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Senior Health & Safety Advisor

Our client are hiring for a Senior HSQE Advisor to join their transmission and distribution team based in Blantyre, Scotland. This is a permanent office/site-based role.

The role will involve the provision of competent health, safety, quality (assurance) and site environmental advice. Ensuring inspections and guidance for the site staff and management team is carried out. Providing challenge where required and not walking by. Promotion of safe equipment, standards and method of working. Showing the behaviours expected and leading by example each and every time.

Primary Tasks and Duties

Where unsafe working is identified, stop the works, agree and document suitable and safe solution and re-brief.

Assisting the operational team with reviewing of CDM documentation

Assurance of process and working methods

Take an active role in developing, maintaining and promoting a positive HSQE culture

Undertaking task analysis of risk assessment and method statements / Task briefings

Provide support and advice for staff to aid and promote sustainable practices

Ensure all requirements and findings are closed within the required timescales

Promote the closure of NCR’s and OFI’s within the project

Managing HSEQ Advisors.

Review subcontractor evaluations.

Participate in tender submissions, preparing responses to HSEQ questions.

Secondary Tasks and Duties

Encourage quality contributions and ensure timely close out and feedback is actioned, promote lessons learnt and good practice sharing.

Build and maintain effective working relationships with site teams, clients and other stakeholders

Promotion of health and wellbeing support, and directing staff where required

Prepare and deliver workforce (including subcontractors) engagement (toolbox talks, awareness sessions)

Lead on investigations, ensure that investigations are carried out, root cause analysis and preventative actions implemented.

Proactively improve in reducing risk through the planning process

Qualifications and Training

Essential

NEBOSH

Tech IoSH Membership or above

Driving Licence

Report writing course

Desirable

CSCS

EUSR

Kelvin Top Set 1 day – 3 days

Knowledge and Experience

Understanding of working methods

Industrial knowledge across the infrastructure Services areas of Business

Basics of management systems

Site inspections and risk assessment experience

Site experience

Reviewing CDM and industry

Sustainability and carbon capture

Skills and Abilities

Excellent listening behaviours

Positive attitude

Ability to work weekends when required.

Ability to work overtime when required.

Ability to use IT systems including Microsoft 365, and HSQE specific systems.

Excellent time management and relationship skills, comfortably working effectively within a broad range of working environments.

Strong interpersonal skills able to communicate clearly to inform and influence others; uses appropriate, effective methods to deliver messages.

Embraces and drives continuous improvement, challenging the status quo for the benefit of the business, supporting learning and development.

Hands on approach to problem solving

Excellent standard of written and numerical literacy

In return you will receive

Generous Salary

25 days Holiday plus Bank Holiday

Pension

Learning & Development opportunities

Assistance and Wellbeing support