Health and Safety Specialist - Construction

As a Construction Health and Safety Specialist, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will be instrumental in ensuring strategic goals and objectives outlined in the health & safety business plan are implemented to the highest of standard. Day-to-day, you'll provide technical advice and guidance to senior project managers and operational teams around managing and monitoring health & safety during construction / CDM projects.

• Support operational teams through the design phase by reviewing drawings and risk assessments
• Ensure all pre-condition surveys are completed as required
• Support the review and processing of health & safety related documentation
• Identify all non-compliance issues and report through appropriate means
• Undertake reviews of project performance
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 3 days in the office/onsite at our Faslane site near Helensburgh, and 2 days working from home. Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Experience required of the Construction Health and Safety Specialist
• Robust knowledge of health and safety legislation
• Knowledge of CDM regulations 2015
• Knowledge of general construction techniques and principles
Qualifications for the Construction Health and Safety Specialist
• Degree or equivalent qualified in relevant subject
• IOSH certified preferred
Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (SC) security clearance for this role., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. What we offer
• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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