Senior Health & Safety Advisor

Glasgow / Derby / Bristol / London / York

Permanent

Home / Hybrid working

Do you want to be part of a business that supports Clients to create a safer project? Are you a Chartered Health & Safety professional or working towards chartership? Can you provide CDM guidance and support to multi-discipline project teams, in particular, have you undertaken the Principal Designer role? Then, join us to shape a safe and sustainable world.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow
To support growth within our business through recent project wins, we are looking for a Senior Health & Safety Advisor to join us. Working on a range of Infrastructure and Energy projects, you’ll provide safety leadership and undertake the role of Principal Designer on projects.

On a day-to-day basis, you'll be responsible for:

Collaborating with our project team and JV partners to support delivery of Health, Safety & Wellbeing requirements across the project
Supporting the role of Principal Designer on our projects
Working with our H&S team to support HSW across the wider business
Undertaking monitoring of project activity for compliance with H&S legislation, client standards and management systems and procedures and raise concerns to the appropriate level as required
Delivering Health & Safety training to project staff as required, to ensure sound understanding of the principles, regulations and relevant COWI UK processes
Providing support and guidance to the design and onsite teams for them to plan, coordinate and monitor site project work, considering the principles of prevention

Implementing actions to transform our approach to HSW through the full project & infrastructure lifecycle

Supporting our project and office locations– HSE Planning, Risk Assessment and Safe Systems of Work

Supporting the review and assessment of competency (skills, knowledge, experience and organisational capability) of external designers, consultants and contractors being considered for appointment on the project, as appropriate

Participating in accident/incident investigations on site and brief lessons learnt.

Reporting findings to the COWI UK Senior Leadership Team where concerns arise or where improvements should be made to current procedures to improve HSW

Undertaking site audits and inspections.

Promoting best practice in all elements of Health, Safety & Wellbeing both internally and externally

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you’ll have:

Experience of undertaking the Principal Designer Role (PD) on a project
Demonstrable experience of working within a HSE team, in Engineering/Wind/Water/Transmission
The knowledge to facilitate HAZID/HAZOP workshops.
A relevant qualification, such as NEBOSH Diploma or Degree in Occupational Health and Safety
HSE Chartership or as a minimum have a Cert. IOSH level or similar accreditation and be working towards full chartership.

Sound knowledge of national H&S legislation

The ability to influence teams to adopt the highest Health, Safety & Wellbeing standards

A clear understanding of how health and safety is monitored through the design process to construction, maintenance, end use and demolition.

Experience of the audit process and have an ability to identify and express areas of concern

The ability to demonstrate management and coordination skills to motivate and influence internal and external teams

A place to work and so much more
At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.  

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer:
To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well. 

   Some of our benefits include: 

28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays

Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities

Private health care, for you and your immediate dependents

Flexible and hybrid working conditions

Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions

Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange

Life assurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

Corporate gym membership

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist Laura Dobson

LADN@COWI.COM.

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer.
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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