Health and safety advisor

Health and Safety Advisor - Edinburgh

Permanent/ Full-time

The Role

Our client are seeking a competent Health & Safety Advisor to join the team, working on a major project located near Edinburgh. Reporting to the Contracts Director, Contracts Manager and Senior Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Manager, the successful candidate will provide HSE technical and competent advice and support to our sites.

What You Will Be Doing:

• HSE Management Plans - supporting the planning processes and production/maintenance of key management plans including the Project Management Plan (PMP), Construction Phase Plan (CPP), Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Devising & Approving RAMS, Task Briefings, Permit to Dig etc.
• Safety Briefings, inductions and site team engagement - deliver site safety inductions to all site team, workforce and visitors, support the site team preparing and delivering toolbox talks, behavioural safety programmes, safety briefings and DA testing
• Technical Advice & Support - providing specialist advice, support and input where required to deal with specific project issues with planning, managing and monitoring HSE considerations
• Project Review - reviewing the project to identify opportunities and unusual risks, to be briefed etc.
• Incident Management - assisting / delivering any part of the site-based elements of the incident management process including incident control, notification and investigations
• HSE Compliance - ensuring compliance with HSE management system & procedures as part of our Business Management System both in self-delivering requirements, but also influencing behaviours, coaching & mentoring and compliance across all sites and teams
• HSE Monitoring - providing support in terms of project monitoring requirements, including regular HSE inspections, audits, trends etc.
• Risk Identification & Mitigation - as appropriate
• Record Keeping -including regular HSE progress and status reports
• Client Interface - satisfy client requirements by providing client HSE representation and attendance at progress meetings

What We Are Looking For:

• Willingness to travel & work at various sites across the UK when required, along with regional sites local to Edinburgh (including overnight stays for distant sites)
• Full UK driving licence
• Minimum NEBOSH General/Construction Certificate and working towards next qualification
• Technical/Certified member of IOSH (and working towards chartered status)
• Preferable 2/3 years working for a Tier 1 or Tier 2 civil engineering contractor
• Highly developed professional communication skills, including writing and presentation of reports, investigations, preparing relevant documents, and participating in a range of meetings
• Be able to confidently and effectively communicate with all levels of the workforce, contractors, clients and regulatory bodies
• Be self-motivated, focused, reliable, well-organised, flexible, possess good team working ethic
• Enthusiastic about health, safety & environmental issues
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Possess strong computer literacy, including good working knowledge of the full Microsoft Office suite
• Must have a right to work in the UK - please note we are unable to provide sponsorship at this time

Training and Development

We believe in developing our staff through building experience on the job as well as professional qualifications where appropriate for the individual.

Benefits

• Competitive starting salary
• Company contributing pension scheme (eligibility applies)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Travel and subsistence allowances whilst attending site
• Car allowance or Company vehicle (eligibility applies)
• Training and professional membership fee reimbursed
• We can offer long term career opportunities where your pay will increase as you gain more experience.