Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor in Hampshire

About The Role

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

M Group Highways

At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don’t just build roads and bridges- we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. You’ll be joining our Highways maintenance team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.

What will you be doing?

• You’ll advise, guide and coach all personnel with the implementation of the Highways Business Management Systems and advise on contract and project compliance.
• Advise the project on the production, implementation and review of HSW plans, e.g. construction phase plan, depot HSW plans.
• Ensure risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) are prepared and reviewed as necessary.
• Ensure the project reports all incidents in line with the incident investigation procedure on the Management system.
• Escalate significant and potentially significant incidents to HSW manager and project or contract lead immediately.
• Undertake incident investigations in line with the incident investigation procedure on the Management System and identify preventative measures to prevent similar incidents recurring, including lessons learnt.
• Maintain the incident management database, including uploading of supporting documentation and close out of actions.
• Ensure monthly HSW reports are completed and submitted, accurately and on time.
• Review contract/project HSW trends with the contract/project lead; establish and monitor any agreed improvement plans.
• Conduct HSW audits and inspections as per the schedule(s) recording findings and actions on Procore.
• Work proactively to build and maintain relationships with contractors or subcontractors, designers, suppliers, clients, enforcement agencies and other relevant parties.
• Participate in the development, review, update and rollout of HSW processes and procedures and identify and produce award submissions, e.g. RoSPA.

This job description is not exhaustive, you will also be required to carry out any other reasonable request from the HSW management team.

What you’ll bring

• Previous experience in health and safety.
• Minimum NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent Technician, or Graduate membership of IOSH. It is an advantage if you are working towards chartered membership of IOSH.
• NEBOSH Diploma, NEBOSH National Certificate in the Management of Health and Well-being at Work, or have a MSc / PGD in Occupational Health & Safety Management or equivalent.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme.
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Employee assistance programme.
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave.
• Reward and recognition scheme.
• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from.
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme.
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Private health care and health care cash plan.
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• Personal Accident Cover.

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet. We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations. We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.