Health And Safety Manager

At VVB, we design and deliver Mechanical, Electrical, Fire and Telecommunications engineering solutions for infrastructure across the UK. Combining Tier 1 strength with Tier 2 agility and specialist expertise, we deliver works across the full lifecycle - from design through to maintenance. We’re trusted partners to clients across Rail, Highways, Power and Tunnelling, delivering high-quality engineering with safety, integrity and collaboration at our core. Our projects are guided by our CORE values: O-Opportunity & Ownership, R-Responsibility & Respect, E-Excellence & End Result Focus.

What We Offer

• Competitive salaries with yearly appraisals
• Travel expenses covered for assignments outside your base location
• Perkbox membership for 24/7 access to perks, benefits, discounts, and wellbeing tools
• Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance schemes provided by leading providers
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (this includes a Christmas shutdown)

About the Role

Health & Safety Advisor – responsible for leading health, safety, and environmental support to VVB offices and projects within the VVB Rail, Power & Tunneling and Highways Sectors, creating an ethos of collaboration and shared purpose between the Safe, Sustainability, Wellbeing Function, VVB employees, Principal Contractors and Customers. The position requires travel to sites, offices frequently with a maximum of 1 day working from home a week.

Key Responsibilities

Health

• Promote, champion and implement across Rail, Power, Tunnelling, Fire, & Facilities projects and offices the Wellbeing component of the VVB Safe, Sustainable and Wellbeing Strategy.
• Provide support, guidance and advice on health and wellbeing matters, in line with VVB Management Systems and Customer/ Principal Contractor requirements.
• Conduct focused project site health and wellbeing training as required.
• Conduct health focused monitoring as required.
• Provide coaching and instruction to the Project employees and contractors with regards to health, and wellbeing.
• Provide support, guidance and advice to both office and site location on health matters, in line with our H&S Policies and Procedures.

Safety

• Promote, champion and implement across VVB Rail, Power, Tunnelling, Fire, & Highways projects and offices the Safe component of the VVB Safe, Sustainable and Wellbeing Strategy.
• Provide support, guidance and advice on safety matters, in line with VVB Integrated Management Systems (IMS) and Customer/ Principal Contractor requirements.
• Provide support, guidance and advice to both office and site locations on safety matters, in line with our IMS Policies and Procedures.
• Conduct weekly site safety inspections, ensuring any action plans implemented have been communicated with the Project Manager/s and subsequently implemented on the project site.
• Conduct procedural and management system focused audits and reviews.
• Review project site Work Package Plans, Task Briefing Sheets, method statements and risk assessments, including associated plans in line with planned work activities.
• Generate and conduct toolbox talks, generate and brief safety alerts and assist in customer/ principal contractor briefings when called upon.
• Provide coaching and instruction to VVB health and safety advisors, VVB Project employees and contractors with regards to safety.
• Ensure all incidents, observations and suggestions are correctly reported, where necessary investigated, and support provided to the project teams to close out and address issues raised.
• Assist in the generation, review and maintenance of project specific Health, Safety and Environmental Management Plans (HASEMP).
• Attend and provide health, safety and wellbeing input at Principal Contractor/ Customer Project safety meetings.
• Attend and provide health and safety input at Business Sector/ Project Meetings.
• Communicate to the VVB Head of Operational Health and Safety on matters of health, safety and environment including updates on Asite (Reporting System).
• Maintain project specific Health, Safety and Environmental performance indicators including customer indicators.
• Promote, champion and implement across VVB projects and offices the Sustainable component of the VVB Safe, Sustainable and Wellbeing Strategy.
• Provide support, guidance and advice to both office and site locations on environmental matters, in line with our environmental Policies and Procedures.
• Provide support, guidance and advice on environmental matter, in line with VVB Management Systems and Principal Contractor requirements.
• Conduct, as minimum, formal monthly process focused environmental audits on projects, ensuring improvement actions are issued, implemented, and embedded based on the ethos of continuous improvement.
• Conduct focused project site environmental training as required.
• Support processes, memberships and focused accreditations associated within the wider VVB Business.

What We’re Looking For

• In depth and demonstrable understanding of health and safety legislation.
• Working and demonstrable understanding of electrical and mechanical standards.
• Working and demonstrable understanding of industry/ customer standards linked to NWR, LUL, National highways, UKPN.
• In depth knowledge of CDM.
• Demonstrable experience of ISO 45001.
• NEBOSH Diploma/ NCRQ Diploma.
• CSCS/ ECS card – Safety Related.
• Full UK driver’s license.
• Previous experience as a Health and Safety Manager in a Tier 1/ 2 Organisation.
• Previous experience within Rail, Power, Highways and/or tunnelling sectors.
• At least 3 demonstrable years’ experience in a MEP construction based health and safety advisory role.
• Experience in carrying out accident and incident investigations.
• Experience generation, implementation and reviewing policies and procedures.

VVB values the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all prospective and current employees with dignity regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. All employees must demonstrate commitment and enthusiasm in promoting the principles of equality in employment and service delivery.