Health & Safety Advisor

H&S Advisor (Construction) - South Region

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Would you like to be part of Vital Energi’s Strategy of Growth?

Vital Energi’s Engineering teams deliver a range of innovative solutions to support our clients to generate and distribute low carbon energy, with projects ranging from the construction of low carbon energy centres and district heat network, to building solar farms, to upgrading old inefficient boiler systems with energy efficient heat pumps.

We are looking for a H&S Advisor (Construction) to cover the South Region to provide proactive support to our Engineering teams working across a broad portfolio of projects. Ideally, you will have experience in providing proactive H&S support in a similar multi-site, high-hazard construction environment, and be comfortable in engaging teams to positively identify and manage risks. You will be able to act as a point of technical advice for operational teams and have experience of providing technical support in relation to activities such as civils/excavation, working at height and lifting operations, and be able to critically review risk assessments and method statements to ensure foreseeable risks have been fully identified and effective mitigation strategies are in place.

If you would like to work for an organisation that values health and safety, and be able to make a positive impact across a broad range of locations and activities, then we’d love to hear from you.

The Role

• Work collaboratively with project teams to ensure an organisational approach to health and safety is implemented to a consistently high standard. Taking a risk based approach when determining solutions and initiatives; giving priority to high-risk and complex situations to ensure site based personnel are following VE policies and HSE regulations.
• Use specific knowledge and understanding to partner and provide insightful, timely challenge to sub-contracted delivery partners and others in respect to delivery of H&S at project level, in compliance with CDM 2015, applying the Principles of Prevention throughout the project lifecycle in order to promote safe working environment/practices.

Support Project Teams to ensure employees receive weekly (minimum) toolbox talks and briefings on a mix of Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental topics.

Facilitate employee engagement and participation through site safety committees and regular communication meetings including participative works planning for high-risk and complex works and working with the project management team responding to any employee’s site safety concerns.

Support registration and removal of hazardous (Special) waste and other waste streams from work sites.

Help maintain safety standards in respect of emergency response; helping carry out drills and exercises to help manage emergencies.

Work closely with appointed Occupational Health administrator to ensure fit for work certificates are in place for employees where required.

Monitor H&S performance through the collection and dissemination of H&S performance data and monthly reporting, providing feedback to project team managers and the H&S Manager.

Assist in delivery of audit programmes to ensure compliance with management systems prompted under ISO 9001, 14001 and ISO 45001 standards.

Maintain a focus on delivering advisory support to enable operations to meet or exceed environmental and quality expectations.

Assist project team with the preparation, maintenance and handover (on project completion) of the Health & Safety file to the client.

Maintain up to date knowledge of developments in H&S

Qualifications

Whilst we will consider applicants on the basis of experience, the ideal candidate will also have at least

• NEBOSH Certificate (essential) in Occupational Health and Safety (NEBOSH Diploma or similar preferred)
• Externally accredited internal auditor qualification (14001/18001/9001)
• Membership of recognised Professional
  
  

Competencies

• Experience of providing an effective H&S support service within a construction / project environment, or similar dynamic, multi-site, field-based industry - the ideal candidate will have two to five years’ experience of working in a similar industry environment undertaking tasks comparable to the role

Proven ability to promote a positive safety culture,

Applications will be processed within 28 days of receipt. If you have not heard from us within this time period it will mean that your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. Thanks you for your interest in Vital Energi.

The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.

Applicants must have the unrestricted and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment, without the need for sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to support visa sponsorship or employ individuals with time‑limited permission or conditions attached to their right to work in the UK

Notice To Agency And Search Firm Representatives

Vital Energi Utilities Ltd is not accepting unsolicited CVs from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. xlqdzyr CVs submitted to any Vital Energi Utilities Ltd employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Vital Energi Utilities Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you