Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit:
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
About the role
Balfour Beatty are seeking an experienced Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor to join our Power Transmission and Distribution Team in Middlesbrough.
The Balfour Beatty DNO (distribution network operator) North team handles tasks involving EHV cabling & jointing across the North East, Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
As well as carrying out large scale EHV Cabling Projects, we also provide a Faults & Services team capable of quickly responding to unplanned incidents on the network, including extensive cable jointing capabilities and preventative maintenance.
Our clients include Northern Powergrid, NGED, Scottish Power Energy Networks, SSE and National Grid.
The Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor will drive Safety, Health and wellbeing compliance across projects and provide high quality specialist support and advice directly to line management on how they should control HSW risks.
What you'll be doing
* Ensure that HSW objectives are embedded into projects and owned by line
management
* Drive Safety, Health, Wellbeing compliance across projects and provide high quality specialist support and advice directly to line management on how they should control risks.
* Support line management at meetings with Clients
* Create an open “challenging” culture of communication to facilitate learning, to motivate individuals and teams alike throughout all stages of the work process to support sustained HSW improvements.
* Support delivery of the Behavioural Safety programme ( e.g. Take Care / Making Safety Personal)
* Attend regular site meetings, investigations, internal meeting etc., to support the
management teams in the delivery of outstanding HSW performance.
* Provide support in specialist areas and to specialist groups such as Fatal Risk Groups, Environmental Committees, Sustainability Committees, Work Instruction Committees, BMS Groups etc.
* Support line management in the development of plans, training requirements and understanding of legal (health & safety aspects).
* Liaise with regulators, clients and Balfour Beatty teams as required
* Keep up to date with changes to legislation and standards where applicable,
recommend and develop changes to systems and processes
* Support business development activities by providing HSW support and input into tender submissions
* Support and conduct site inspections, audit and assurance activities including facilitating external audits by clients and accreditation bodies as required.
* Support the development and implementation of new HSW policies, processes, procedures and work instructions and their updating.
* Undertake a mixture of site visits, observation, 1:1 sessions, analysis of reports and data to identify areas to improve health, safety & wellbeing performance. Put forward recommendations for improvement.
* Assist in the identification of training needs, the development of training programmeand/or change management programmes.
* Participate in incident investigations/serious Incident Reviews as required.
Who we're looking for
* NEBOSH/NCRQ Diploma in Health and Safety or working towards.
* Strong knowledge of electrical safety and working in either substation, cabling or
overhead line environment.
* A strong communicator able to express clearly and succinctly ideas, plans and
priorities to a wide audience and across all levels of the organisation.
* A confident and engaging individual, who can motivate others and who has strong influencing skills.
* An effective listener, able to quickly assess situations or problems and can
demonstrate a flexible approach to problem solving.
* Strong analytical skills with excellent report writing and presentation skills.
* Responds well when working within a team or independently, and able to respond
calmly and with empathy when working under conditions of continuing pressure and to deadlines to achieve the desired target and goals.
* Experience of conducting, accident / incident investigations and establishing root
causes.
* Experience of undertaking risk based health & safety quality inspections/ audits and producing reports of findings.
* Strong IT Skills (Outlook, Word Excel, PowerPoint).
* Good depth of knowledge in health & safety law, environmental law & ecological
matters.
* Full driving licence
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
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 across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit:
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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