Hse Advisor

**About the role**
Balfour Beatty Major Projects team have a fantastic opportunity for a **Health & Safety Advisor (Nights)** to work at the Box Encapsulation Plant (BEP), Sellafield, Seascale to support and advise the BEP project team on their specific HSE duties, and provide guidance, monitoring and reporting on compliance.

The Box Encapsulation Plant project is one of the most important construction projects at the Sellafield Site, the plant will play a vital role in Sellafield’s 100 year clean-up programme by taking nuclear waste recovered from the sites original waste plants and encasing it in concrete so it can be stored in a modern building. The plant is primarily designed to deal with waste from the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo, one of four legacy waste plants prioritised for clean-up by Sellafield Ltd.’s owner, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Alongside that work, the plant will also receive certain wastes from the other three legacy waste stores, the First-Generation Magnox Storage Pond, the Pile Fuel Storage Pond, and Pile Fuel Cladding Silo.

**What you'll be doing**
- Provide the project team (nightshift) with competent advice on current HSE legislation applicable to the activities, any hazards present relevant to the scope of works.
- Work effectively with the project team in establishing and implementing effective risk assessment and HSE planning.
- Assist project team in undertaking project related risk assessments and preparation of safe systems of work in line with project specifics procedures and arrangements.
- Carrying out effective/active monitoring, recording and reporting of our own and subcontractor HSE performance and workplace conditions
- Actively challenging and reporting any unsafe actions and unsafe conditions.
- Investigating accidents, incidents and near miss events in accordance with project standards to identify and share lessons learned.
- Ensure near miss and improvement observation reporting is carried out and maintained.
- Ensure all enquiries from the project team and HSE function are dealt with accurately and promptly.
- Deliver suitable safety training programme for all project personnel (including routine project inductions, toolbox talks and topic specific presentations).
- Liaise with HSE colleagues within the project (Inc. Partners/Client) and attend regular co-ordination meetings.
- Maintain a visual presence on site and assist with coaching and mentoring of project personnel to ensure continuous improvements are made.

**Who we're looking for**
- Member of IOSH (Technical).
- Experience as a Safety Advisor on large multi-disciplines construction/commissioning projects.
- Sellafield Site or nuclear experience preferred.

**Why work for us**
- An attractive / negotiated salary
- Medical health cover
- Pension Scheme
- Employee referral scheme
- Family Friendly policies
- Payment of an annual professional membership
- 25 days annual leave
- A whole host of other BB staff employee benefits (discounts, special offers etc)

**About us**:
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.

Job Reference: BBUK04564