Health Safety & Wellbeing Manager

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Health & Safety Manager to join our Power Transmission & Distribution Team in Scotland. This role will manage a team of Health & Safety Advisors whilst working as part of the Scotland Health & Safety team across the Scotland Region portfolio.
The initial role is to manage a team of Health & Safety Advisors on the Skye 132kV Reinforcement (Overhead Line & Underground Cabling). The project will reinforce the high voltage electricity network, from Ardmore on the Isle of Skye, to Fort Augustus.
What you’ll be doing

On a day to day basis you will be responsible for:

• Providing guidance, support, advice and compliance monitoring on Health and Safety (H&S) to ensure compliance with the Balfour Beatty HSES integrated Business Management System (BMS), Legislation, BSI requirements and Client standards.
• The management of a team of Health & Safety Advisors.
• To provide on-site engagement, coaching and support on H&S and promote safe behaviours on site.

Who we’re looking for

The following personal qualities and experience are required:

• Educated to Diploma/Degree Level as a minimum
• Membership of a relevant professional body (IOSH)
• 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 investigator/fact finder
• Accurate record keeping
• Relevant experience matched with their Project /Business area.

Why work for us
Day in, day out, our skilled and dedicated teams deliver a range of proactive and reactive services which support a reliable and safe supply of power flowing to millions of homes and businesses around the world. Our contracts range from £50,000 schemes to £100 million plus major projects.
Our people are our biggest asset and we focus on recruiting, training and developing the people who can apply innovation to deliver the infrastructure of the future. We nurture these talents, offer a great benefits package and continually invest in developing the skills of our people at every level.
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.
With experience and expertise across the full spectrum of the electricity grid our teams have capability across overhead lines, cable tunnels, distribution networks and substations.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support clients in the development of some of the world’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.
Balfour Beatty is a corporate signatory to WISE (Women in Science & Engineering) and a member of Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme. Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture. We are a member of the workingmums.co.uk Top Employers’ Charter through which we demonstrate our commitment to enabling parents to progress and enhance their careers whilst managing the challenges of family life.
Balfour Beatty is also Gold Award holders in the Ministry of Defence ‘Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
Job Reference: BBUK1011

• Providing guidance, support, advice and compliance monitoring on Health and Safety (H&S) to ensure compliance with the Balfour Beatty HSES integrated Business Management System (BMS), Legislation, BSI requirements and Client standards.
• The management of a team of Health & Safety Advisors.
• To provide on-site engagement, coaching and support on H&S and promote safe behaviours on site