Health & Safety Advisor

The Health & Safety Advisor will act as the Arcadis focal point in the role of Client Health and Safety Consultant under the for Capital Projects, on a wide variety of projects throughout the project management lifecycle. The portfolio of projects includes engineering infrastructure, office/laboratory/pilot plant new builds and refurbishment projects.
At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Role description:
The Health & Safety Advisor will act as the Arcadis focal point in the role of Client Health and Safety Consultant under the for Capital Projects, on a wide variety of projects throughout the project management lifecycle. The portfolio of projects includes engineering infrastructure, office/laboratory/pilot plant new builds and refurbishment projects.

Role accountabilities:

- Support Project Engineer Team with H+S guidance (Risk Assessment Guidance/ Review)
- Conduct Permit to Work Daily Check
- Review in Proactive manner forthcoming Permits and coach Project Engineers
- Support/ Conduct Monthly inspections with regards to Site Monthly inspection target
- Attend meeting and provide project/ site EHS support
- Attend Construction sites and report near misses/ good practices
- Act as Health and Safety Focal Point for Site Projects
- Be aware of role of Site Health and Safety Champion and behave according developing Positive attitude at all times
- Closely work with Site teams to resolve Health & Safety issues and ensure problems are resolved playing an enabler role
- Engaging Contractors in positive manner on site where necessary using Stop Work Authority
- Maintain awareness of current and future client specific operating procedures, regulations and monitor projects for their compliance.
- Carry out safety inspections and audits (logging results with the established database) at intervals to be agreed on projects during the ‘construction phase’
- Facilitate EH&S review process on behalf of the Project Manager at the four key stages (including lessons learnt).
- Enter near misses onto a client database and follow up any requirement for further investigation to be carried out.
- Identify and analyse trends from injury and near miss reporting
- Produce regular safety bulletins for distribution amongst the team and the contractor database.
- Support and fulfil obligations, duties and roles under CDM
- Facilitate Competency checks on all contractors and designers and enter information onto the client database
- Maintain up to date Monthly Reports
- Liaises with the Leadership Team and Project Support Group to ensure appropriate support in place to enable successful delivery

Qualifications & Experience:

- NEBOSH General or NEBOSH Construction or Diploma in H&S
- IOSH membership

Why Become an Arcadian?

Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth's resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it’s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

Our Commitment to