SHESQ Advisor
Department: SHEQ & Growth
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Ruislip
Reporting To: shane pritchard
Description
Reporting to a SHESQ Manager or Level 4 SHESQ Advisor, who provides day to day line management, this role is accountable for providing front line triage and support across Safety, Health, Environment, Sustainability and Quality, both in a day-to-day assurance role and in a dynamic capacity as business needs dictate.
The role is supporting relevant assurance strategies developed by SHESQ Manager/Senior Manager(s) and working with and directed by the SHESQ leadership team to ensure a coordinated approach to achieve the assurance plan (including planned day to day assurance, reactive/corrective strategies and proactive campaigns (and with any other support functions as necessary)).
This is intended to be a tactical and dynamic role to support the front-line management and mitigation of risk at an appropriate level for effective control.
This role operates autonomously in day-to-day activity, is able to self-manage and also to coach and mentor developing advisors and trainees.
What You'll Do
Organisation
- Contribute to the development and publication of SHESQ communications, including Fast Facts, Safety Bulletins and Toolbox Talks.
- Deliver SHESQ inductions for new starters, CIS and contract personnel, ensuring appropriate familiarisation, cultural alignment and Skills Hub compliance.
- Maintain a visible presence within assigned contracts, regions and projects, providing day-to-day SHESQ support.
- Lead an agreed area of SHESQ expertise as part of the UK-wide Subject Matter Specialist (SMS) network, providing specialist support across the business.
- Actively participate in worker consultation through project reviews, worker groups and SHESQ engagements.
Planning & Risk Management
- Promote practical, solution-focused approaches to maintaining safe working practices and robust environmental management across operational sites, facilities and depots.
- Support tender evaluations through SHESQ due diligence, contractor assessments and reviews of scope, quality and compliance.
- Support the establishment and mobilisation of new regional contracts, projects, depots and acquisitions.
- Assist in developing local risk assessments, method statements and SHESQ plans, including CDM Construction Phase Plans.
Implementation, Support & Assistance
- Provide tactical SHESQ support to frontline operations, ensuring alignment with assurance strategies, policies and company Mindset principles.
- Act as the first point of SHESQ contact for Project Managers, Site Managers, Supervisors, Front Line Managers and regional stakeholders, escalating complex matters to relevant specialists where required.
- Provide first-line support across Safety, Health, Environment, Sustainability and Quality, engaging SMS expertise where additional technical knowledge is needed.
- Support SHESQ campaigns, improvement initiatives and coaching activities, including providing assistance across wider regions and contracts where required.
- Deliver additional operational support, including behavioural and leadership coaching, audits, ad hoc inspections and dynamic response activities.
Monitoring
- Undertake planned and ad hoc SHESQ inspections, checks and assurance activities in line with the SHESQ Manager's risk management plan and support wider compliance monitoring.
- Monitor and support occupational health requirements across assigned regions and business units, ensuring actions are planned and records maintained.
- Support SHESQ Managers/Senior Managers in monitoring lead and lagging indicators, identifying trends and concerns, and developing and implementing improvement actions and initiatives.
Incident Management
- Provide tactical regional incident management support, including incident response, lower-level investigations and escalation to management and SHESQ Managers as appropriate.
- Support accident and incident investigations across projects and departments.
- Track incident reports to ensure corrective actions and recommendations are appropriate and fully implemented.
- Support the development and delivery of data-led SHESQ improvement campaigns.
- Liaise with operational management to ensure effective incident response, investigation and escalation.
Decision-Making Authority
- Empowered to suspend, postpone or delay operations where there is a perceived risk of significant health, safety or environmental breaches, and impose appropriate sanctions or improvement actions.
Review
- Support the delivery of the Group SHESQ assurance plan, undertaking planned and ad hoc audits within the scope of individual experience and competency.
What You'll Bring
- NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent qualified in H&S management.
- Affiliate / Tech / Grad Member of IOSH and ISEP desirable.
- Complimentary qualifications / skills in Environmental or Quality discipline desirable.
- IT skills – capable use of Microsoft Office software suite (Word, Excel etc.) and ability to interact with company systems.
- Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel.
- Desirable - Auditor (45001 &14001)
- ILM3 or equivalent
Personal Attributes & Competency
- Professional approach, self-organised and motivated to influence stakeholders.
- Strong collaborative skills, able to bring groups together to manage viable SHESQ solutions
- Good communication skills (verbal, written and face to face).
- Strong SHESQ leadership skills, able to influence, motivate and direct both internally and externally.
- Presentation skills and ability to assist in the delivery of training.
- The ability to coach and mentor persons in good SHESQ leadership and culture.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong written and verbal skills
- The ability to coach and mentor Trainees and Level 2 SHESQ Advisors to achieve personal and team goals.
- Has a real passion to drive process safety management throughout the business.
- Has a “can do” attitude, is methodical in their approach and can demonstrate results.
- Experience in SHESQ assurance and front-line support in related sectors.
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