Senior Health, Safety & Environmental Advisor

About Ferrovial:

Ferrovial Agroman is the engineering and construction arm of the Ferrovial Group, the largest private transport infrastructure operator in the world in terms of capital invested with a workforce of approximately 96,000 employees and a presence in over 15 countries, with over 60 years’ experience since it was founded.

Ferrovial Agroman delivers value-driven, complex multi-displinary design and construction solutions across varied sectors worldwide, including transport, energy and water. Our people make this happen, bringing a diverse range of experiences, prospectives and backgrounds to fuel fresh thinking as we meet the unique needs of the clients and communities we serve. We are dedicated to exceeding expectations and leaving a sustainable legacy.

We have an established presence in the UK and Ireland with the support of our global resource pool.

Ferrovial is a world-leading provider of infrastructure services delivering end to end capabilities over the entire asset lifecycle. This provides our diverse range of clients with a positive legacy through our integrated approach, ensuring consistently high standards of excellence in delivery. Value creation is at the heart of everything we do.

LOCATION

Heathrow

REPORTING

Health & Safety Manager

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Duties will include:

• Contribute to the achievement of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) in accordance with company policy
• To support the development of a strong (HSE) focused culture across the Ferrovial Agroman UK business
• To be an expert in (HSE) legislation and best practice to assist with compliance and continuous improvement
• To support the development of briefing and communication strategies to ensure that the (HSE) plan and important information is understood and operated by all employees and subcontractors
• To support the development of measurement systems to ensure that (HSE) performance are accurately monitored
• To liaise with employees, subcontractors and suppliers on (HSE) matters as required
• To promote company values in all dealings with other employees, clients, subcontractors and other external contacts.
• To contribute to formal (HSE) Reviews
• To carry out high quality and systematic audits to a prescribed and rigorous process, enabling the degree of compliance to be established and improvement opportunities identified.
• Monitor close out of (HSE) Reviews and audits of projects within prescribed timescales.
• To participate in and support training and other (HSE) initiatives in order to facilitate consistent standards and spread best practice.
• To identify possible operational risks or opportunities and work with central (HSE) Team to ensure an appropriate and effective response
• To carry out or contribute to accident and near miss investigations, ensuring the comprehensive gathering of supporting evidence material.
• To deliver the one day Introduction to (HSE) course.
• To provide cover for the HSE Manager when absent due to holidays etc.

KEY SKILLS

• Detailed knowledge of Health, Safety & Environment Legislation backed with formal qualifications. NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent (General and Construction Certificate will be considered)
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact at a variety of levels
• CSCS card
• Ability to carry out detailed, thorough and systematic analysis.
• Skilled in questioning and investigating to identify immediate, root or systematic facets of situations and root causes.
• Well developed capacity to deal sensitively with people but at the same time not avoiding issues that must be dealt with.
• Strong communication skills to confidently give constructive feedback and clearly put across the reality of what is happening on the ground.
• Strong skills in building rapport with people at many levels in the business
• Good influencing and persuasive skills and ability to builds effective working relationships with people at many levels.
• Good listening, reflection and questioning skills to act as an effective coach to managers, supervisors and staff.
• Sound technical knowledge of the construction process in general and awareness of their own limitations
• Ability to carry out (HSE) Audits
• Ability to look ahead and see potential issues and opportunities
• Accident Investigation training

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Lead Auditor ISO 14001 trained
• Experience of working in an international organization
• Knowledge of working in airports

Ferrovial Agroman UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and as such treats applications equally and recruits purely based on skills and experience.