As a proactive Health & Safety Advisor you will have the opportunity to build a positive safety culture across a range of projects where you will be expected to provide expert guidance and support to ensure our teams will be compliant with relevant health and safety legislation.
Key responsibilities
1. Provide health and safety support to the project delivery team in line with relevant requirements, including Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and CDM Regulations 2015
2. Promote a positive safety culture across a variety of projects across different sectors
3. Coordinate H&S Action Groups to share learning and best practice
4. Undertake audits and other assurance activities on site to assess compliance with legal and client requirements
5. Monitor and report regularly on health and safety performance
6. Conduct investigations to identify root cause and share lessons learnt
7. Communicate alerts, bulletins and other industry learning and best practice
8. Liaise closely with the supply chain to embed positive safety practices
9. Represent Story Contracting at various industry forums
Benefits
At Story Contracting, we invest in our people. We provide award-winning training and development opportunities for all employees to help you get to where you want to be in your career.
In addition to a competitive salary, pension and company car/allowance, we show we care about our people by offering a health cash plan and wellbeing support to keep you fit and well - inside and outside of work.
Our agile working policy allows for a mixture of office, site and home working, and flexible working arrangements are available so that our people are engaged to give their best.
We care about our communities too and offer our employees two paid for volunteering days each year to spend as a team or individually.
The Ideal Candidate
1. NEBOSH General Certificate (minimum), or NEBOSH Diploma or working towards is preferred
2. IOSH Membership
3. Professional experience of working across multiple sectors such as rail, water and energy would be desirable
4. Understanding of health and safety risks on major infrastructure projects
5. Experience in accident investigation and root cause analysis
6. Ability to engage with site teams and sub-contractors to promote a positive safety culture
7. Excellent IT and reporting skills
8. Excellent communication skills, translating technical and legal requirements to actionable advice for colleagues and sub-contractors
9. Forward thinking with ability to predict future risk profile based on past events and industry priorities
10. Understanding key requirements of various health and safety regulations, such as RIDDOR, COSHH, Working at Height and Confined Spaces.