Senior SHEQ Advisor

Location: Whiston

About

The Role Right across infrastructure, theres a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage youre at in your career, with us youll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in afriendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working? At M Group Energy, were enabling the energy essential to support our lives. We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation. This role will be within our Transmission & Renewables team. We design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity.

This is a site-based role working on a high-profile Substation build project in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Want to come and be a part of it? What will you be doing? As a Senior SHEQ Advisor ,youre a key part of our Site Project Teams! Youll work on high profile Substation projects, working directly with site teams and customer representatives. Provide expert SHEQ guidance across complex, high-risk and multi-contract environments, supporting operational teams to deliver safe and compliant projects.

Act as a technical lead and escalation point for SHEQ Advisors, offering coaching, mentoring and professional development support. Lead assurance activities including audits, inspections, investigations and compliance reviews, driving continuous improvement and risk reduction. Oversee high-risk work activities, ensuring robust RAMS, permits and safe systems of work are in place and effective. Support incident investigations, root cause analysis and the implementation of corrective and preventative actions.

Build strong relationships with clients, contractors and operational stakeholders, representing the SHEQ function in meetings and performance reviews. Support SHEQ reporting, compliance monitoring, competence management and data integrity across contracts. Deputise for the SHEQ Manager when required and provide leadership support across multiple projects and contracts. Contribute to SHEQ initiatives, training programmes, safety campaigns and continuous improvement activities. Maintain oversight of subcontractor competence, certification records, onboarding processes and business identity controls.

Are you passionate about driving positive safety cultures into operational activities and processes? We want to hear from you! What youll bring Essential Previous experience as a Safety Advisor in a construction environment (Substation or HV Electric experience) NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent). Proven audit, investigation and assurance experience. Knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015 and their practical application. Temporary Works Awareness or Coordination.

Environmental management awareness. Credibility with operational teams and client stakeholders. Competent IT skills relevant to SHEQ systems and reporting. Valid UK driving licence (due to site-based, multi-contract scope). Desirable NEBOSH Diploma or NVQ Level 5/6 in Occupational Health & Safety (working towards with an agreed plan). First Aid at Work qualification. Behavioural Safety and/or Human Factors training. Industry-recognised training in high-risk activity areas (e.g. HSG
47, temporary works, lifting, excavations, working at height). Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively at all levels of the organisation. Analytical mindset, supporting risk assessments and incident investigations. Strong coaching approach, focused on developing others and sharing knowledge. Confidence in challenging poor practice and influencing behaviours at supervisor and manager level. Ability to work autonomously while remaining aligned to organisational goals and priorities.

Whats in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
Matched or contributory pension scheme Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Employee assistance programme My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts Life assurance Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave Reward and recognition scheme In addition, this role offers;
Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from Private health care and health care cash plan for you 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!

About us We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. Were one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army…