HSQE Advisor

Salary: £35,000 - £45,000
Location: Blantyre nr Glasgow
Closing Date: 28/04/23

Are you customer focused with the ability to engage and build relationships? Can you deliver exceptional results on a range of projects? Do you want to make a difference in a growing region?

We have an exciting opportunity for a HSQE Advisor to join our Story Scotland team, based from our Blantyre office - and there has never been a better time to join!

The Role

As a HSQE Advisor at Story Scotland, you will provide assurance, guidance and support ensuring the safe operation of sites, in order to comply with all Health and Safety regulatory and legislative requirements.

1. Create a culture that promotes Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Safety in the workplace:

• Work with the HSQE Team in providing a constant focus on improving HSQE standards across the business and set out what good looks like
• Provide proactive support and guidance to Site Teams to achieve sustainable HSQE practices that exceed Client expectations
• Assist Site Teams with the provision of “tool box talks,” inductions, safety briefings, and other communications as appropriate to ensuring consistent and effective delivery of the HSQE message.
• Provide HSQE Training where appropriate including development of safety step up / safety action group presentations
• Support site teams at all levels to generate and implement HSQE action plans
• Maintain close and effective relationships with Site Teams
• Liaise and meet with client to conduct joint site visits and promote strong client relations as required
• Proactively promote the use a Hazard/Improvement spotters to raise the number and quality submitted.

2. Monitor and accurately report on HSQE compliance:

• Supporting site teams, carry out regular site inspections, safe system of work checks, risk assessments and audits to ensure that all activities meet legislative, client and business standards.
• Report findings from site visits promptly and work with site teams to close out any actions
• Audit site HSQE files to a consistently high standard and sign off as fit for purpose
• Review and report on HSQE compliance by sub contractors and engage with them to ensure consistent safety standards (inc. Safety critical paperwork).

3. Conduct accident investigations ensuring problems are appropriately addressed and rectified:

• Conduct accident/incident investigations, supporting colleagues to rectify any procedural failings
• Produce reports and liaise with clients in closing down incidents in a timely manner
• Utilise Network Rail consequence matrix to provide consistent investigation outcome
• Ensure action is taken to rectify the problem on site
• Ensure all accidents are incidents are reported in the correct timescales to the correct recipient both internally and externally.

Benefits

At Story Contracting, we invest in our people. We provide award-winning training and development opportunities for all employees to help you get to where you want to be in your career.

In addition to a competitive salary, pension and a company car or car allowance, we show we care about

our people by offering a health cash plan and wellbeing support to keep you fit and well - inside and outside of work.

Our agile working policy allows for a mixture of office and home working, and flexible working arrangements are available so that our people are engaged to give their best.

We care about our communities too and offer our employees two paid for volunteering days each year to spend as a team or individually.

The Ideal Candidate:

• NEBOSH Construction Certificate or NEBOSH Diploma
• Experience and expertise gained in working in a similar role
• Experience in accident investigation and root cause analysis
• Ability to engage with Site Managers and Colleagues to gain buy in to H&S agenda
• Excellent IT and reporting skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work on one’s own initiative
• Identify risk to the business and opportunities for improvement
• Forward thinking with ability to predict future risk profile based on work pipeline
• High degree of attention to detail
• Ability to deliver educational tools / training and development initiatives

Why Story Contracting?

Story Contracting is a privately-owned, award-winning infrastructure company who is financially secure and agile with a wide range of public, private and third sector clients who enjoy working with our talented and committed team. Our track record for delivery on time and to budget, safely and reliably, has meant repeat business from our clients, which is reflected in our motto of ‘Do It Right!’

Our values are at the heart of everything we do - the way we work and the behaviours we display. We believe that this is what makes Story Contracting and our people exceptional.

GROUNDED - Everyone is equal at Story. We are down to earth and treat each other with respect.

HARDWORKING - We all pull our weight and work hard for each other.

PROUD - We are proud of our safety, our projects, our people, our clients and the success we create together.

FAMILY - We nurture, train, develop and keep our people safe, just like a family. We are inclusive and do the right thing for the business and its people.

TRUSTED - What we say is what we do. Our clients, our people and our communities trust us to do it right.

WINNERS - We are hungry for success and want to be the best performing contractor for our clients, our people and our communities.

Every Story Matters

We are proud to be a place where everyone can be part of the Story!

As part of our pledge to eliminate discrimination and encourage diversity among our Story Team, our ‘Every Story’ policy ensures all employees are a part of a diverse environment and always feel included.

All applicants will receive careful consideration for employment regardless of who you are, where you come from or what you believe in.

Think you’d be a good fit?

Successful applicants will be contacted shortly after the closing date.

Apply today and start your story.