Health & Safety Advisor – Birmingham

Can you promote a culture where everyone feels included, no matter what role they play.
Do you have a holistic approach to physical and psychological health and safety – addressing the unique risk factors in construction.

 At Laing O'Rourke we are looking for a Health & Safety Advisor to join Expanded Structures on a Birmingham based project. Expanded structures is the UK leader in reinforced concrete basement, sub- and superstructure frame construction.

Expanded is committed to bringing the benefits of a Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) approach. Explore Manufacturing includes Europe's largest off-site pre-cast concrete facility providing modular components with higher levels of repeatability, quality and cost surety.

What will the role look like?

• To act as an advisor, facilitator and champion for Health and Safety delivery within their project/business/facility.
• Provide local advice and support necessary to assist managers and staff to fulfil their health and safety responsibilities to the high standards demanded by the Business.
• Facilitate and coach operational teams on Inclusion+Wellbeing and the respective engagement tools, which allow the team to engage effectively with the workforce.
• Carry out relevant H&S assurance activities, providing confidence to the business that operational effectiveness of all relevant processes is being delivered

What skills & experience are we looking for?

• Qualification at level 4 (min)
• Technical knowledge in Occupational Health Risk Management and Wellbeing
• Technical knowledge in Safety Risk Management
• Coaching / Training competence
• Assurance / Audit / Investigation competence
• Member of relevant professional body

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable

About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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