Senior HS&E Advisor

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Job Description

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Senior HS&E Advisor - Environment

Warrington

What you will be doing:

An opportunity has arisen for an Senior HS&E Advisor to join the team at Galliford Try.

As Senior HS&E Advisor, you will support the Framework HS&E Manager on all health, safety, and environmental aspects by leading a team of HS&E Advisors to deliver a first-class service to our client(s). You will support and implement the HS&E strategy and systems to ensure that the delivery of our operations meets exemplary safety, health, and environmental standards. This role supports improvement and consistency in performance, ensuring compliance with management systems, and implementing continual improvement initiatives.

• Foster and support an inclusive, open, transparent, and collaborative environment to develop our HS&E culture, maturity, and behaviours to deliver HS&E excellence.
• Support the implementation of our HS&E strategy ensuring this is also embedded within the HS&E Advisors actions to drive continual improvement through the business addressing short-, medium-, and long-term growth and learning.
• Lead the HS&E Advisors, ensuring that they are actively engaged within their framework and are contributing to the successful delivery of projects by providing a professional advice and direction.
• Actively support the HS&E Advisors to ensure the promotion of our behavioural programme; 'Challenging Beliefs, Affecting Behaviours', so that it is consistent with our business leadership ambitions.
• Ensure our Business Management System has been correctly implemented, taking account of client requirements, to align with our overall strategy and driving performance through our processes and standards.
• Support the HS&E Advisors to provide technical and specialist guidance to line and site management in the implementation of HS&S programmes and initiatives.
• Engage and if required act as a deputy for the Framework HS&E Manager with internal and external key stakeholders, including client, supply chain partners, regulatory authorities, industry bodies, and colleagues, through the planning, preparing and delivery of project lifecycle.
• Provide HS&E input to operational teams from the planning stage through to completion of any works, through guidance, advice, and support to support proactive planning and implementation of HS&E standards. Takes appropriate action where our standards are not being met.
• Utilises HS&E performance KPIs to review performance and drives continual improvement within the HS&E Advisors and across projects and functions. Feeds back outputs for wider strategic review and consideration.
• Contributes to continual improvement to identify and unlock gains in HS&E performance and mitigate risk to GT that could occur through HS&E-related issues.
• Report to project management teams on a regular basis and attend meetings as required for and on behalf of the project team and Framework HS&E Manager, attends meetings as required.
• Escalate and report any HS&E concerns to the Framework HS&E Manager.
• Proactively collaborate with our teams on all HS&E matters which may affect our projects.

About You:

• Aware of individual HS&E responsibilities and adheres to company HS&E policy and procedures.
• Able to demonstrate alignment and work in line with the Galliford Try values - Excellence, Passion, Integrity and Collaboration.
• A responsible leader with an open, strategic, and analytic mind, who is committed to productivity, compliance, and continual improvement.
• Very good communicator, written and verbal; ability to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders including clients and third-parties.
• Proven experience and strength in understanding transforming cultures and organisational development.
• Thrives in complex, dynamic, working environments and relationships.
• Track record in applying restless curiosity to create positive outcomes in similar environments.
• Highly collaborative and outstanding relationship building capacity, with strong communication, negotiating, engaging, and influencing skills -fostering a one-team approach across a complex organisation.
• Thrives in complex, dynamic, working environments and relationships.
• Self-disciplined, and able to evidence understanding of a well-structured, systematic approach to identify and analyse problems, understand risks, and implement appropriate solutions.
• Ideally experienced in supervising small teams in a similar sized HS&E function in either infrastructure, water, or similar regulated markets.
• Proven in HS&E management, systems, risks, and legal frameworks.
• Experienced in producing and delivering learning and development programmes.
• Experienced in delivering environmental role throughout the project lifecycle (prepare, design and construction).
• Knowledge of data analytics and reporting systems.
• Fully conversant with the Microsoft suite of packages.
• Relevant HS&E experience in a similar industry with supervisory experience.
• Holds the NEBOSH Construction or General Certificate.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel across projects / contracts in region.

What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:
Named Contractor of the Year by the Water Industry Awards, Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Environment business please contact James Heathcote on james.heathcote@gallifordtry.co.uk.

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don't meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.

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