Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor

About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Regional Health, Safety & Wellbeing (HS&W) Advisor to support our Regional Civils business operating within the Power, Transmission & Distribution sector.

The role will be initially site-based at Woolavington, Somerset, supporting civils engineering works within a power and utilities environment, before evolving into a regional position across multiple sites in the South as the programme develops.

You will work closely with project delivery teams, supply chain partners, and both internal and external clients, providing visible, pragmatic health, safety and wellbeing support that enables safe, efficient delivery of complex civils works. This includes providing an effective in-house health and safety advisory and management service, to advise and assist the southern contracts in meeting all their statutory safety and environmental responsibilities and to promote a culture of continual safety behavioural improvement.

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities

• Provide professional HS&W advice and guidance across Regional Civils Power T&D projects
• Support the planning, implementation and assurance of safe systems of work, including RAMS, permits to work, temporary works and lifting operations
• Work collaboratively with Project Managers, Engineers and Supervisors to integrate HS&W from pre-construction through to delivery
• Build strong working relationships with clients, asset owners, DNOs and regulators, representing Balfour Beatty professionally
• Support and influence the supply chain, ensuring alignment with Balfour Beatty standards and expectations
• Carry out site inspections, tours, audits and assurance activities, tracking actions and driving continuous improvement
• Support incident reporting, investigation and learning, ensuring lessons are embedded regionally
• Promote health and wellbeing initiatives, including occupational health, mental wellbeing and behavioural safety
• Contribute to regional HS&W objectives, data reporting and improvement plans

Who we're looking for

You will be a hands-on, engaging HS&W professional with experience in civils or infrastructure environments, comfortable operating both site-based and regionally.

Essential:

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent)
• Experience in a Health, Safety & Wellbeing advisory role within civils, infrastructure or utilities
• Good working knowledge of CDM Regulations, temporary works and construction risk management
• Ability to engage effectively with site teams, supply chain and clients
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the region

Desirable:

• Experience within Power, Transmission & Distribution or live utility environments
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate or progress toward diploma-level qualification
• IOSH membership (TechIOSH / GradIOSH)

At Balfour Beatty, you’ll be part of a business committed to Zero Harm and to creating environments where people go home safe and well every day.

We offer:

• A competitive salary and benefits package
• Long-term career development opportunities
• Exposure to strategic regional civils and power infrastructure projects
• A collaborative culture where HS&W is integral to delivery, not an add-on

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

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Job Reference: BBUK20174