Health and Safety Advisor Full Time

City, Birmingham
Velocity Recruitment

Health and Safety Advisor

The Company

This Health and Safety Advisor (QSHE) role is with one of the global leaders in the facilities management and property services sectors, providing a wide range of services to a multi-national client base. Part of their offering includes acting as a principal contractor, undertaking a diverse range of projects within their clients existing property portfolio/estates including M&E upgrades, building fabric refurbishment and commercial fit out with values from 50k – 5million.

The Role

Ideally for this role we are looking for someone who has a main contracting background where you have been responsible for overseeing multiple projects at a strategic level.

Key Responsibilities

• To act as the QHSE focal point
• Ensures that QHSE standards, policies, and operating objectives are consistent
• Proactively appraise risk and oversee the safe delivery of projects
• Ensure compliance with all business wide policy
• Ensure construction phase plans and other key HSE requirements are built into projects
• Create and support an environment where observations, accidents and incidents are viewed as an opportunity of learning & improvement.
• Provide guidance and practical expertise on Health, Safety and Environmental issues in addition to those of Quality, ensuring there is appropriate day-to-day support.
• Ensure the safe delivery of projects by providing guidance and practical expertise on Health, Safety and Environmental issues in addition to those of Quality.
• Lead and support initiatives and best practice activities in all areas of QHSE Project Management.
• Coach and support team members and other stakeholders in executing QHSE strategy, tools and techniques.
• Consults, coordinates, and serves as principal liaison with project manager leaders on risk management, QHSE procedures and process, knowledgeable understanding of regulatory requirements within the UK, to ensure QHSE improvement, and management.
• Monitors, reports and aids in investigation of health and safety and environmental regulatory compliance within projects
• Reviews and oversees all work processes and conditions to ensure HSE (Health, Safety and Environmental) protective measures are optimized. Develops, recommend preventative and improvement measures to ensure the enhancement of QHSE programs.
• Support the health, safety and environment aspects of the new business winning process through solutions development, participation in presentations and consultation meetings, bid and contract generation and review through to support during mobilisation and resourcing activities.
• To support effective business communication through advice, review, leadership and direct contribution to management and team meetings, briefings, consultation forums, correspondence, monthly and ad-hoc reporting and other publications, as appropriate.
• Assist and guide as necessary with reviewing existing Policies, Procedures, Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work including an appraisal of how these are implemented.

The Plus Points

This is a great opportunity to join one of the household names in the property sector where you will be given the opportunity to progress into more senior level roles. They offer a competitive remuneration package with a generous bonus structure.