We are looking for passionate, hands-on people with the right attitude toward
Health and Safety. We can provide any additional support you may need. Don’t be put off if you don’t tick all the boxes just yet - we genuinely want to help you improve your skills and knowledge but most importantly we want you to succeed in your role, so if that means you require additional training, we will organise it! As our new
Health & Safety Advisor you will have a passion for solutions and collaboration. You will directly report to and liaise with our Health and Safety Manager on a day to day basis, to address the H&S needs and requirements throughout our UK depot network.
This role is field based and will involve regular
travelling to our Boels Rental depots in England, Scotland and Wales. With this being said; the person which we are looking for, must be comfortable driving to various locations and taking overnight stays, as and when required. Your role as our
Health and Safety Advisor, will involve collaborating with our Health and Safety Manager and delivering advice and support to the Senior Management Team.
How does a typical week look? On Monday morning, you may have to drive to one of our depot locations, and assist the depot with an accident investigation. Following the investigation, you will identify remedial actions, which need to be implemented to ensure no repeat recurrences. You will offer recommendations and training to enable the changes to be made. As our Health & Safety Advisor, you will influence and captivate staff at depot locations; to improve behavioural safety and communicate best practice to employees. You will keep in touch with Depot Manager and Regional Managers to monitoring the depots, which will help to ensure that the changes are implemented and that standards are constantly maintained. After all, Boels is renowned for its reputation for safety!
Later in the week, you could be back at the office in
Birmingham, providing updates to the Health and Safety Manager or updating the senior management team about the progress of the H&S strategy, policies and plans that you have created.
Finally, when we need to open a new depot, you will liaise with the H&S Manager to address all the H&S requirements at any new depot location. Undertaking an assessment, which will clearly define and highlight; all factors needed to ensure all required systems are in place, and ensure a safe working environment for employees. You will be assessing and addressing the levels of risk and ensuring any identified risks are reduced to an accepted level . This is because our ultimate goal is to reduce the number of accidents and keep our employees safe. After all, our employees are our most valuable asset!
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist depot locations in the implementation and roll out of H&S changes.
- Be readily available to address H&S questions from various staff; across the UK network – assist depots with their H&S concerns.
- Collaborate with the H&S Manager, to roll our monthly Awareness Training Materials in the form of Toolbox talks.
- Supporting the set-up and maintenance of the risk evaluation process, and ensuring the correct preventative measures are put in place.
- Work with the H&S Manager on any H&S investigations into occupational accidents to identify root-cause analysis and ensuring the risks are reported and investigated, as well as giving advice and support to ensure issues are rectified quickly and efficiently.
- Communicate regular H&S updates to the UK Operations – in the form of Safety Alerts.
- Ensure that RAMS, company policies, procedural documents are created, updated and reviewed (as and when required).
- Manage existing accreditations, by providing updated documentation to the HAE, Safe contractor, RISQ and other company accreditations.
- Collaborate with the H&S Manager, to undertake 1 x yearly audit at each depot location
What Boels Offers
If you come to work with Boels Rental as a
Health & Safety Advisor in Birmingham, then you do that for a good reason. We will value your skills and that is why you can expect from us:
- A competitive annual salary ranging from £28,000 to £35,000. The salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salary offered will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, relevant skills/experience, relevant qualifications and performance
- A car, laptop and telephone to enable you to undertake your role
- 33 leave days of annual leave per year including official bank holidays.
- At Boels, we recognise the benefits that contributing to the community can have on our mental strength. This is why we also offer all our employees one additional day of leave per year (separate to the annual leave allowance) to spend supporting their local community, getting involved with a local charity, or boosting their mental strength.
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Pay
- Boels Rental recognises that many of the skills that Armed Forces Reservists gain during their training are transferrable to the workplace. Therefore, we offer seven days extra paid leave for you to undertake official reservist activities (proof from MOD to be provided).
- Boels Rental offers you an Employee Assistance Programme with access to legal, health and wellbeing advice and support when you need it most (https://www.healthassured.org/)
- Boels Rental recognises and honours our employees with quarterly and annual awards.
- You can take advantage of the TechScheme (https://www.techscheme.co.uk/)
- You can take advantage of the Cycle to Work scheme (https://www.cyclescheme.co.uk/)
Your Profile
‘Experience of providing H&S guidance and advice over multiple sites’ ‘Experience of designing and giving engaging H&S training to staff’: It's you, so you fit into our orange team! To become the best at Boels as our Health & Safety Advisor in Birmingham, you have to:
- Be passionate about H&S
- Have a strong knowledge and operational understanding of Health and Safety regulations within the UK, and be able to demonstrate experience of creating and implementing H&S policies and procedures for UK businesses.
- Have experience of providing health and safety guidance and advice over multiple sites in the UK
- NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent (desirable)
- Practical experience in risk, incident and investigation management
- Excellent accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to find creative solutions to problems
- Willingness to regularly travel around the UK, including overnight stays.
- Be proficient in IT with working knowledge of Microsoft suite - Outlook/Excel/Word/Powerpoint
- Have a valid passport and a full UK Driving Licence (preferably clean).
- Have valid proof of your right to work in the UK – (Boels does not arrange relocation, work visas or provide visa sponsorship)
Are you interested in this vacancy? If you are convinced that this is the right job for you, upload your documents. If you have any further questions, please contact our recruiter Robert Dallwein at +49 15124502335.
