Standards Advisor

This is a Full Time/Flexible Working, Permanent vacancy that will close in 19 days at 23:59 BST.

The Vacancy

We currently have an opportunity for a Standards Advisor to join our Wates team within our Responsive Maintenance division. You will be working out of our Finsbury Park office on one of our social housing contracts. The primary focus of this role will be to provide professional SHEQ support. You will engage with various teams and supply chain peers to ensure that our SHE policy is promoted and effectively deployed, providing support to senior SHE advisors.

Key Accountabilities will include:

1. Support with the development of programmes for project visits that ensure the highest level of SHE standards appropriate to project risks.
2. Actively and effectively challenge non-compliance of SHE policies and standards.
3. Support business leadership in the preparation of bids.
4. Communicate learning and good practices from within and outside the business.

We are looking for

You to have experience of SHE policies in an industrial or construction environment and ideally have worked on a similar programme of works.

To be successful in the role

You will be an excellent communicator, with the ability to coach and influence individuals, along with being able to identify hazards.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

About Wates

Wates is one of the UK's leading family-owned development, building, and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, 'reimagining places for people to thrive,' and our three promises:

• Thriving places: working with customers, partners, and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet: protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people: creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognized as a Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favorably due to an offending background.

Awards

• Best Project - Inside Housing Development Awards
• Winner - 2022 Construction News Awards
• Gold Award - Investors in People 2022
• Gold Award - Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards
• Top 50 Employers for Women - 2022