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Health And Safety Advisor, west yorkshire
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Sapphire Utility Solutions Ltd
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Yes
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Posted:
05.05.2025
Expiry Date:
19.06.2025
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Job Description:
Established in 2013, Sapphire Utility Solutions has quickly become the partner of choice for many clients across the UK in our chosen markets.
We provide award winning services to the clean water, wastewater, gas, multi utilities and the highways sector. We are passionate about working alongside our client’s and partners to maintain the utility services essential to modern life throughout the UK.
About the Role:
Sapphire Utility Solutions are looking to appoint a Health and Safety Advisor on a new contract win for Yorkshire Water. Working closely with the Health and Safety managers and directors you will be responsible for providing training, independent advice, guidance, and support to operational staff across some of our main contracts based in the Yorkshire. You will be focusing on delivering contractual agreements of the client and frontline support to operatives embedding good working practice and ensuring company policy and procedures are adhered to. You will also be required to keep the safety management system updated and drive adoption of a more Human Factors based approach in support of management HSEQ engagement.
Location: Yorkshire
Hours: Monday to Friday – 40 Hours per week.
Responsibilities – but not limited to:
* Support managers in the monitoring and management across multi-discipline contracts, with specific focus on risk identification, management and control through site inspection and audit. Collaborate to deliver support, general safety advice and guidance on relevant company standards and safe working practices. Assist and advise on risk assessments, ensuring employee involvement and timely review.
* Work with the HSEQ department to implement the Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Strategies and delivery plan.
* Support on the development, administration, and upkeep of the Safety Management Systems.
* Work collaboratively with the client and as part of the wider safety team to ensure efficient working and the reduction of travel by supporting managers within your geographical region.
* Support managers in the investigations into accidents, incidents, near misses across the service platforms are completed in a transparent and fair way, ensuring appropriate corrective and preventative actions are identified and implemented.
* Support in the management of reporting requirements, ensuring all notification and report are sent in a timely manner for the service platform and appropriate and timely reports are produced covering key leading and lagging indicators and that these are supported by appropriate analysis to ensure both that the function is effective and tackling the most pressing issues and that management are held account for individual and platform performance.
Experience and qualifications required for the role:
* NEBOSH Qualification or equivalent
* Previous HSEQ experience ideally from a utilities or electrical compliance background
* Full UK Driving Licence with no more than 6 penalty points
* Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative
* Ability to prioritise in a busy, changing environment
* Proficient in the writing of suitable and sufficient risk assessments and method statements
* Team player with an ability to build good working relationships across all levels of personnel
* A flexible approach to working
What you will get in return:
In joining Sapphire Utility Solutions as part of the Lanes Group - the UK’s largest independent provider, we are committed to fostering a workplace culture that prioritises the well-being, growth, and safety of our employees. Through continuous training, professional development opportunities, and a supportive environment that values every individual's unique contribution, we empower our team to uphold the highest standards of integrity, collaboration, and inclusivity.
What we offer:
* Company Pension
* Company Vehicle
* Death in Service
* Employee Assistance / wellness Programme
This position is open to Internal and External candidates. Any internal candidates currently employed within a division of the Lanes Group must complete an Internal Application form and submit to recruitment.
The Lanes Group plc comprises of a range of established service providers subsidiaries, which complement the specialist service of Lanes, by both work type and geography. Increasing our overall capability, assets and offering to our customers.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from under-represented members of the community.
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