Health And Safety Risk Assessor; Highways

Overview

Job Title:

Health & Safety Risk Assessor (Highways)

Location:

Winchester, Micheldever and occasionally other various sites across Hampshire

Contract Type:
Temporary 6 - months with the possibility to be extended

Hours:

20 - 37 hours per week, full-time preferred but part-time will be considered

Salary: £23.37 per hour

As part of this role, the candidate should expect to carry out work within the following areas:

• Produce detailed risk assessment and method statements (RAMS) in accordance with existing corporate templates
• Undertake in-house risk assessor training, and complete RAMS in accordance with them
• Analyse and assess civil engineering activities within the highways sector and produce subsequent RAMS which reduce H&S risks to staff
• Work with operational staff to develop and agree safe working procedures as part of the RAMS development process
• Review and evaluate effectiveness of RAMS once produced, producing necessary updates as required
• Ability to work efficiently in order to produce detailed but practical RAMS within a short timescale
• Produce a minimum of 25 RAMS for different operations. Most are based on existing RAMS; some will have to be created. This will need to be done over a 6-month period.

• Experience of producing risk assessments and method statements independently
• Experience of working with operational teams in order to implement practical and safe working practices
• Up to date knowledge of HSE guidance on RAMS
• Effective working knowledge of other relevant health and safety procedures (such as moving and handling, COSHH and HAVS)
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to present outputs to managers and operational staff
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Ability to use basic Microsoft Office 365 software (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams etc.)
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle which can be used for work travel
• Previous experience of the highways sector is not essential

• Determining sound solutions to H&S risks
• Producing effective RAMS
• Reviewing current working practices and being able to produce RAMS from them
• Agree approaches with managers and operational staff

• Ability to drive to sites in and around Hampshire
• Will initially require office working in Winchester and/or Micheldever (Hampshire, UK)
• Hybrid working (mixture of home and office working) available after initial 3-month period
• Confident in working in hazardous construction environment
• Possess basic PPE (high vis jacket and trousers, safety boots, hard hat).

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Call to action:
Please apply as appropriate or contact Daniel Goodyear on or (phone number removed)

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