and investigate accidents, incidents and near miss events in accordance with Balfour Beatty standards to identify and effectively share lessons learned across Rail and the wider team.

Ensure actions and recommendations are tracked and the SIER process is applied.

Ensure HSW, Customer and Balfour Beatty accident reporting requirements are fulfilled.

Monitor, collate and interpret health safety and wellbeing performance data including close out of inspection and accident investigation reports, and provide management reports on a routine basis.

Deputise for the HSW Director where required.

Work with the wider BB HSW team to promote Zero Harm and continuous improvement of performance through special projects, local initiatives and HSW improvement plans.

Develop professional relationships with customers and specifically their HSW professionals.

Implementation of the HSW strategy for the business.

Lead and manage the overall capability, development, deployment and performance of health safety and wellbeing requirements within Rail Systems.

Providing HSW Leadership, demonstrating a strong partnering ethos across the region.

Building and developing relationships with all relevant internal and external stakeholders.

Ownership of HSW Governance for the Rail Systems business.

Influencing continuous improvement within the HSW function.
Who we're looking for
The following qualities/experience are essential:

Chartered membership of a relevant professional body (IOSH/IEMA) or working towards.

Educated to Diploma/Degree/HNC level

Rail and/or Construction industry experience and in particular CDMMust be able to obtain Personal Track Safety qualification which includes the associated medical and any other client specific minimum safety qualifications and associated medicals.

Influencing and persuasion skills

Analytical skills with an attention to detail

Motivational, leadership and coaching skills

Excellent communicator

Displaying and demonstrating the Balfour Beatty behaviours at all times.

Experienced incident investigator

Experience of reviewing and producing HSW reports to executive level

Must have prior experience of providing leadership and support to operational and functional teams and of working at a senior level.

Must have prior experience of developing proactive relationships with customers

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

Experience in rail construction environment

Training qualification
Why work for us
Day 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 us
Balfour Beatty works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities…