Graduate Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor

Graduate Health Safety and Wellbeing Advisor

We’re looking for bright and committed graduates who will bring energy, new ideas and a fresh perspective to help us become the recognised leader and transform the construction and engineering industry.

• At Laing O'Rourke, we constantly strive to deliver industry leading health and safety performance. To achieve this, we need to continuously challenge ourselves to continuously improve, to refocus and to rethink safety through Inclusion + Wellbeing (I+W).
• Inclusion + Wellbeing recognises that for people to be at their best and achieve excellence they need to feel like they are valued, seen, and heard. Promoting a culture where everyone is included in the safety conversation – our staff, workforce, supply chain, clients, and designers.
• As the HS&W function for Laing O'Rourke our primary goal is to support the business in the healthy and safe delivery of its operations, in all workplaces, across every stage of the construction lifecycle and via the involvement of all stakeholders. Only together will we achieve new levels of HS&W performance.

• Act as an adviser, facilitator and champion for Health, Safety & Wellbeing 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 I+W and the respective engagement tools to 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, are being delivered.

• Support the implementation and monitoring of health, safety and wellbeing across the project/business/facility and measure performance against deliverables.
• Support engagement with the workforce to understand how work is carried out in practice and how effective risk controls are, identifying opportunities for learning and continuous improvement.
• Regularly gather discovery feedback from the workforce and communicate it to management to allow effective leadership.
• Innovate, research and promote the adoption of cutting edge, market leading products, technologies, methods and services to support the healthy and safe delivery.
• Support and coordinate the investigation of incidents including high potential incidents to ensure effective learning outcomes and timely closure of required actions.
• Regularly promote, capture and share examples of exemplary HS&W performance in action across the business via internal media and external social networking.
• Actively promote positive learning opportunities by effectively cascading business and industry communications.
• Support implementation of the H&S Management System including compliance with all relevant statutory provisions.
• Support delivery of any necessary training and coaching.

As a project-led business, the location of our work can vary depending on project needs. This role may require you to be prepared to work away from home at project sites across the UK.

Health & Saftey, Environmental Health, Engineering or any other Construction related degrees

National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH)

Our graduate programme is designed to embrace and develop your capabilities. Most importantly, you will be encouraged to continue learning throughout your career. You will be stretched, challenged and supported by a business that views your personal development and the achievement of professional accreditation as a priority.

Our programme will give you practical experience, technical learning, and professional development while being part of some of the most exciting construction and infrastructure projects in the UK.

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