Health And Safety Advisor

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Position: Health & Safety Advisor

Division: Infrastructure

Location: Tonbridge Depot

Reporting to: Head of Safety & Sustainability

Purpose of The Job

The role of the Health & Safety Advisor is to provide professional Occupational Health and Safety assistance with a focus on workforce health & wellbeing, on the South Rail Systems Alliance based out of the Tonbridge Depot, covering the South East.

Key Success Measures

• Safety & Ethics- Support the implementation of the Business Conduct Guidelines, Colas Rail Limited Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) strategy, associated actions and resulting initiatives, to deliver continuous improvement in all areas.
• Excellence- Ensure work is carried out with a continuous view to profitability and efficiency and look after our shareholders by guaranteeing that they see value for money and a profitable business. Quality is key to competitiveness. Take responsibility for delivering on time and on budget a high-quality product or service, which Colas Rail can take pride in.
• People- Demonstrate respect for colleagues, our clients and the environment in all areas of work. Support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on diversity and inclusion.

Key Accountabilities

• Raise the profile of health, safety and wellbeing throughout the business & support accident/incident prevention initiatives.
• Assist with and undertake H&S surveillance where required of operational sites.
• Provide professional advice and guidance on the maintenance of the business safety management system to ensure continual improvement and use of best practice.
• Engage with all employees & Contractors to promote health, wellbeing and fatigue awareness and an overall positive OHS culture.
• Monitor OHS performance and effectiveness for projects, ensure audit plans / targets are achieved. Undertake OHS inspections when required and co-ordinate thorough investigations into incidents and accidents.
• Promote awareness and learning through bulletins, training and workshops to improve staff engagement and the quality of fatigue management.
• Ensure that all accident, incidents and significant close-calls and near misses are reported, investigated and that all lessons learnt from investigations, surveillance and data analysis are disseminated, understood and embedded.
• Assist in developing, communicating and implementing OSH strategies & initiatives, with specific focus on Health & Wellbeing.
• Develop & deliver or coordinate delivery of H&S Training/Briefings to Staff as required.
• Support the management and maintenance of accurate data from monitoring systems and for reporting progress against agreed workplace Health & Safety KPI.
• When directed, assist if necessary with the preparation of H&S risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Assist with the monitoring, analysis of and reporting of H&S performance. Utilise data to highlight areas of further consideration, evaluation and intervention
• To contribute to the development of systems and procedures, and assurance activities as part of a whole team approach in meeting performance targets.
• Liaise with the customer and chair stakeholder meetings such as weekly updates on safety performance.
• Support the Safety and Sustainability Team with chairing supplier engagement forum and fatigue forum.
• Any other reasonable duties as required from time to time.
• Undertake Safety on Call – emergency on call which provides out of hours support to the business in the event of an incident (rotating roster).

Experience and Qualifications

Essential

• NEBOSH General Certificate
• Experienced in OHS management including understanding of legislation, issues, policies, procedures and practicalities within the infrastructure or construction industry.
• Competent in assessment techniques such as fatigue, health & capability assessments.
• Experienced in Behavioural based safety, health & wellbeing techniques.
• Competent in development and delivering training and workshops for all levels of staff.
• Highly proficient in use of Office applications: Excel, Word, Visio and PowerPoint
• Good collaborative and interpersonal working skills, good communication at all levels.

Desirable

• Lead / Internal Investigator including experience of Human Factors analysis
• Member of an appropriate professional institute, e.g. IOSH
• Experience of the industry, in particular Light Rail, Railway or multi-disciplinary delivery.
• Strong experience of working in a customer led environment

About Us

Joining Colas Rail UK provides the opportunity to not only establish yourself within one of the rail industry’s biggest and most prestigious, multi-disciplined contractors, providing you with a springboard that can take you career to new heights.

We take pride in nurturing talent and providing opportunities for you to unlock your potential at whatever stage you are in your career. We encourage cross-collaboration and innovation and if you are interested in learning Colas Rail will enable that.

Everyday we work together safely to solve real problems, with a shared goal of enhancing the Infrastructure and Logistics which is key to the UK Rail Network and wider Supply Chain. Everyone here has a voice and we encourage all to speak up, discuss their ideas and implement them.

We are always looking for passionate people to join our business and with several bases across the UK, there are plenty of opportunities to join our vibrant, creative, and diverse teams.

Colas Rail hold three core values: Caring, Sharing and Daring. We take care our of our employees, always ensuring safety is a top priority and we nurture our collective wellbeing. We share a passion for what we do, celebrate our achievements and value high standards like nowhere else. We dare to take on new challenges, we are one of the international leaders in our industry. We keep on innovating, expanding, and conquering new markets.

The performance of Colas Rail UK is dependent upon improving and developing the skills and abilities of all employees, and our Equal Opportunities Policy, above all else, aims to achieve this objective.

Behavioural Skills

• Engage and Care- Engage and stay close to our client. Provide sustainable solutions that you truly care about and join us in having an impact on the Infrastructure of the UK.
• Execute and Share- Share our joint passion for the important work executed every day at Colas Rail. Share in our success, our diversity, our development and execute our project plans.
• Energy and Dare- Display the energy of a leader, champion your teams. Dare to think innovatively and explore new horizons.

Colas Rail in the United Kingdom values and encourages diversity in our workforce, regardless of background, disability, age, religion, or gender. As part of our aim to deliver quality services, we are committed to promoting equality and eliminating discrimination. We will create a workforce that is reflective of the communities we work and live in.

We are committed to the Disability Confidence Scheme, and as such we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you are a disabled candidate and have the skills, and or the experience for the job we will interview you. Just let us know in your application form. If you require adjustments or would like to discuss how we can best facilitate your candidate journey, please reach out to us.

Recruitment agencies

Colas Rail currently works with a number of approved recruitment suppliers. We will therefore not consider CVs or speculative proposals from any other agencies. Recruitment agencies not currently approved as preferred suppliers are kindly requested not to submit speculative CVs to any part of Colas Rail.