Health & Safety Advisor (Nights)

Health & Safety Advisor - Nights
Contract Role | Somerset
Maximum Day Rates: up to £394 PAYE / £535 Umbrella

Night shift allowance paid in addition to the day rate.

Role Overview

The Health & Safety Advisor will support the HPC CDM Client and Principal Contractor teams by providing practical HSE advice, assurance and reporting across a major construction project. The role will help maintain high site standards, support EDF Energy's zero-harm objective, and drive risk-based monitoring, audits, inspections and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

1. Support the development and improvement of site health and safety standards.
2. Advise project teams on HSE requirements across planning, delivery and construction activities.
3. Develop risk profiles to guide inspections, audits and assurance work.
4. Provide assurance that CDM 2015 duties are being met by designers and principal contractors.
5. Support constructability, maintainability and operability reviews as an HSE subject matter expert.
6. Carry out inspections, audits, accident investigations, record keeping and reporting.
7. Identify HSE trends, early warnings and recommended actions for scheduled reports.
8. Provide guidance on the HSE management system, training, briefings and information.
9. Promote behavioural safety through regular engagement with contractors
10. Support proactive programmes that reinforce zero tolerance of HSE issues
11. Work with peers to ensure HSE policies and systems are joined up and not duplicated.

Knowledge & Skills

* Excellent communication skills with the ability to develop wide network and working relationships within EDF and the construction industry

* Results focus tempered with team centred 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.

* Skilful in engaging others with technical issues and maintaining their interest and enthusiasm.

* Skilful 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 organisational, 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

Qualifications & Experience

* Significant HSE experience within a large project setting

* Experience of co-ordinating 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

Application Information:

If this sounds of interest, please APPLY NOW with your CV and a cover letter highlighting your suitability for this exciting role.

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