Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor in Birmingham

VINCI Building have a fantastic opportunity for a Health & Safety Advisor to oversee multiple projects across the Midlands region.

Responsible for ensuring health and safety standards are met, you’ll be responsible for developing policies, providing training, conducting risk assessments, and investigating incidents.

This role provides competent first line advice and support on health & safety matters to site, ensuring effective management of Health & Safety in respect of the VINCI standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Developing and Implementing Health & Safety Policies:

• Creating and maintaining comprehensive health and safety policies and procedures that comply with relevant legislation and industry best practices.

Training and Education:

• Providing training to staff and contractors on health and safety procedures, hazards, and emergency protocols.

Risk Assessments:

• Conducting thorough risk assessments to identify potential hazards and implement appropriate control measures.
• Site Inspections and Audits:
• Regularly inspecting construction sites to ensure compliance with health and safety standards and identify areas for improvement.

Incident Investigation:

• Investigating accidents and near misses to determine root causes and implement corrective actions.

Compliance:

• Ensuring compliance with relevant health and safety legislation and regulations.
• Communication and Liaison:
• Working with site managers, contractors, and other stakeholders to promote a positive health and safety culture.

Data Management:

• Maintaining accurate records of health and safety incidents, inspections, and training.
• Continuous Improvement:
• Identifying areas for improvement in health and safety performance and implementing strategies to address them.

Strategic Planning:

• Contributing to the development of strategic plans for health and safety within the organization.
• Compliance with HSE legislation and the VINCI/SFEL health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Interface, communicate, liaise, and maintain effective relationships with SFEL HSE Management Team.
• Produce reports and identify remedial action, ensuring effective implementation.
• Ensure that Contractors employees, sub-contractors and suppliers all work in accordance with VINCI/SFEL health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Monitor housekeeping standards across the Contract, identify and implement improvement activities.
• Review and where necessary complete risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
• Audit the permit to work process to ensure that SFEL standards are maintained.
• Provide COSHH assessments where required and ensure effectiveness of supply chain documentation.
• Ensure that PPE is being used in accordance with VINCI/SFEL requirements.
• Ensure that health and safety signage and guards are in place and maintained.
• Monitor fire precautions to ensure compliance with VINCI/SFEL standards.
• Ensure that all emergency procedures and requirements are in place and are effective.
• Ensure that the CDM Regulations are applied where necessary to VINCI Standards.
• Undertake periodic HSE inspections for compliance to VINCI and legal standards.
• Support VINCI operational managers in the review of Contractors RAMS.

We are VINCI Building

Operating from our network of offices throughout England and Wales, VINCI Building delivers new build, refurbishment and associated fitout works, with particular expertise in the education, healthcare, industrial, air, retail, commercial and mixed-use sectors.

We focus on technical excellence and experience to sustainably deliver best value for our clients. We understand and respond to the challenges of the modern built environment.

Our goal is always to build strong partnerships with our customers and stakeholders to ensure success by unlocking your strategic vision and turning it into a deliverable scheme. We are active in a wide range of sectors and value bands, allowing us to provide a regional service with national resources.

VINCI Building delivers complex projects and programmes, blending our corporate stability with the local knowledge our teams offer.

Sustainability is at the heart of our approach, and we are committed to respecting and protecting the environment in everything that we do. We take the time to understand and make a positive difference to each community that we work in to ensure that our projects leave a lasting legacy.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Building is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process, please contact us directly.

VINCI Building recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.