KierBAM are a Joint Venture (JV) partnership between Kier and Bam Nuttall. We are currently delivering the redevelopment project at a Royal Navy site located in Plymouth and we are seeking an experienced H&S Advisor

Location: Plymouth, Devon

Contract: Permanent Full-Time, Can offer work from home or a local Kier office 

Due to the site being a high Security Military Naval base, additional security checks will need to be made – BPSS level of security clearance is required. These checks can take up to 8 weeks to process

Responsibilities of a Health and Safety Advisor

As a Health and Safety Advisor, you'll be working within the Devonport Dockyard team, supporting them in the promotion, delivery and auditing of HS&E policies and programmes in the workplace and ensure that the project is legally compliant.

Your day to day as a Health and Safety Advisor will include:

• Supporting the Managers of H&S in the promotion and use of H&S policies and procedures in conjunction with KBJV Policies and Procedures.
• Assist the Manager of H&S to lead the development and implementation of Project H&S objectives, campaigns, and initiatives.
• When required, produce monthly and yearly H&S performance statistics and reports.
• Conduct regular and robust health and safety Inspections & Audits as prescribed by the Inspection monitoring targets
• Ensure all accidents, incidents and near misses are reported in a timely manner, and are also effectively investigated, and actions are delivered and closed as per timescales prescribed.

What are we looking for?

This role of Health and Safety Advisor is great for you if:

• Relevant H &S Related NVQ, IOSH and/or NEBOSH Certificate (preferably Construction) or equivalent.
• Membership of relevant professional institution (e.g., Tech IOSH or above).
• Accident/Investigation Qualification (e.g., Kelvin TOPSET, ROSPA or NEBOSH HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation)
• Auditing to ISO45001 standard

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

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.

Due to the nature of this role and the nature of the work at this site, you will be required to complete a Government Security Check (SC) Clearance which takes place before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. (Applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us - To read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit www.kier.co.uk/careers/making-ground). This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier