Construction Safety Specialist

About Us

National Grid is hiring a Construction Safety Specialist - You’ll be based out of our office in Warwick once a week, and there will be regular travel to sites and offices, combined with hybrid working from home.

Great SHECQ careers happen at National Grid. Here, we believe that every individual has the potential to shape a safer, healthier and more sustainable future not just for our organisation but for society as a whole. Our SHECQ Career Pathways are designed to inspire and empower you to reach your full potential, offering clear routes for development, professional recognition and meaningful contribution. Whether you are just starting out or looking to take the next step in your journey you’ll find a supportive environment, world-class standards and a culture that celebrates ambition, learning and excellence. Join us and discover how your passion and expertise can make a real difference because at National Grid your career is more than a job: it’s a pathway to purpose and progress.

Job Purpose

Drive a positive health and wellbeing culture at the heart of National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)

Are you passionate about building a positive and proactive health and wellbeing culture based on collaboration, care and trust? Perhaps you’d like to work in an organisation which focuses on health, wellbeing, and the environment, in the same way it does safety?

As Construction Safety Specialist, you’ll provide Safety, Health, and Environmental support for our construction projects including Overhead Line, Substation and Cable works. Regularly visiting sites to reinforce safety compliance and safety performance specifically around construction safety risks, you’ll have the opportunity to work with colleagues, and leaders throughout NGET, empowering them to take full accountability for safety leadership within their respective areas of the business.

Monitoring and providing assurance, you’ll coach, advise, train, motivate, inspire and encourage managers, staff and our supply chain partners to deliver legislative compliance and promote continuous improvement.

You’ll be a source of expertise on Health and Safety at Work and provide specialist advice on the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and industry standards, driving the implementation of company strategy to enable responsibility and accountability to reside with line managers and staff, with emphasis on behavioural safety.

In addition, you’ll support on Incident Investigation and Lessons Learned activities throughout the organisation.

What You'll Need

• With a thorough knowledge of HSE legislation and behavioural safety programmes, you’ll have ideally worked in similar construction HSE role.
• You’ll have a strong understanding and working knowledge of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 with demonstrable experience from either the client or contractor side, working with other duty holders, and ensuring compliance.
• A good knowledge or awareness of industry standard policies, procedures, processes, and specifications, particularly how projects are delivered in the construction phase is key, as is experience developing robust assurance programs including communicating these at a site level.
• Experience in conducting incident investigations and report writing skills, including root cause analysis would be advantageous, coupled with the ability to recommend preventative action.
• Good inter-personal skills with proven skills in coaching and motivating people and the ability communicate and influence effectively at all levels is essential as is effective organisational skills.
• You will hold a NEBOSH General Certificate (OHS) or Construction Certificate/Health and Safety Management for Construction (UK) and have a current full driving licence.

What You'll Get

A competitive salary of £54,000 - £65,000 

• Job requirement car

• Annual Performance Based Bonus
• 26 days annual leave, plus eight statutory days 
• The option to buy additional or sell holiday days 
• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – so long as it is relevant to your role
• Access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days)
• Access to a numerous apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing.

More Information

The closing date for this vacancy is 19th June. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network.

To find out more about us, please follow the link below:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/ 

DE & I statement 

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.

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