Mace
Health & Safety Advisor
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Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.
The Project
Hinkley Point C is helping to secure the UK's low-carbon energy future, delivering reliable, affordable electricity to millions of homes for generations to come. As part of this nationally significant programme, you'll join a world-class team driving innovation, collaboration and excellence across every stage of delivery. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a project of unprecedented scale and complexity, while developing your career in an environment where your expertise, leadership and ambition can make a lasting impact.
Role Overview
The health and safety advisor will work as part of a team of health and safety advisors providing the highest standard of advice and support to the HPC CDM client and principal contractor management teams. Working in a collaborative, assertive and supportive manner, the Health and Safety Advisor will undertake a range of safety programme-based activities which include day to day provision of technical advice and guidance on all project health and safety matters and risk based intelligent monitoring all of which contributes to EDF energy’s goal of zero harm.
Responsibilities
- Participating in creating, maintaining, and improving health and safety in the workplace.
- Influencing the multi-disciplinary team on health and safety issues relating to pre-construction planning and project evolution.
- Developing timely project-based health and safety risk profiles to direct risk-based inspection and other assurance activities.
- Providing assurance to the client organisations that designers and principal contractors are complying with their requirements under construction (Design and Management) regulations 2015.
- Participating and advising as a subject matter expert in constructability, maintainability, and operability reviews.
- Undertaking inspections, carrying out accident investigations, keeping records and writing reports.
- Coordinating and collating information required to produce scheduled health and safety reports and identify trends and early warnings of possible issues and recommend appropriate action.
- Carrying out audits of construction activities on site to ensure that the requirements set out in the construction phase plan are adhered to.
- Providing advice on the interpretation and application of the health and safety management system. This includes provision of relevant training, briefings, and information.
- Carrying out regular behavioral safety conversations with construction contractors on site.
- Proactively creating and implementing programmes to underpin zero tolerance to HSE issues/problems.
- Increasing awareness of all HSE matters.
- Working with peers in other disciplines to ensure the creation of coherent and integrated policies and systems that avoid unnecessary duplication and dissipation of effort.
- Being an effective and participative member of a team of safety, health, and environmental professionals.
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Requirements
- Result focus tempered with a team-centered approach.
- Highly skilled in the analysis of technically demanding and detailed information and quickly identify the underlying issues and risks.
- Strong capacity to be future-focused in identifying risks and implications.
- Strong communication skills to be able to put across complex concepts and data in a way that is readily understood and actionable, using a variety of media.
- Skilled in engaging others with technical issues and maintaining their interest and enthusiasm.
- Skilled in distilling knowledge and building skills in others and the capacity to be pragmatic and practical in the way that technical issues are addressed.
- Good knowledge of large organizational, process plant and site, operations.
- Ability to establish a vision and develop/implement strategy to attain it.
- Excellent knowledge of national and international HSE standards.
- Excellent knowledge of CDM Regulations.
- Proven track record of achieving excellent safety results on major engineering and construction projects.
- Significant HSE experience within a large project setting.
- Experience of coordinating between contractors to support resolving health and safety interface issues across complex and high-risk operations.
- Tech IOSH or equivalent.
- NEBOSH HSE diploma or European equivalent.
- Excellent knowledge of CDM regulations.
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Our Values
- Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.
- Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.
- Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.
- Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.
Equal Opportunities
Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfill all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organization.
We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
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