Project Health and Safety Director

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Building a sustainable tomorrow

The Ferrovial BAM Joint Venture has a successful history of delivering critical infrastructure for the UK on time and to budget together in a joint venture partnership. They first worked together in 2010 as BFK, delivering three Crossrail contracts, including the longest stretch of tunneling works between Royal Oak and Farringdon and Farringdon Station, the first central station to be completed on the Elizabeth Line. The team is also delivering the Silvertown Tunnel project together in East London and has been delivering excellence at each stage of HS2, such as Fusion JV for the Enabling Works packages, EKFB for the central Main Works Contract and now delivering the track infrastructure across the entire HS2 route.

We are now recruiting for a Project Health and Safety Director to join the HS2 Track infrastructure project at the initial design phase which will run concurrently with the completion of main works contracts, which are now at their peak. The team will be ready to mobilise as soon as the civil works are complete and will operate under a collaborative Rail Systems Alliance structure, designed to manage interfaces and resolve any program conflicts. The members will work together on design, access, resources, and logistics to achieve shared goals for cost and schedule.

Your work environment

• BAM operates a flexible working policy
• People are at the heart of what we do at Bam. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial. We're on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

Your mission

As a Project Health and Safety Director, you will be responsible for the following:

• Develop and agree strategic plans for Health and Safety and related activities that promote and drive industry leading levels of performance on nationally important infrastructure projects.
• Overseeing ongoing compliance and performance levels, establishing frameworks and driving engagement with fellow directors
• Co-ordinating and leading the development of Health and safety policy, standards and procedures across the business
• Driving the Health and Safety audit and assurance activities to meet legal and insurance requirements
• Driving safety cultural change, leadership initiatives and improvement across the project
• Providing effective leadership, support and guidance in all H&S matters including training for all employees and sub-contractors
• Conducting in conjunction with managing directors / directors, project and business sector HSE performance reviews, compliance evaluations, tours and audits as required
• Ownership and responsibility for ISO 45001, 9001, 14001 accreditations, whilst providing support to the maintenance of external accreditations
• Monitor, collate and interpret performance data including close out of inspection and accident investigation reports, and providing management reports on a routine basis
• Reviewing and investigating accidents, incidents and near miss events to identify and effectively share lessons learned
• Managing the recruitment and development of the HSQE team including coaching and mentoring where required
• Liaise directly with the project director.

Who are we looking for?

Your qualifications, skills and experience should include:

• Successful experience as a Project Health and Safety Director within a construction environment, qualification in Occupational Health and Safety (e.g. NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent) or related discipline or appropriate proven knowledge and experience (minimum of 10 years).
• Successful experience as a Project Health and Safety Director, on a large project delivery - £300m+
• Experience working on a joint venture/ alliance working considered beneficial (not essential)
• Able to communicate at all levels within the project organisation.
• Able to deliver any health and safety training as instructed by the head of health and safety.
• Able to act as a team leader.
• Thorough knowledge of OHSAS 45001 standards.
• Chartered membership of IOSH.
• Capable of leading accident investigations.
• Business acumen with full understanding of the commercial impact of decisions.
• Relevant knowledge and experience of operational activities in a civil engineering environment essential with experience of rail related activities desirable
• Experience and detailed technical knowledge of health and safety legislation, regulations and guidance
• Experience of leading H&S in the construction industry with the ability to deliver effective change management initiatives and develop and implement H&S strategies
• Ability to lead, develop and mentor both the H&S team and operational managers
• Ability to involve others in decisions and empower people to act whilst being clear about expectations

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

BAM Nuttall is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

Who are we?

The art of building is about building for communities; it's about building for life.

Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

Our recruitment process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Jonathan Schulte, Recruitment Manager, BAM Nuttall Ltd, m: 07717 227890 / Email: jonathan.schulte@bam.com

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.