Hseq Advisor

VolkerWessels UK is a leading multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors, including rail, highways, airports, marine, defence, energy, water and environmental infrastructure.

We operate through five separate, but complimentary businesses, working in collaboration and using our specialist skills to deliver as integrated service for our clients.

VolkerLaser are now looking for a HSEQ Advisor to join the team working from our Worcester office. The role of the HSEQ Advisor will be to support the Operations Management team in fulfilling their HSEQ obligations.

**Key accountabilities**:

- To advise and coordinate on H&S,Environmental and Quality issues
- To ensure the HSEQ Management Systems are understood and used effectively at project level
- To ensure that the requirements of the management system are being applied on site and administrative offices, by means of periodic inspection, audits and meetings
- To provide HSE training/awareness to the project teams as necessary and within the scope of own expertise
- To proactively provide instruction and task specific advice to operational and managerial personnel
- To investigate accidents/incidents (in conjunction with the JV and Alliance) and ensure lessons learnt are applied
- To perform audits on safety and environmental risk areas
- To ensure timely close out of actions from audits, inspections, accidents and incidents
- To ensure compliance with methods and procedures at project level

**Skills & experience**:

- Demonstrable experience and achievements in a similar role
- Experience of working in a Joint Venture project based environment advantageous
- Relevant HSEQ experience in a civil engineering and build environment.
- Demonstrable experience of completing internal audits and inspections.
- Experience in facilitating registration surveillance visits.
- A working knowledge of current and impending health & safety and environmental legislation
- An understanding of the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:2008, BS EN ISO 14001:2007 and BS OHSAS 18001:2007
- Training and presentation experience throughout all levels of an organisation.
- Good presentation, written, analytical and IT skills.