SHE Advisor

Kier Group plc; SHREWSBURY; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm is seeking an experienced SHE Advisor to support safety, health, and environmental standards in Shropshire. You will lead compliance efforts, manage meetings with operational staff, and participate in inspections. The ideal candidate will have experience in construction and highways management, with excellent leadership and communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits, based in Shrewsbury.

Benefits

£5.9k annual car allowance

Private healthcare

Tailored benefits

Qualifications

• Operational working experience of managing SHE on large construction sites.
• Proven experience implementing traffic and pedestrian management.
• Ability to demonstrate raising standards in safety and health.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a consistent approach to SHE standards across Shropshire.
• Lead meetings with operational staff and clients.
• Maintain ISO 45001 and 14001 accreditations.
• Conduct Health and Safety Inspections.

Skills

Leadership

Excellent communication skills

Operational experience in highways

Understanding of safety standards

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Advisor to join our Shropshire contract, based in Longden Road, Shrewsbury. This role spans the entire county, with time spent across three depots, your primary base will be Longdon Road in Shrewsbury. You will be a strong leader with excellent communication skills and extensive operational experience within highways, utilities, or construction.

As part of our team, you'll support the delivery of comprehensive highway infrastructure maintenance for Local Authority and National Highways clients.

Can you imagine a world without transportation links via land, sea or air? Nor can we! Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Transportation and make a difference. Supporting the movement of people, goods and equipment.

Location: Longden Road, Shrewsbury – site based 5 days per week

Hours: Permanent Fulltime 40 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Salary: £37,000 - £47,000 per year + £5.9k annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a SHE Advisor, you'll ensure a consistent approach to safety, health, and environmental standards across Shropshire. Working closely with local teams and supply chain partners, you'll drive the implementation of the SHE strategy and guarantee full compliance with legal requirements, client expectations, and Kier Group's Safety, Health & Environmental Management System (SHEMS).

Your day to day will include:

• Leading and participating in regular meetings with operational staff, supply chain partners, clients, and the contract management team
• Maintain and manage the companies ISO 45001 and 14001 accreditations
• Ensure premises meet legal / regulatory and Kier requirements
• Collate and disseminate data on Safety, Health, and Environment performance for contribution to monthly, contract and other reporting requirements
• Undertake Site, Depot and Office Health and Safety Inspections

What are we looking for?

This role of SHE Advisor is great if you:

• Have operational working experience of managing SHE on large construction sites and highways reactive maintenance contracts
• Proven experience implementing traffic and pedestrian management, temporary works, excavations, working around rail property
• Can demonstrate you have raised standards

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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