Sheq Advisor

Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) Advisor (Multi-Utilities)

Location: Field Based (West Midlands)

Salary: £35,000 - £42,000

Company Car or Car Allowance

Summary

• To provide professional health, safety and environmental advice and support across the organisation, specifically within our multi-utility self-lay activities.
• Assist the SHEQ Manager in developing and implementing the company health, safety and environmental management system.
• Promote a positive health and safety culture, adopting a risk-based approach, prioritise and manage risk both working alone and as a part of a team, with a positive “can do” attitude.
• Prepared on annual basis in line with HSE Objectives and Targets

Specific Responsibilities / Tasks

• Deliver timely and sufficient response to requests for expert health, safety and environmental advice across the business
• To proactively identify health, safety and environment risks and propose improved solutions to help ensure they are adequately controlled
• To ensure incident investigations are co-ordinated and effective in line with corporate and legislative requirements through gathering essential information, analysing, identifying root cause and contributory factors and making suitable recommendations to prevent future incidents
• To develop as required, policies and procedures that provide information and guidance to the business on health, safety and environmental issues
• Assist in developing and implementing the company health, safety and environmental management system
• To keep up to date with changes to developments in health, safety and environmental legislation and other requirements that affects the organisation and wider industry
• Assist in the development, effective monitoring, collation and reporting of management information as detailed within the Group’s HSE plan
• Provide transformational leadership and coaching on health, safety and environment at all levels of the organisation including the development and delivery of training and employee briefings
• To provide regular communication throughout the organisation to promote a positive health, safety and environment culture
• Undertaking depot inspections and site safety tours of operatives, service providers and field based managerial staff providing expert HSE advice
• Assist with the collation, recording and ensuring closure of all non-conformances raised from site audits, incidents and premise audits
• Deputising for SHE Manager as required and provide support to the SHEQ Advisors
• Complete any other reasonable duty as requested by the Group SHE Manager or Senior Management

Qualifications & Training

• Must hold a NEBOSH General / Construction certificate or equivalent
• Member of IOSH
• Associate member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (desirable)

Technical Skills & Experience

• Expert knowledge of health & safety and environmental legislation
• Strong multi-utility self-lay background is essential
• Knowledge and implementation of occupational health and behavioural based safety
• Ability to develop friendly and professional customer focused relations with others including Senior Management
• Ability to motivate employees to achieve high standards of compliance
• Relevant experience in a similar or other role involving the management of health, safety and environment in multi-utility disciplines.