Health and Safety Advisor

About the role

Balfour Beatty are looking for a Health and Safety Advisor to join our Asset & Technology Solutions business based in Derby.

Customers come to us because we can take on and solve any kind of challenge, no matter how complex. Join our team as a Health and Safety Advisor and you will help make this happen.

As a Health and Safety Advisor, you will actively engage with operations to develop and maintain a proactive approach to positive HSES management. Provide expert support and coaching to operations to enable risk elimination to be embedded in
our zero-harm culture. Support the broader HSES agenda as required whilst ensuring governance, compliance and legal obligations are met.


What you'll be doing

• Undertake planned inspections / tours as per Assurance Plan.
• Deliver pre-work site inspections to evaluate and address potential risks at planning stages.
• Review, track and trend unplanned events and support project / site management in their completion of investigations.
• Support local management in their liaison with clients and contractors by attending meetings and other events such as working groups.
• Prepare written reports following all site visits, inspections, audits and investigations
• Review and update Depot/Site documentation.
• Ensure compliance to the BMS as well as testing the effectiveness of its various components in controlling risk and delivering continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance to the business emergency planning.
• Monitor emerging, new and revised legislation to assess its impact on the business.
• Ensure that lessons learned from monitoring/incidents are communicated and adopted.
• Monitor specific environmental aspects and work in conjunction with the HSES Manager to ensure compliance with the environmental procedures to meet our ISO 14001 certification requirements.
• Deliver training and advisory sessions to personnel and contractors
• Share learning across projects and business streams
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm and the Zero Harm Events Calendar
• Support to ensure safety leadership teams (SLT) are engaged
• Promote the reporting of Close Calls throughout the business ensuring that actions are taken and feedback delivered
• Deliver Safety Cascades informing operations of relevant safety alerts, fast facts and lessons learnt
• Promote telematics and safe driving behaviours
• Assist the projects to deliver effective planning stages through compliance and reliability
• Be able to plan and monitor performance on SMART Objectives
• Ability to communicate and promote a positive Health & Safety culture
• Able to demonstrate a proactive approach and ability to implement best practices
• Assist in maintaining the companies Safety management system –iSMS
• Ensure effective communication of essential safety documents, e.g. safety alerts / bulletins
• Undertake reviews of relevant safety documentation, e.g. work package plans / task briefings

Who we're looking for



The following qualities/experience are required:-

• NEBOSH Certificate / National Compliance & Risk Qualification equivalent
• Competence in incident investigation
• Demonstrable experience in a health and safety advisory role
• Strong HS&E legal knowledge and practical application
• Experience of delivery of HSE training
• Proven ability to influence and promote a positive safety culture
• Demonstrate ability to develop and implement risk free environment using best work practices and innovations
• Assist the organisation for achieving sustainable delivery
• Experience in temporary site electrical installations
• Proven track record delivering H&S support to multiple teams

The following qualities/experience are desirable:-

• NEBOSH Diploma / NVQ Level 5 – Occupational Safety & Health
• Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) competence
• Environmental / Sustainable qualification
• Good understanding of CDM2015 – Roles and Responsibilities
• An exemplary communicator and able to build and maintain positive professional relationships at all level
• Internal Auditor qualification (ISO 45001, ISO 9001 and or 14001)

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]