Senior Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor

Balfour; Assington; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and engineering company is seeking a Senior Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor to join its Power Transmission and Distribution Team in Assington. In this role, you will be responsible for promoting a safe working environment, ensuring project compliance with health and safety requirements, and providing specialist advice to operational leaders. Strong knowledge in health and safety, along with robust influencing and analytical skills, are essential for success. The position offers flexible working arrangements and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 days paid annual leave

Family-friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Relevant industry experience required.
• Ability to travel and work independently.
• Proven ability to lead investigations and risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Embed robust HS&W objectives into project delivery.
• Provide high-quality specialist advice to operational leaders.
• Monitor changes in legislation and improve systems.

Skills

Health & Safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH General)

Understanding of electrical safety

Strong influencing skills

Analytical skills

Relationship-building skills

Education

NEBOSH General

Job description

Overview

About The Role Balfour Beatty are looking for a Senior Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) Advisor to join our Power Transmission and Distribution Team on the Bramford to Twinstead (BTNO) project. The project office is based at Assington in Sudbury. This is a site-based role with occasional travel to other sites in England and Wales. A company car will be provided with the role. The Senior HSW Advisor will support and promote delivery of the Zero Harm Action Plan, working with the HSW Manager to ensure the project is compliant with the HSW requirements of the UK Business Management System.

Project information: Balfour Beatty will be responsible for the replacement of the existing high voltage electricity network between Bramford Substation in Suffolk and Twinstead Tee in Essex, with a new 400 kilovolt overhead line spanning 18 kilometers. In addition, the company will also deliver 11 kilometres of underground cable through the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Stour Valley.

What you’ll be doing

In this senior role, you’ll bring credibility, confidence and technical expertise to:

• Embed robust HS&W objectives into project delivery and ensure management fully owns compliance.
• Provide high-quality specialist advice to operational leaders, helping them effectively manage risk.
• Inspire a learning culture through open communication, challenge, coaching and mentoring.
• Support and influence Behavioural Safety initiatives such as Take Care and Making Safety Personal.
• Lead and participate in site inspections, investigations, and internal/external audits.
• Collaborate with clients, subcontractors, regulatory bodies (including HSE) and internal specialists.
• Monitor changes in legislation and standards, and help improve systems, processes and guidance.
• Contribute to training programmes, toolbox talks, specialist committees and tender submissions.
• Analyse performance trends and recommend actions that drive measurable HS&W improvement.

Who we’re looking for

• A qualification in Health & Safety (e.g. NEBOSH General).
• Relevant industry experience.
• Understanding of electrical safety — substation, cabling or OHL environments.
• Strong influencing and relationship-building skills at all levels.
• Proven ability to lead investigations, audits and risk-based assessments.
• Excellent analytical, reporting and presentation skills.
• A calm, empathetic approach when working under pressure.
• Ability to travel across England & Wales and work independently.
• Full UK driving licence and willing to travel occasionally.

Desirable: behavioural safety coaching experience, engineering background, sustainability experience, ISO management systems knowledge, IOSH/IEMA membership.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Benefits

We offer a full range of benefits. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working with flexible start/finish times and up to 40% remote working where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family friendly policies including maternity/adoption leave and paternity/partners leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.

About Us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks. From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and ongoing maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). We have signed commitments to inclusion and are a Disability Confident Employer, committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. For more information, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are continually looking to improve our resourcing process and welcome feedback at [e-mail]