HSE Advisor - Reading

A leading Construction and Management Consultancy has an immediate vacancy for HSE Advisor to work on secondment with one of their key Clients in Berkshire

To main purpose of the role is to provide competent Health and Safety (H&S) support to the H&S Manager in providing the Facilities Management team and service providers to deliver high quality H&S services to the Client within agreed scope of work at TVP and EH.

Core duties are to:

• Provide competent HSE advice to client and Facilities teams to promote and enhance HSE management
• Deliver HSE services to client against agreed scope of work to meet KPI requirements including monthly reporting of performance and service delivery
• Provide client with assurance on compliance with client HSE standards, legislation and best practice in Facilities Management arrangements
• Mentor and train the HSE and FM teams to ensure competence levels are appropriate.
• Ensure high standards of presentation of information and data is maintained.
• Support delivery of HSE programme aligned to client priorities with regular review of progress.
• Ensure effective delivery of the Client’s induction process.
• Maintain effective arrangements for the emergency evacuation of buildings including training and administration of fire wardens and emergency response team.
• Coordinate training and administration of first aiders in support of the client arrangements.
• Maintain effective arrangements for conducting DSE assessments through web based client system.
• Maintain high visibility of HSE through engaging verbal and written communications with promotional events and portal information aligned to client HSSE comms team
• Support operations managers and service providers with effective training and tool box talks.
• Maintain and develop effective arrangements for controlling the work of contractors and general access in conformity with client HSE standards.
• Record incidents and investigations on client web based system and manage local hazard reporting system to ensure effective closure of actions through root cause analysis and produce subsequent reports
• Form strong relationships with key stakeholders in FM and client organisation

Personal Background & Interpersonal Skills

Essential:

• Good understanding of HSE legislation, industry standards and best practice
• Influencing skills
• Good communication skills both verbal and written
• Ability to form strong effective relationships
• Excellent time management skills
• Focus on customer service
• Good IT skills
• Excellent organising and administrative skills
• HSE management system experience

Desired:

• 2+ years experience of HSE in a Facilities Management environment

Education

Essential:

• NEBOSH Certificate
• MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint

Desired:

• Auditor training
• Risk Management
• Incident investigation and root cause analysis
• IOSH Managing Environmental responsibilities