Senior SHE Advisor

The Vacancy

Wates are looking for a Senior SHE Advisor to join our construction team in London.

If you are a Senior SHE Advisor with proven technical skills looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas and elevate yourself within the industry then join us and help to create tomorrow together.

This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our Senior SHE Advisors are a valuable part of our business, the focus of this role will be to provide professional SHE support, advice and coaching at regional business level. Engaging with Regional Managing Directors, Operations Directors and supply chain peers to ensure that the business SHE policy is promoted and effectively deployed. Providing leadership, support and development to SHE advisors in larger regions.

As our Senior SHE Advisor you will:

• Conduct regular project visits and ensure compliance with all safety and health regulations, completing VMR after each visit.
• Coach project leads and regional leadership on risk identification, mitigation, and investigation techniques.
• Review project RAMS and plans regularly to ensure they are timely and fit for purpose, and support bid preparation and pre-construction information.
• Develop and maintain a network within the regional supply chain to promote and ensure the understanding and deployment of Wates SHE policy.
• Present SHE dashboards and detailed incident analyses at regional board meetings and communicate best practices and learnings to project leaders.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

You will be an excellent communicator with strong listening skills with the ability be proactive and work autonomously. You possess highly developed influencing skills, enabling you to influence up to the regional leadership level. Your coaching skills are exceptional, and you will have the ability to lead and develop a small team of SHE professionals. You can identify hazards and quantify risks effectively. With experience in SHE leadership within industrial or construction environments, you have a high-level knowledge of all relevant legislation regarding construction SHE. Your report writing skills are excellent, and you can analyse data and present it effectively to senior boards and forums. You will also hold qualifications in NEBOSH / CMIOSH.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working 
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade) 
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates) 
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity. 

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo an Enhanced and Barred Lists Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.