Health and Safety Advisor

About the role

Balfour Beatty is seeking two Health and Safety Advisors to join our Power Transmission and Distribution team in Aberdeenshire.

In this role, you will be instrumental in supporting some of Scotland's largest power projects, ensuring the safety of our teams working on substations, cabling, and overhead lines.

We are seeking a candidate who is proficient in producing Health and Safety documentation and can collaborate effectively with operational colleagues. Your role will involve providing crucial support during the pre-construction phase, ensuring a seamless transition to the construction phase. The successful candidate should be comfortable with both office-based tasks and on-site responsibilities.

We are looking for candidates who are comfortable with travel between project sites, with occasional overnight stays as required. A company car will be provided, and expenses for overnight stays will be covered.

What you'll be doing

Guidance and support - Provide guidance, support, and advice on Health and Safety (H&S) to ensure compliance with Balfour Beatty's HSES Integrated Business Management System (BMS), relevant legislation, BSI requirements, and client standards.

Compliance monitoring- Monitor and ensure adherence to H&S protocols and regulations.

On-Site Engagement - When on site, engage with the team to provide coaching and support on health and safety practices.

Promoting safe behaviours- Actively promote and encourage safe behaviours among all team members on site.

As a health and safety advisor you will have the following accountabilities:

Providing support to the operational team during the pre-construction phase, developing H&S documentation and assisting the project team when required.
Contribute to the implementation of the Zero Harm & Sustainability Action Plan
Undertake planned & unplanned inspections, audits, joint tours and reviews of projects
Produce formal reports on findings and communicate these to the project.
Be involved at the planning stage to support design teams to identify and control risk.
Engage with site teams to identify safer ways of working using the hierarchy of control
Deliver on-going approved H&S Awareness Training to meet project and business needs
Relentlessly pursue every opportunity to challenge the norm
Assist in the compilation of risk assessments and written safe systems of work
Support the delivery of briefings & toolbox talks
Ensure the project is compliant with all H&S Regulations, Company Policies and the BMS
Provide H&S advice and support at an operational level
Ensure lessons learned are effectively communicated across the Project /Business area.
Support H&S work winning activities across the business
Support and maintain a constant focus on the behavioural safety programme
Support their Project /Business area during near miss/incident/accident investigations
Support the H&S upskilling and development of the business operational teams
Promote H&S initiatives and innovations across their Project /Business area

Support the local & external audit programme across their Project /Business area

Who we're looking for

The following personal qualities and experience are required:

Membership of a relevant professional body (IOSH/IEMA) or working towards
Educated to NEBOSH National Level Certificate or equivalent
Comfortable in an office environment producing H&S documentation.
Full driving licence and willingness to travel
Good communicator with influencing and persuasion skills
Approachable
Good interpersonal skills and team player
Displaying and demonstrating the Balfour Beatty behaviours at all times
Incident/Accident investigator/fact finder

Accurate record keeping

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.

- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave

- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit:

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