Senior Health & Safety Specialist - T&D Construction (Birmingham, UK)

Description

• Prepare and cascade health and safety communications to office and project locations.
• Assist the business and projects with delivery of the health and safety goals and objectives.
• Draft new policies and procedures and rewrites, maintaining compliance with legislation and industry standards, and addressing continual improvement.
• Provide a level of independence by leading on incident and near miss investigations and tracking progress of corrective and preventative actions.
• Collaborate with the project and site teams to resolve any organisational and project-specific health and safety issues.
• Collaborate with health and safety teams to support projects, making sure operations are planned and conducted safely.
• Plan and execute corporate and project Health & Safety initiatives and campaigns to sustain a safe, healthy, and incident-free workplace.
• Conduct assurance activity (visits/monitoring/inspections/audits) to drive continuous improvement on projects as well as business functions, systems and processes.
• Prepare and present health and safety business reports and performance reporting.
• Design and deliver training as required.
• Maintain an overview of health and safety across project sites; to make sure there is legal and contractual compliance and effective risk control.

Requirements

• 7 years’ relevant experience in the field of health and safety, or a blend of related functions of auditing, investigations, training, presenting, social media, and graphic design.
• Creative, adaptable, attention to detail, push through challenges
• Strong speaking and writing skills
• Knowledge of the construction industry and associated standards
• Applicable experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
• Presentation skills and strong on PowerPoint and Excel
• Qualified auditor
• NEBOSH Diploma.
• A good communicator - who actively listens, can clearly and concisely convey information and understands their target audience
• Experience of data analysis and performance reporting
• Trained in incident/accident investigations and techniques
• Experience of working in the sector of Electricity Construction (substations, cabling, transmission)
• Full driving licence
• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety
• Bachelor’s Degree and/or NEBOSH Diploma(s)
• Working knowledge of ISO certificated management systems and drafting policy and procedures
• Excellent organisational and time management skills

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance