SHEQ Advisor in Liskeard

Equality of opportunity and inclusivity is fundamental to the vision and values of Wildanet. The principles of equality and diversity are at the heart of Wildanet's work and are supported by appropriate employment policies, procedures and good practice. Wildanet is a thriving and growing internet provider bringing superfast and super-reliable service to homes and businesses throughout the region. Our aim is to attract, develop and retain colleagues with a unique combination of local knowledge and technical expertise who put the customer at the heart of the business.

Benefits: Company Pension, Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family, Eyecare Vouchers, Flexible Working, Bespoke Training & Development Plan, Spontaneous Awards, Enhanced Sick, Family leave and Statutory Leave, Flu Jabs, Death in Service Benefit, Paid leave for charity support, Complimentary tea and coffee in the office, Attractive holiday package, Free Broadband (after probation has been passed), Access to generous discounts on Wildanet Rewards & Recognition Hub.

Location: Liskeard Office

Salary: £38,000 (DOE) per annum

Role Purpose: This role plays a critical role in helping Wildanet create and maintain a safe working environment. The primary purpose of the role is to provide expert guidance, oversight, and support to ensure that Wildanet meets its legal duties and protects the wellbeing of employees, contractors, visitors and the environment.

Main Responsibilities:

• The SHEQ Advisor is responsible for the provision of professional advice and guidance, ensuring compliance with legislation and best practices are met.
• Ensuring legal compliance with regards to Health, Safety and Environmental matters across our operational activities.
• Ensuring that Wildanet Field Teams and Build Partners maintain the highest level of Environmental and Health and Safety standards across Cornwall & Devon.
• Monitoring Field Teams and Build Partner performance, driving continued improvement.
• Proactively supporting other departments as required, to establish and maintain safe systems of work and safe environments for everyone, adopting a zero-incident mentality reducing workplace risks.
• Providing detailed reports and resolving or escalating safety concerns.
• Proactively and positively influencing behaviour and organisational culture with regards to Health, Safety and environmental matters.

Key Activities:

1. Ensure Legal Compliance: Providing specialist advice on the company's safety policy and procedures and compliance with statutory obligations throughout the company. Developing and implementing Health, Safety and Environmental best practice, ensuring the company complies with current health and safety legislation, approved codes of practice and guidance in relation to employment and service provision. Ensuring all colleagues and partners are informed and aware of all relevant policies, procedures and risk management practices relevant to their area of work. Ensuring that colleagues work in accordance with the company's health and safety requirements, policies and procedures. Ensuring the provision of a safe and healthy working environment for persons working in or visiting any company operation, site and/or premises.
2. Prevent Accidents, Injuries, and Ill Health: Carrying out regular site audits as both the client for the FTTP build and employer for all in house operations. Ensuring strict adherence to the reporting and recording procedures for accidents and dangerous occurrences as required under RIDDOR. Taking appropriate action when notified of disregard of safety on site. Promoting the reporting of near misses throughout the company. Carrying out or supporting risk assessments. Reviewing working practices to eliminate or reduce hazards. Advising on safe systems of work, equipment use, and protective measures.
3. Promote a Strong Health and Safety Culture: Providing support to the SHEQ Manager and other Managers in promoting a positive Health & Safety culture and working towards continual SHEQ improvements. Attending employee safety rep meetings as and when required. Ensuring that any actions arising from the meetings has the name of the person who is responsible for closing out the action and a close out date. Following up any outstanding actions from meetings and ensuring that they are closed out. Setting a good example to all colleagues and contractors by wearing the required PPE for the site you are entering/visiting. Raising awareness of safe working practices. Coaching teams on their responsibilities. Encouraging active participation in health and safety initiatives, such as quarterly awareness campaigns.
4. Provide Expert Advice to Managers and their teams: Co-ordinate with the SHEQ Department in all health, safety, environment and quality matters. Provide technical guidance on workplace safety, wellbeing, ergonomics, fire safety, manual handling, etc. Make recommendations on best practice and emerging risks. Provide support & guidance during planning of new projects, equipment, or work processes.
5. Conduct Investigations and Recommend Improvements: Conduct accident/incident Investigations establishing root causes, the circumstances leading up to them, introduce preventative measures to prevent re-occurrence and compiling the required reports and forwarding them to the SHEQ Manager in a timely manner.
6. Develop Policies, Procedures, and Training: Creating and reviewing health and safety policies and procedures as or when required for sign off by the Head of SHEQ. Supporting training delivery as required.
7. Monitor Performance and Drive Continuous Improvement: Conducting site safety audits both as the client and employer on Wildanet sites across Cornwall and Devon, ensuring sites are operating in accordance with legislative requirements and in line with risk assessments. Monitoring the health, safety, environment, and quality performance on the Build Partners / internal colleagues and take such steps as are necessary to improve their performance. Undertaking sub-contractor evaluation as and when required. Monitoring site operations to ensure health and safety standards applied by contractors are satisfactory and in accordance with the contract and company specifications, policy and procedures. Tracking health and safety performance indicators.
8. Act as a Liaison with Regulators and Internal / External Stakeholders where appropriate: Be accountable to the SHEQ Manager in respect of health, safety, quality and environmental matters. Liaise with external auditors, insurers, and occupational health professionals. Collaborate with Contractors and suppliers to ensure shared understanding of safety requirements. Liaising with Customers or members of the public affected by our build activities. Representing Wildanet at public events where appropriate. Liaising with Local Authorities where appropriate.
9. Other: Fully participate in all line management activity. Maintain own CPD. To carry out any other duties which are consistent or commensurate within the role as directed by the Head of SHEQ.

Essential Person Specification:

Knowledge: H&S Legislation such the HASAWA 1974, CDM Regs 2015 etc. New Roads Street Works Act (NRSWA).

Skills/Attributes: Proficient in Accident/Incident investigation. Proficient in compiling Reports. Competent in Word and Excel. Good communication skills both verbally and written. Excellent interpersonal skills at all levels. Good analytical and IT skills with the ability to produce plans, spreadsheets, reports, alerts and presentations if required. Lead by example on SHEQ and PPE standards, ensuring that others are held accountable for non-compliance. Strong attention to detail with good analytical skills.

Experience: Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar H&S role. Minimum 3 years' experience working within the construction/utilities industry.

Qualifications: NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate working towards NVQ5/6.

Circumstances: Hold a full UK driving license. Site based with admin days from WBH or WFH as agreed with Head of SHEQ.