At SSE, safety is our number one value. We live by our licence, if it's not safe, we don't do it. We focus on ensuring that we have no injuries or serious environmental incidents and that people are healthy and happy at work. Our Safety Health and Wellbeing (SHW) function helps our teams across SSE to deliver this and ensure that we get everyone home safely at the end of the working day.
Reporting to the Lead Safety Health and Wellbeing Manager, you'll provide proactive and pragmatic occupational health and safety guidance to our stakeholders within various departments throughout the SSEN Transmission business.
You will
- Provide safety leadership and expertise to the Asset Management and Operations teams to support the implementation of the Transmission and SSE Safety Management Systems and ensure legislative compliance.
- Establish a small team of Occupational Safety Advisors based on business requirements to foster a positive culture towards creating a healthy, happy and safe workplace.
- Lead operational teams with Occupational Safety Advisors to foster relationships, provide safety co-ordination, promote incident learning, and drive continuous health and safety improvements.
- Provide support to the Lead Safety Health and Wellbeing Manager in identifying and affecting strategic improvements in workplace safety arrangements and deputising where required.
- Drive safety standards across all areas and champion the use of SSE's Safety Licence: if it's not safe, we don't do it.
The role requires travel within Scotland, and so a valid UK driving licence is essential., Experience in safety management on construction projects within the utilities or similar high hazard industry; with a pragmatic, flexible, people centred approach.
- A NEBOSH Diploma or relevant equivalent and the ability to demonstrate your knowledge and experience.
- Knowledge and application of UK Health & Safety legislation, in particular Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015.
- The ability to demonstrate professional overall stakeholder management skills to drive cross business collaboration to build a high performing, commercially and customer focused safety culture.
- Excellent communication skills, great at building relationships with stakeholders, and able to influence change at all levels. You will have a systematic approach to analysing complex issues and understanding risks to provide clear and effective solutions.
The role requires travel within Scotland, and so a valid UK driving licence is essential.
SSE has a bold ambition - to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're transforming the grid to provide greener electricity for millions of people and investing over £20 billion in homegrown energy, with £20 billion more in the pipeline.
SSEN Transmission own and operate the electricity transmission network across the north of Scotland. We transport energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, ensuring a safe and reliable electricity supply for the communities we serve. But that's not all - we're upgrading the grid to deliver cleaner, homegrown energy for the future and building a network for net zero to create secure power for generations to come.
Salary: £55,200 - £83,000 + car allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available, Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.