Key Responsibilities

• Safety First: Provide competent H&S advice and guidance across the business, helping teams understand and implement safe systems of work.
• Audit & Investigate: Conduct H&S audits, inspections and incident investigations, identifying root causes and supporting effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Mentor & Influence: Coach and guide employees at all levels to strengthen a positive safety culture and drive continual improvement.
• RAMS & Safe Systems: Undertake and review risk assessments, develop and review method statements, and support compliance to agreed controls and procedures.
• Incident & Data Management: Support investigation and reporting of incidents (including accidents, service strikes, and near misses) and maintain meaningful performance data and trends.
• Compliance & Legal Register: Contribute to compliance evaluations, support legal compliance processes, and help maintain a clear and effective legal register.
• Operational Collaboration: Work closely with contracts managers, supervisors and site teams to ensure H&S policies and procedures are applied consistently.
• Reporting: Support reporting of QHSE performance and emerging risks to the wider H&S team and management.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential Qualifications

• NEBOSH Construction Certificate (minimum) (NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent strongly desirable).

Essential Experience

• Proven experience as a Health & Safety Advisor (or similar) within a highways, civil engineering, utilities, or street works environment.
• Strong practical experience managing H&S in environments involving underground services, including safe excavation controls, service avoidance, and service strike learning.
• Working experience and knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015, including Principal Contractor expectations and RAMS / planning interfaces.
• Working experience and understanding of Temporary Works, including recognising temporary works risks and engaging appropriately with delivery teams and temporary works roles (e.g., TWC/TWS).
• Demonstrable experience reviewing and improving RAMS, ensuring controls are suitable, proportionate, and followed on site.
• Experience conducting site inspections/audits and supporting incident investigations, including producing clear actions and tracking completion.

Knowledge & Competence

• Strong ability to provide clear, practical H&S advice in operational settings and influence positive behaviour.
• Confident communicating with supervisors, managers, and operatives—supportive, constructive, and able to challenge where needed.

Other Requirements

• Full UK driving licence (essential).

Benefits and Our Values

Our Benefits

• Access to 24/7 GP Service
• Accident and Life Cover
• Annual and Month Employee Awards
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Death in Service Cover
• Private Pension
• Free on site Parking
• Two Paid Volunteer days per year

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[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a dynamic, independent civil engineering company with 30 years’ experience in every aspect of traditional and contemporary civil engineering work. We have a pool of over 480 multi-skilled, longstanding staff, and our own dedicated in-house Project Managers. We are a multi-discipline contractor, specialising in full-service highway and public space maintenance, improvement and construction; delivering services to London Boroughs, Local Authorities and the supply chain.

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