HS&W Advisor

About The Role

Do you want to be at the forefront of one of the world’s most ambitious sustainability initiatives?

Do you want to be at the forefront of one of the world’s most ambitious sustainability initiatives? Balfour Beatty have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world over the past 115 years redefining excellence and setting the industry benchmark with every project. As a result, alongside several consortium partners;
Balfour Beatty have been selected by bp (British Petroleum) to construct a first-of-a-kind fully integrated gas-fired power station with carbon capture and storage which is a key driving force behind plans to make Teesside the UK’s first decarbonised industrial cluster. Balfour Beatty is seeking a dynamic H&S Advisor to contribute to ourNet Zero Teesside(NZT) project based at our site in Redcar and Cleveland.

Role

Purpose:

To advise and support the NZT project team on specific HS&W duties, provide guidance, and monitoring and reporting on compliance with these responsibilities.
Due to the nature of the construction programme, this position will primarily operate on night shifts, supporting key project works outside of standard daytime hours. The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring health and safety standards are maintained across all night-time operations.

• Ensuring with Project Site Management and Supervision, that all operations and activities are effectively planned and undertaken in compliance with Site and Project HS&W requirements.
• To provide the Project Team with competent advice on current H&S legislation, company compliance and project compliance requirements aligned to the Management system.
• Assist project team in undertaking project related risk assessments and preparation of safe systems of work in line with project specifics procedures and arrangements.
• To contribute towards building a positive safety culture by embedding the core principles, ie. Golden Rules
• To support the effective active monitoring, recording and reporting of our own and subcontractor H&S performance and workplace conditions.
• To actively challenge and report any unsafe behaviours and unsafe conditions and record these via the observation programme
• To ensure near miss and improvement observation reporting is carried out and maintained.
• Investigate accidents, incidents and near miss events in accordance with project standards to identify and share lessons learned.
• To facilitate effective H&S inductions and relevant HSE training and liaise with the Project Training Coordinator.
• To ensure all enquiries from the Project Team and HS&W function are dealt with accurately and promptly.
• Liaise with HS&W colleagues within the project (inc. Partners / Client) and attend regular co-ordination meetings.
• Participate in the regular reviews and updates of the Project H&S Management System.
• To develop strong links with our customer in promoting best practice and continual improvement.
• Maintain a visual presence on site and assist with coaching and mentoring of project personnel to ensure continuous improvements are made.

• Ability to work a rotating shift pattern including both day and night shifts.
• NEBOSH Certificate / Diploma, C&G Etc
• Member of the Institution of Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing and Health (TechIOSH /GradIOSH)
• Ability to prepare technical inspection, audit reports and other documentation for submission to internal and external stakeholders.
• Previous experience in conducting and producing incident investigations to a high standard determining root cause and appropriate and proportionate corrective actions in the interest of Learning From Experience (LFE)
• Confident with Microsoft Office 365 suite and online…