Health and Safety Business Partner in London

The post holder will act as a health and safety Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Advisory business sector, focusing on supporting international growth markets and other improvement projects as well as supporting teams working across Advisory UK market sectors such as Transport, Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, Defence and Water. Acting as the business conscience within the Governance framework of appointment. Assist the BU lead for HSEQ in the development and maintenance of the BU IMS specifically to support growth into overseas territories. Play a key role in the implementation of HSEQ governance; provide "value-added" support to operational directors and practice leads so that they can effectively discharge their responsibilities specifically relating to Health & Safety and provide technical HSEQ specialist support to the HSEQ functional team.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of a health safety, environment and quality (HSEQ) strategy ensuring that we put our core value of safety first in all we do.
• Ensure that the operational business is properly implementing the mandated Amey Policy requirements for Health & Safety particularly in relation to the deployment of HSEQ personnel.
• Uphold Amey's core value of 'safety first, always', by complying with and promoting our robust safety measures to minimise the risk of injury or ill health.
• Support assurance activities where required on specific topics, proactively or as part of reactive programmes.

Maintaining Professional Standards

• Stay abreast of developments in Health & Safety legislation and industry best practice through an ongoing process of formal continuing professional development.
• Provide an escalation point for HSEQ queries from the operational business.

Incident / Accident Investigations

• Ensure incident investigations identify and implement effective preventive actions through a process of root cause analysis.

Learning and Development

• Ensure that Amey's framework for behaviour and competence is implemented effectively and that minimum mandated standards for HSEQ/Health & Safety training are maintained.
• Engage in the delivery of HSEQ/Health & Safety training solutions tailored to the needs of the business.
• Develop briefings on HSEQ topics to enable information to be cascaded effectively.

Policy and Procedure Guidance

• Contribute to reviews of the Amey IMS, compulsory risk controls, processes and procedures; and lead in the development of sector and territory specific IMS supplementary risk & process controls.

Qualifications

• 'Chartered' Tech or Cert Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health.
• Diploma or higher-level qualification in health & safety (desirable).
• Internal Auditor qualification.
• Investigation qualification.
• Entry level Environmental qualification (desirable).

Skills

• An expert in Health & Safety and a good working knowledge of pertinent Health and Safety legislation.
• A good working knowledge of ISO standards (e.g BS EN ISO 45001, 9001, 14001) and their implementation.
• Good leadership and communication skills.
• Strong investigation skills.
• Understanding of core leadership and people management principles.
• Ability to act as conscious of the business and deliver challenging messages.
• Understanding of and ability to apply Risk management principles.

Experience

• Provided proactive, active and reactive professional assistance as the 'subject matter expert' for Health & Safety.
• Helped operational Directors to formulate effective compliance and improvement plans aligned to the corporate Health & Safety strategy.
• Experience of developing, implementing and monitoring management systems in overseas territories.
• Worked collaboratively with Health and Safety Business Partners across organisations.
• Contributed to driving sustainable culture change through planning of Health & Safety activity and resources.

Technical competencies

• Is a health & safety subject matter expert (SME) and maintains skills via CPD.
• Has ability to identify, understand and adapt to different regional cultures.
• Is an ambassador and role model for the HSEQ function.
• Ability to collaborate with leadership teams at senior level.
• Ensuring that Amey's Integrated management system (IMS) is visible, understood and implemented throughout the business.

What we can offer you

• Career Development – Our dedicated progression framework identifies your career pathway and progress within the organisation.
• Work-life Balance – Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success.
• Wellbeing – Health cash plan, 24 GP, support and assistance programmes.
• EDI - At Amey we celebrate our people and all that they are.
• Social Value – You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice.
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to.
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays.
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you.
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts.

Your Career at Amey

At Amey, we value collective expertise, but also the spark one person can bring. You’ll be stretched, but always supported. We’ll recognise your hard work and look after your well-being too.

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.