Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK.

We don’t just build roads and bridges- we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work.

You’ll be joining our Highways maintenance team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.

Want to come and be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

As the HSW Advisor, you will provide professional Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) support to operational teams, ensuring work is planned and delivered safely, compliantly and to the required quality standard.

• You'll promote a positive safety culture through visible engagement, coaching and constructive challenge, and you will support leaders to embed company policies, procedures and the Business Management System (BMS) in day-to-day operations.
• You'll deliver proactive monitoring through inspections, audits and observations; you will support effective risk assessment and control for routine and higher-risk activities; and you will ensure findings are translated into clear actions with agreed owners and timescales.
• We'll ask you to support incident and near-miss reporting and investigation, drive corrective and preventative actions, and provide accurate performance reporting to operational management and clients in line with legal, regulatory, client and company requirements.
• You'll ensure compliance with HSW legislation, ISO standards (45001, 14001, 9001), CDM Regulations and client requirements. This includes embedding the Business Management System (BMS), maintaining up‑to‑date HSW guidance, monitoring legislative change and escalating legal or enforcement risk where required. They will support effective risk management through hazard identification, RAMS, Safe Systems of Work and controls for high‑risk activities, ensuring HSW systems are used effectively and actions closed out.
• The role provides practical site support through audits, inspections, behavioural safety observations and supply chain assurance, intervening where unsafe acts or conditions are identified. The post holder will verify inductions, support health surveillance and provide competent HSW advice to delivery teams and subcontractors.
• Incident management responsibilities include leading or supporting investigations, analysing trends, embedding lessons learned and maintaining accurate records.
• The role contributes to client and management reporting, supports audits and accreditations, and drives improvement where performance falls below standard.
• You'll deliver HSW briefings, promote an incident‑free culture, support competence assurance and maintain professional CPD. Strong collaboration, influence and HSW leadership are essential, alongside maintaining divisional records, incident systems and promoting It Starts With Me.