Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Advisor

Location: Sewell Head Office, Geneva Way, Hull

Hours: 8.30am – 5.00pm, Monday to Friday (37.5 per week)

Salary: £30,000 – £35,000, plus up to 20% annual bonus opportunity

Role Overview

The role of SHE Advisor is a Sewell Group position that will be based in the Sewell Head Offices in Hull. The role will be with in the Safety, Environment and Compliance Team, and will report to the Head of Safety, Environment and Compliance. The successful candidate will be required to travel to various sites across the Yorkshire and Lancashire areas on a weekly basis.

As a member of the SEC (Safety, Environment & Compliance) Team the successful candidate may be called upon to assist in the delivery of SEC services at any of the Sewell family of businesses, the primary business sectors this role will be involved with are Construction, Facilities Management and Estates Management.

As a SHE Advisor role this role will have development opportunities and potential to work towards a SEC (Safety, Environment & Compliance) Manager role.

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Key Responsibilities

• Provide advice and support on a range of health, safety, environment and compliance matters.
• Conduct site audits and visits as required.
• Instil a strong Health and Safety culture, ensuring that company standards and objectives are achieved.
• Assist with the development of HSEQ management systems in accordance with legal requirements and ISO standards.
• Maintain robust and open communication with the rest of the SEC team.
• Conduct incident investigations where required.
• Support the processing of Insurance claims, conducting investigations where required and providing monitoring of claims.
• Conduct return to work/pregnancy/modified duties risk assessments.
• Review of PQQ submissions
• Support the SEC Co-ordinator in the administration of SEC electronic systems and databases.
• Provide support and cover during the absence of other team members.
• Support teams with HSEQ training needs, including the delivery of in-house training where required.

Requirements

As well as exhibiting our company behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Customer Focused, a Team Player and Doing the Right Thing, the successful candidates will have the following:

Essential

• Hold a NEBOSH Level 3 certificate in either Occupational Safety/Construction/Fire or equivalent.
• Demonstrable experience in a health and safety focused role.
• Demonstrative knowledge of environmental management requirements
• Experience in working with statistical data and reporting systems.
• Working knowledge, and experience of the application of CDM Regulations.
• Experience in conducting audits – construction sites and management systems.
• Produce high quality written reports for Board, investigations, etc.
• Full UK Driving licence, and own transport.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Computer literate, comfortable with Microsoft packages.
• Be a team player, with a hands-on approach and a flexible outlook towards hours worked.

Desirable

• Knowledge/experience of HSEQ management systems and ISO standards.
• Level 3 Award in Education and training (formerly PTLLS).
• Hold (or be willing to achieve) the P405 Asbestos Management qualification.
• Hold (or be willing to achieve) a recognised Fire Risk Assessment qualification

Sewell Group is an equal opportunities employer, recruiting within the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to the promotion of diversity and equal opportunity, as an employer and in the delivery of our products and services.

As a committed safe employer, an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be carried out for the successful candidate of this role.

Benefits

• Annual Bonus opportunity
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 30 days
• Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership – Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
• Auto Enrolment pension
• Staff discounts
• High Street & Retail discount schemes
• Bike 2 Work Scheme
• Technology Scheme
• Paid Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemes

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