Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor

In this role, you will help deliver our Health, Safety and Wellbeing Strategy whilst assuring compliance with the Thames Water Management System, Standards, Processes, and Procedures against an agreed HSW Assurance Plan. The role is primarily field-based, with some hybrid working. It will require frequent travel, generally within a specified region but occasionally throughout the wider Thames Water supply area.

• Site visits, including assurance and engagement – risk based with quantity confirmed depending on business area and requirement. This is a hybrid role, where it is expected that you will be out on site 3 to 4 days a week. Therefore, the successful candidate will need to hold a full, clean UK driving licence.
• Supporting the delivery of the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Strategy, including leading on/project management of work packages, briefing stakeholders etc to required deadlines.
• Monitor performance against the Safety, Health and Wellbeing strategy and objectives, system, standards, processes and procedures.
• Carry out relevant site HSW assurance to highlight good practice, risks and non-compliance.
• Advise stakeholders (internal and external) and contractors on HSW matters including compliance with applicable legislation, industry best practice and Thames Water Management System, Standards, Processes, and Procedures.
• Advise and support stakeholders carry out incident investigations.
• Opportunity to support high-risk incident investigations.
• Verify incidents, actions and safety observations being tracked to closure in a timely manner to avoid becoming overdue.
• Support stakeholders identify training requirements including reviewing and monitoring of Team Skills Register/Training Compliance etc.
• Support in the delivery of toolbox talks, inductions and briefings regarding HSW campaigns or concerns.
• Proactively engage with stakeholders to motivate teams to report safety observations and improvements to raise standards on site.
• Support individual ad-hoc projects as directed and in line with current business needs and priorities.
• Performing face fit testing as required.

Location:

Across Thames Water patch

36 hours a week

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:

• NEBOSH Certificate OR extensive experience in operational environments.
• Full UK Driving licence.
• Excellent communication, written and verbal skills with a demonstrable ability to communicate with all levels of an organisation.
• A passion for Health, Safety, and Wellbeing, leading by example.
• Fully competent at using the appropriate company IT systems and office software.
• In-depth understanding of UK Safety, Health and Wellbeing Legislation.

• Technical knowledge of a related or operational industry e.g. utilities, infrastructure, transport, manufacturing or construction, is advantageous, though not essential.
• Understanding of process safety, CDM and or working in the highway.
• Understanding of Human and Organisational Performance (HOP).

• Competitive salary up to £50,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Car allowance.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.