Overview
Senior SHE Advisor – Reading
Job Description
Costain’s strong partnership with Thames Water continues into AMP8 as we secured our position on their Capital Delivery Programme. The Thames Water AMP8 Capital Delivery Programme covers a mix of projects ranging from smaller capital maintenance to large civil new build schemes. Working on a variety of water and wastewater projects across the Thames Water Framework you will be involved in the design, construction, commissioning and putting to work of contracts to ensure they are completed in the most efficient manner. You will play a vital part in the overall success of our business, and you will be joining a growing team with a strong reputation.
The Group Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) Department is responsible for ensuring that Costain operates in a safe, healthy, and environmentally responsible manner through the implementation of the Group SHE Management System and Group SHE Plan. The Group SHE Management System provides a framework and standards for managing safety, health and environmental risks and opportunities and aims to prevent injury, ill health and provide a safe working environment and protect and enhance the natural environment in balance with socio-economic requirements throughout all our activities and operations. The departments’ purpose is to protect employees, the community, and the environment while ensuring that Costain operates sustainably and complies with relevant legislation and regulations.
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Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Support and Influence Contract Leadership Team, Clients, and other Stakeholders in compliance with the Group SHE Management System and Contract SHE Performance
- Support and where required deliver training, to allow the contract team to successfully implement the Group SHE Management System
- Coach and support the Contract Operational and Supply Chain Contractors in the delivery of the Contract SHE requirements
- Where required be actively involved in the ongoing assessment of the Contracts Supply Chain Contractors
- Actively support the delivery of the annual Contract and Group SHE Objectives
- Actively engage with the Contract SHE Assurance programme to ensure compliance with company and statutory requirements
- Actively support the investigation of all unplanned events and close out of assurance findings, ensuring lessons are shared in accordance with the Group SHE Management System
- Support the timely reporting, analysis, and use of SHE data to support and influence the Contract Leadership Team and where required support the development and implementation of data-based improvement plans
Qualifications
Essential
- Tech. IOSH or AIEMA or equivalent
- NEBOSH Construction Certificate or
- NEBOSH Oil and Gas or
- IEMA Associate Qualification (Course) or equivalent
Desirable
- Cert IOSH or AIEMA or equivalent
- NEBOSH Occupational Safety Diploma or Environmental Diploma or equivalent
About Us
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
