Health And Safety Advisor

 

Main characteristics

Location

Ashow, Warwickshire

Company

Balfour Beatty- Vinci

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Construction / Skilled Trades

Job summary

Health and Safety Advisor

Are you looking to join the business that is building the West Midlands section of the largest infrastructure project in Europe?

Do you want to join a company that promoted over 20% of its work force in the last year?

Balfour Beatty VINCI is proud to be designing and building a 90KM stretch of the West Midlands section of HS2. We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Health and Safety Advisor within the Health and Safety Team.

This role will be based on site in Based in Stoneleigh, Coventry. Building a 12KM stretch covering areas in Leamington Spa, Coventry, and Solihull. The sublot will be responsible for the creation of Viaducts, over bridges, under bridges and 8KM of roadworks as well as retaining structure at Stoneleigh park.

The purpose of this role is to provide functional Health & Safety advice, guidance and coaching to Project Teams.

The position assists the Project Director in establishing and maintaining the highest Health and Safety standards for the project.

Experience required

Previous experience in Construction Project/Facilities Health & Safety

NEBOSH Construction Certificate (Construction activities minimum)

NEBOSH General Certificate (Facilities activities minimum)

Experience of working on construction site (earthwork, pilling, foundation, civil work, viaduct, land contamination, asbestos removal, batching plant, lifting operations and MEWPS,)

Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role

Benefits of working with us

Flexible working

Remote working

Enhanced maternity and paternity

Access to Employee Assistant programmes

Annual flu vaccinations

Healthcare

Excellent pension contributions

Travel allowance for eligible candidates

Car/ car allowance [add/remove if required]

About Balfour Beatty VINCI

Working together for over 30 years, Balfour Beatty VINCI have been successful in delivering several significant infrastructures; creating unrivalled expertise and capability across rail, highways and aviation sectors in the UK and beyond. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:

42 viaducts totalling over 11km

66 overbridges

More than 35 cuttings reaching over 30km

56 culverts 66 embankments reaching over 33km

Building four motorway crossings requiring box structures

Six interfaces with the existing rail requiring both dive-under and overbridge structures

Diversity and Inclusion:

Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) is delivering equal opportunity for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and supportive of anyone with a physical or neuro-diverse ability. We welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities. We are transforming the image of construction through working on the HS2 project and increasing diverse representation of Balfour Beatty Vinci through representing the communities we are working in. We have embedded ED&I Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively.

Flexible working:

Flexible or agile working is encouraged at BBV and we recognise the value and diversity of candidates which this can bring to our business operations. Not every role can provide a variety of working patterns to suit people's personal needs however we are happy to discuss agile working opportunities at BBV with you.

Disability confident:

We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is Disability Confident committed and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability