Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor

Expanded, part of Laing O'Rourke, is delivering the A47/A11 Thickthorn Junction Bridges project. We are looking to strengthen our Health, Safety & Wellbeing team to support safe and effective site delivery. As a Senior Health, Safety & Wellbeing Adviser, you'll work closely with site teams and leaders to promote a positive safety culture, taking a people-focused approach through Rethinking Safety Through Inclusion & Wellbeing. Reporting to the Senior Health & Safety Manager, the role offers a strong opportunity for development within a major infrastructure project. You'll Do

• Champion and actively deliver the Rethinking Safety Through Inclusion & Wellbeing approach.
• Support proactive assurance activities aligned to project risk profiles.
• Facilitate collective insights sessions, appreciative enquiries and positive investigations to understand how success is created.
• Facilitate Fatal & Severe Risk Assessments and contribute to risk assurance activities.
• Help operational teams explore work as imagined vs. work as done.
• Build strong, trusting relationships that encourage open dialogue about safety.
• Support leaders to build soft skills-listening, openness, collaboration and curiosity.
• Promote innovation and support adoption of new methods, technologies and systems.
• Assist with incident investigations and help the team embed meaningful learning.
• Act as a contact point for communication with enforcement bodies when required.
• Support monitoring, improvement and reporting of safety maturity goals.
  
  Level 4 qualification (minimum) in Health & Safety.
• Strong technical knowledge of occupational health, safety and wellbeing.
• Competence in coaching, training, assurance/audit or investigations.
• Member of a relevant professional body (or working towards membership).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage at all levels.
• Curiosity, empathy and the confidence to ask questions that uncover insight.
• A positive, forward-thinking mindset with a passion for improvement.
• Resilience and emotional intelligence and calm under pressure, thoughtful in approach.
• A self-starter attitude: energetic, motivated, able to inspire and influence.
  
  Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.
• Clear progression and professional development within a supportive team.
• Exposure to significant National Grid infrastructure projects.
• The opportunity to influence cultural change in a major UK construction environment.
• Learning and mentoring opportunities from highly experienced HSE leaders.