Senior Health and Safety Advisor - London, United Kingdom - Marlborough Highways

Description

Here at Marlborough Highways we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Health and Safety Advisor to join our team working across Essex and London. Based primarily in North London, you will work closely with our wider team, offering advice and support across our projects. As Senior Health and Safety Advisor you will play an integral role in making sure that we remain complaint in all health and safety standards across the business. We are looking for someone who has a strong background in Health and Safety who can demonstrate both knowledge and experience of the highways/civil engineering/utilities sector.

Key Responsibilities

Point of contact for Health and Safety compliance advice and guidance with applicable legislation and industry best practices for the business.

• Undertake regular compliance site audits and incident investigations and preparing reports
• Mentoring employees at all levels of the business to ensure effective delivery of, and improvements to, the management systems and improve safety culture throughout the organisation
• Preparation / review of risk assessments and safe procedures
• Carry out compliance evaluations and maintain H&S legal register
• Support Health and Safety team in carrying out inductions, training, and toolbox talks
• Monitoring, delivery of internal audits and on-site inspections
• Working closely with project managers and supervisors ensuring company Health and Safety policies and procedures are being adhered to throughout all business activities
• Preparing reports in relation to performance against objectives and targets.
  
  

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Well-rounded, highly motivated health & safety professional with exceptional communication skills and customer-focused, pragmatic approach to health and safety
• Previous (Minimum 5 years) Health and Safety Advisor / Manager experience, in highways / civil / utilities sector and can demonstrate practical experience as a health and safety professional across a diverse range of health and safety risks
• Good working knowledge of The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and Temporary works
• NEBOSH or equivalent qualified and a member of IOSH who is highly organised with the ability to work to tight deadlines
• You should be experienced and proactive in developing and supporting the implementation of health and safety management systems and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage and influence at all levels of an organisation
• A proven track record of the management of thorough accident investigations and corrective action
• Excellent IT skills with experience across, MS Office including Word, PowerPoint, Excel to expert level is essential as is experience of analysing and interpreting data, drafting complex reports and delivering training and briefings to others
• You will be the first point of health and safety advice for the business. You will also work collaboratively with the rest of the Health and Safety Team as part of our day-to-day work
• Experience with ISO standards and auditing, with an auditor qualification is preferable.
  
  

Benefits and Values

Some of the fantastic benefits in this role at Marlborough include:

• Car Allowance
• Healthshield Cashback Scheme
• 24 hr GP Access
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death In Service Protection
• Reward and Recognition Programme

Our Values and Behaviours:

Marlborough is committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer and encourages diversity.

We are proud to have a zero employment barrier policy and welcome job applications from the disabled, the long-term unemployed and priority groups.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process please contact our recruitment team who will be happy to support in any way they can.


We know people matter | We respect, care and invest in our people, the communities in which we work and our common future. We are open, honest and above all fair.

We have spirit | We promote a positive atmosphere and energy, through inclusivity, brilliant team working and friendships. Driving success so we all win.

We are bold | We speak positively, deliver quality, act safely. Always.

We take pride in everything we do | We are confident, optimistic and trust in our ability. We look forward and are excited about our progressive future.

Marlborough is a dynamic, independent civil engineering company with 30 years' experience in every aspect of traditional and contemporary civil engineering work.

We have a pool of over 480 multi-skilled, longstanding staff, and our own dedicated in-house Project Managers. Members of our leadership team get involved from day one and are always on-hand to provide exceptional customer care.

We are a multi-discipline contractor, specialising in full-service highway and public space maintenance, improvement and construction; delivering services to London Boroughs, Local Authorities and the supply chain.

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