Carmichaels are currently looking for a SHEQ Advisor to work on the HS2 project in the Midlands.
You will be working with the operations teams to ensure the safe delivery of all utility/service diversion works (Water, Gas, Electricity, and telecom) across the West Midlands area.
As the project SHEQ Advisor, your duties & responsibilities will be:
- Advise construction managers, team leaders and site operatives in the field of statutory health and safety requirements
- Encourage the reporting of near misses through proactive engagement with operatives and supervisors.
- Regularly inspect work locations and prepare and submit site inspections in a timely manner
- Review and approve risk assessments and method statements
- Verify that temporary works are implemented safely
- Conduct investigations of incidents and accidents identifying root cause analysis and recommendations to prevent re-occurrence
- Report incidents in line with reporting systems & minimum requirements
- Compile and submit monthly KPI reports within agreed timescales to the regional SHEQ manager
- Deliver project inductions & undertake D&A testing (random & following incidents)
- Ensure actions from investigations are acted upon and assist operational teams in closing out actions in a timely manner
- Assist operation teams to deliver toolbox talks & safety briefings
- Support Wellbeing Campaigns and deliver toolbox talks and briefings on subject matter
- Assist in the identification of safety training needs for site-based personnel and bring these to the attention of the SHEQ Manager
- Co-operate with the Health and Safety Executive in connection with their site visits
- Suggest, communicate and promote initiatives for accident prevention
- Monitor compliance
Skills & Knowledge Requirements
- NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate
- Computer literate with experience of Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook
- Appropriate Construction Skills Certification Scheme Card
- EUSR SHEA Gas/Power would be desirable
- EUSR Water Hygiene
- Member of IOSH
- Working knowledge of current UK Health and Safety legislation and best practice
- Knowledge of street works and locating underground utilities/services
- NRSWA training would be desirable.
- Knowledge of Temporary Works
- Knowledge of environmental regulations
- Knowledge of NERs, GERs & WERs would be desirable.
- Ability to maintain records and prepare reports
- Ability to evaluate safety practices, procedures, attitudes, and awareness and to recommend methods of improvement
- Experience of delivering training modules (project inductions)
- Knowledge of a variety of occupational health risk environments, such as confined spaces and utilities service avoidance
- Ability to evaluate safe practices, procedures, attitudes and awareness and to recommend methods of improvement
- Ability to maintain favourable public relations
- Experience in delivering and implementing behaviour-based safety initiatives