Senior H&S Consultant - North (Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds)

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The WSP UK CDM and Health and Safety Team are looking for experienced Health and Safety Consultants / Senior Consultants with a record of success in complex health and safety consultancy projects in the Construction, Demolition, Infrastructure, Hospitals and Health, Education, Highways, Gas and Electrical Utilities, Renewables including offshore and onshore Wind Farms and on shore Solar Farms, Manufacturing, Engineering, Airports, Flood Alleviation, Residential and Retail sectors, including CDM 15 and Occupational Health and Safety Management.

Successful candidates can be based out of any convenient WSP office, with flexibility on home working, and site travel and attendance.

We have a requirement for a dynamic and flexible consultant to service our growing work load at either Senior Consultant level and increase support to our teams based in Leeds, Manchester, or Newcastle.

• Assist the Project Manager with the delivery of multiple projects within the WSP Business Management System, including creating the project, delivering the scope of services within the project budget and timescales.
• Providing H&S / CDM advice and services to our internal and external clients.
• Undertaking reviews and checks of safety related documentation, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and questioning generalisation and assumptions.
• Carrying out safety monitoring visits to Client’s sites and carrying out audits against site safety documentation; and
• Supporting in the collation and development of bidding / tender responses.
• Travelling to sites, WSP or Client Offices to facilitate our work, which may, on occasion, lead to overnight stays.

Essential:

• NEBOSH General and/or Construction Certificates or equivalent;
• Proven track record of providing competent and health and safety advice in a multitude of project environments / sectors;
• A good understanding of the relationship between the construction design process and CDM 2015 and experience in working in that space on projects;
• Demonstrable working experience in all or some of the industrial sectors described above.
• Have a willingness to travel across UK with occasionally overnight stays;
• Ability to multi-task;
• Energetic;
• Hardworking;
• Organised;
• Reliable;
• Good standard of numeracy and literacy skills;
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills;
• Team player;
• Dependable;
• Good time management;
• Self-motivated;
• Good working knowledge of standard business and IT software; and
• Hold a full UK driving licence.

Desirable:

• Incorporated Member of Association of Project Safety (IMaPS);
• Technician or Graduate Member of Institute of Safety & Health (TechIOSH or GradIOSH);
• A good working knowledge or qualifications in auditing of ISO 45001 and other relevant Health and Safety standards;
• Evidence of relevant further specialist training and experience, including CDM, and evidence of regular CPD; and
• Aspiration to work towards either Chartership or Fellowship in an accredited professional body.

• Work-life balance?

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

• Inclusivity & Diversity?

We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.

• Health & Wellbeing?

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.

• Flex your time?

For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

• Your development?

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring.

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Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

Please note WSP reserves the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date.

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