Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing

Balfour Beatty Plc

  • Elgin, IL
  • 6 days ago
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    Balfour Beatty and me

    What makes Balfour Beatty a great place to work? Is it the limitless career opportunities, our inclusive culture, the scale and complexity of our projects or working alongside the industry's finest experts? Hear from our colleagues across the UK, US and Hong Kong on why you should shape a career at Balfour Beatty. Visit our website to find out more and explore our exciting career opportunities: www.balfourbeattycareers.com #ShapeEverything

    Rewards and benefits

    As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too.

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    Job No. BBUK20175

    Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing - Elgin

    Power T&D

    Health Safety Environment

    Elgin

    Permanent

    About the role

    Balfour Beatty are looking for a Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing to join our Power Transmission and Distribution Team in Scotland.

    Based in Elgin, this role offers the opportunity to lead the health and safety function on

    one of Balfour Beatty's flagship overhead line projects, providing visible leadership and

    driving a strong safety and wellbeing culture across the project lifecycle.

    What you'll be doing

    • Develop and ensure the delivery of the Business Unit/Project Zero Harm Strategy.
    • Manage the recruitment and development of HS&W professionals within their

    chain of command, including coaching and mentoring as required.

    • Develop professional relationships with regulators, customers joint venture partners and supply chain.
    • Undertake health and safety compliance evaluations, tours and audits as required

    and to ensure sufficient assurance of project activities.

    • In conjunction with Executive General Managers / Managing Directors / Directors,

    carry out project and business sector HS&W performance reviews and reporting

    using lagging and leading indicators.

    • Review and investigate accidents, incidents and near miss events in accordance

    with Balfour Beatty standards to identify and effectively share lessons learned

    across the BU and the wider BB, ensuring actions are through the serious incident

    review process.

    • Deputise for the Head of HS&W (Scotland) where required.
    • Work with the wider BB HS&W team to promote Zero Harm and continuous

    improvement of performance through special projects, local initiatives and HS&W

    improvement plans, including continuous improvement of the BMS

    Who we're looking for

    The following qualities/experience are required:

    • Corporate Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (or

    working towards)

    • NEBOSH Diploma or NCRQ qualification
    • Must have detailed, technical knowledge and experience Health and safety

    legislation, regulations and guidance.

    • Construction industry experience and in particular CDM (where specific

    construction sector industry experience etc is required (e.g. (utilities, major

    projects) etc then specify)

    • Must have prior experience of providing leadership and support to operational and functional teams and of working at a senior level.

    Why work for us

    Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

    Why join us?

    As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

    • Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
    • 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
    • Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
    • Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

    About us

    Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

    From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

    Diversity and inclusion

    At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

    To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ''Employer Recognition Scheme'' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

    As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

    We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com

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