Balfour Beatty plc
HSW Coordinator - Sizewell C - Suffolk Site based
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About The Role
Be part of this ‘once in a generation’ project that will deliver clean energy to 6 million homes for the next 60 years. Sizewell C will see the creation of a 3.2 Gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast to provide reliable load low-carbon electricity.
The Civil Works Alliance is an extended delivery enterprise involving Sizewell C and three international construction companies: Balfour Beatty, Bouygues Travaux Publics, and Laing O’Rourke.
We are more than just an alliance, we are bringing together a single delivery organisation with years of learning and experience from other major complex infrastructure programmes worldwide.
What you'll be doing
To monitor and provide HSW input, from design through to implementation and support the Enabling & Earthworks HSW agenda as required and ensuring governance, compliance and legal obligations are met.
- Undertake planned project inspections/tours as per Frequency Matrix
- Deliver pre-work site inspections to evaluate and address potential risks at planning stages
- Review, track, and trend unplanned events and support project/site management in their completion of investigations
- Support local management in their liaison with clients and contractors by attending meetings and other events such as working groups
- Prepare written reports following all site visits, inspections, audits, and investigations
- Review and update Project documentation
- Ensure compliance to the BMS as well as testing the effectiveness of its various components in controlling risk and delivering continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance to the business emergency planning.
- Monitor emerging, new, and revised legislation to assess its impact on the business.
- Ensure that lessons learned from monitoring/incidents are communicated and adopted.
- Monitor specific environmental aspects and work in conjunction with the HSW Manager to develop the environmental procedures to ensure compliance with ISO 14001 certification
- Deliver training and advisory sessions to personnel and contractors in conjunction with HR teams
- Setting to Work
- Fact Finders (including Just/Fair Culture)
- Occupational Health (OH)
- Plant & Vehicle Marshal (PVM)
- BMS Familiarisation
- Support the delivery of the Behavioural (Make Safety Personal – MSP) Programme
- Share learning across projects and business streams
- Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm and the Zero Harm Events Calendar
- Support the projects to ensure safety leadership teams (SLT) are engaged
- Promote the reporting of Close Calls throughout the business ensuring that actions are taken and feedback delivered
- Deliver Safety Cascades informing projects of relevant safety alerts, fast facts, and lessons learnt
- Promote telematics and safe driving behaviours
- Assist the projects to deliver effective planning stages through compliance and reliability
- Be able to plan and monitor performance on SMART Objectives
- Ability to communicate and promote a positive Health & Safety culture
- Able to demonstrate a proactive approach and ability to implement best practices
- Assist in maintaining the companies Safety management system –iSMS
- Ensure effective communication of essential safety documents, e.g., safety alerts/bulletins
- Undertake reviews of relevant safety documentation, e.g., work package plans/task briefings
- Deliver site inductions
- Undertake Q/A themed audits
- Support in machinery and workplace risk assessments
- Gather evidence to support investigation process and its reports, including the interviewing witnesses and gathering of statements
- Deliver HSES coaching and mentoring to core and project teams
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Who we're looking for
Essential
- NEBOSH Certificate / National Compliance & Risk Qualification equivalent
- Competence in incident investigation
- Demonstrable experience in a health and safety advisory role
- Strong HSW legal knowledge and practical application
- Experience of delivery of HSW training
- Proven ability to influence and promote a positive safety culture
- Demonstrate ability to develop and implement risk-free environment using best work practices and innovations
- Assist the organisation for achieving sustainable delivery
- Experience in vertical structures and RC frame construction
- Proven track record delivering H&S support to multiple project teams
Desirable
- NEBOSH Diploma / NVQ Level 5 – Occupational Safety & Health
- Personal Track Safety (PTS) competence (as required)
- Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) competence
- Environment / Sustainable qualification
- CMIOSH or working towards
- Good understanding of CDM2015 – Roles and Responsibilities
- An exemplary communicator and able to build and maintain positive professional relationships at all levels
- Internal Auditor qualification (ISO 18001, ISO 9001, and/or 14001)
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…
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About Us
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/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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