Health & Safety Manager

About The Role

Do you want to be at the forefront of one of the world’s most ambitious sustainability initiatives?

Balfour Beatty have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world over the past 115 years redefining excellence and setting the industry benchmark with every project.

As a result, alongside several consortium partners; Balfour Beatty have been selected by bp (British Petroleum) to construct a first-of-a-kind fully integrated gas-fired power station with carbon capture and storage which is a key driving force behind plans to make Teesside the UK’s first decarbonised industrial cluster.

Balfour Beatty is seeking a dynamic

 Health & Safety Manager to contribute to our Net Zero Teesside (NZT) project based at our site in Redcar and Cleveland.

Role Purpose: Promote Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HS&W) management in the workplace and specifically, provide competent advice, guidance and support the NZT Project HSE Lead and Project Team in all matters relating to HS&W Management

What you'll be doing

• Support the HS&W Lead in the development and implementation of the Management System and procedures and the arrangements detailed within the Project HS&W Plan(s).
• Support the HS&W Lead in discharging Principal Contractor HS&W duties and project arrangements.
• Provide advice, support and assistance to all project personnel to enable them to discharge their health and safety roles and responsibilities.
• Develop and deliver suitable safety training programmes for all project personnel (including routine project inductions, toolbox talks and topic specific presentations).
• Undertake risk assessment reviews to ensure that risk assessments are suitable and sufficient for the tasks to be undertaken.
• Provide oversight and assurance of subcontractor HS&W performance, including RAMS, supervision and action close out.
• Undertake Health and Safety compliance evaluations, inspections and audits at prescribed intervals – record outputs and liaise with site management to ensure actions are completed.
• Support the management of interface risks across multiple work fronts, contractors and changing programme demands.
• Promote a positive safety culture through proactive engagement and communications with project teams
• Investigate accidents, incidents and near miss events in accordance with project standards to identify and share lessons learned. Monitor and report to line management the implementation of actions to prevent recurrence.
• Maintain records, minutes, registers and data as required for specific HS&W meetings.
• Record, collate and interpret health and safety performance data including close out of inspection and accident investigation reports, and provide management reports on a routine basis
• Support HS&W governance, reporting, trend analysis and escalation of significant risks and actions.
• Liaise with HS&W colleagues within the project (inc. Partners / Client) and attend regular co-ordination meetings.
• Participate in the regular reviews and updates of the Project HS&W Management System.
• Interface and develop health and safety initiatives with the customers and/or joint venture delivery partners.
• Attend and chair specific project HS&W meetings
• Undertake duties as requested by the NZT HS&W Lead.
• Maintain a visual presence on site to cast a leadership shadow and assist with coaching and mentoring of project personnel to ensure continuous improvements are made.
• Deputise in the absence of the HS&W Lead and as requested.

Who we're looking for

• Ability to work a rotating shift pattern including both day and night shifts.
• NEBOSH / C&G Diploma L5+
• Member of the Institution of Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing and Health (CMIOSH / TechIOSH /GradIOSH)
• Experience in H&S within multi discipline engineering construction projects
• Good working knowledge of CDM Regulations and Principal Contractor duties.
• Ability to prepare technical inspection, audit reports and other documentation for submission to internal and external stakeholders.
• Previous experience in conducting and producing incident investigations to a high standard determining root cause and appropriate and proportionate corrective actions in the interest of Learning From Experience (LFE)
• Confident with Microsoft Office 365 suite and online databases and general IT
• Experience of working in large scale multi discipline engineering construction projects
• Experience supporting HS&W governance on major construction projects.
• Identification of hazards and assessment of risks within the workplace.
• Ensuring improvements are made to existing work practices and performance standards.
• Maintaining legal and site requirements and any subsequent changes to them.
• Ensuring Principal Contractor HS&W duties are implemented, monitored and evidenced.
• Raising safety awareness amongst all employees.
• Participating in the Implementation and monitoring of safety programmes.
• Escalating significant risks, non-compliance and unresolved actions.
• Carrying out inspections of workplace and workplace equipment

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?

Benefits

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...

Balfour Beatty’s Major Projects business is delivering some of the UK’s most complex and iconic infrastructure projects including HS2, the new high-speed railway and the first nuclear power station in a generation, Hinkley Point C. Using the latest technology, we’re driving productivity and creating a lasting legacy by delivering sustainable solutions that strengthen communities.

From consultancy and design, to all aspects of construction and maintenance. We have the proven expertise to deliver large-scale projects safely and successfully.

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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