Health Safety and Environment Adviser

• To act as an adviser, facilitator and champion for Health and Safety delivery within their project/business/facility.

• To provide local advice and support necessary to assist managers and staff to fulfil their safety responsibilities to the high standards demanded by the Business.

• To facilitate and coach operational teams on I+W and the respective engagement tools, which allow the team to engage effectively with the workforce.

• To carry out relevant H&S assurance activities, providing confidence to the business that operational effectiveness of all relevant processes is being delivered.

Key Deliverables and Accountabilities

• Champion the Inclusion + Wellbeing Programme, including the three pillars.

• Support delivery of I+W across the project/business/facility and measure H&S performance against strategic deliverables.

• Challenge bureaucratic, non value adding process and paperwork and motivate teams to focus towards their ethical responsibility.

• Facilitate Fatal and Severe Risk Assessments at frequencies as established by the facility/ project, providing risk assurance.

• Facilitate collective insights/ collaborative conversations to identify, through conversation, what works and why it works and what is not working and why it is not working.

• Facilitate positive investigations/ appreciative enquiries and engage with the workforce to understand how success is created within the business and what our people need and rely upon to replicate that success.

• Facilitate reviews of work planned vs work as done, and engage with the workforce to discover what normal work is (imagined, planned, completed and disclosed).

• Regularly gather discovery feedback from the workforce and communicate it to management to allow effective I+W leadership.

• Support and influence the management team to develop the soft skills required to deliver I+W successfully, i.e. listening, openness, honesty, collaboration, willingness to learn and suspended judgement/ understanding.

• Innovate, research and promote the adoption of cutting edge, market leading products, technologies, methods and services to support the delivery of I+W.

• Support and coordinate the investigation of incidents including high potential incidents to ensure effective learning outcomes and timely closure of required actions.

• Support production of project/ establishment I+W strategy in line with the relevant Business H&S Strategy.

• Regularly promote, capture and share examples I+W in action across the business via internal media and external social networking.

• Actively facilitate and drive positive learning opportunities in the facility/ project and effectively cascade business and industry communications.

• Act as a point of contact and support for facilities/ projects when communicating with enforcement bodies. Ensure any necessary notifications to or correspondence with enforcement bodies is produced and provided in a professional and timely manner.

• Support the facility/ project in setting I+W maturity goals, inspire progress and report performance as required.

• Ensure implementation of the Health & Safety Management System including compliance with all relevant statutory provisions.

• Monitor the close out of actions raised during all assurance and inspection activities as well as those associated with incident investigations and monitor that H&S reviews and assurance checks are being completed as planned.

• Support the process by which any necessary training and coaching is identified and facilitate the delivery of any necessary training and coaching.

I am recruiting for a Health Safety and Environment Adviser with a manufacturing or construction background at high-risk sites. Based in It would be 3 days Leicester and 2 days York initially. Permanent role Salary based on experience and suitability+ Car allowance £4750.

• Sector: Infrastructure

• Contact: Thunga Banda

• Contact Email: thunga.banda@nrl.co.uk

• Contact Phone: 01483 302 133

• Start Date: 07 October 2024

• Expiry Date: 07 November 2024

• Job Ref: V-177455