H&S Advisor

As a Health & Safety Advisor at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. You will be mentored and supported by industry leaders and given the tools to grow. You will also be involved in and contribute to our business strategy as we continue to evolve. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

In this role you will:​

• Ensure the client complies with the national statutory Health & Safety requirements for each
  construction project.
• Implement best practice, and lessons learned, across each project.
• Enhance, and improve, existing construction safety management procedures through a visible
  on-site presence, and through active participation in all aspects of day-to-day Health & Safety
  management on the projects.
• Implement Microsoft construction safety management program across each project.
• Assist on an as needed bases in the development of specific safety programs.
• Provide an independent review, and oversight, of construction Health & Safety management
  procedures in place for each project; with a view to cross-evaluation of projects, sharing lessons learned / best practice, and driving continuous improvement across the Microsoft construction supply chain.
• Assist in the identification, and management, of high-risk activities at each stage of the
  projects; including liaising with design teams and working with contractors in forward safety
  planning and co-ordination of works activities.
• Monitor and report the client's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for assessment and
  evaluation across all construction projects.
• Review and assess, the health & safety implications of changes as they occur during
  construction projects.
• Develop and implement, report and communicate structures on Health & Safety
  management performance for each project to enable accurate assessment and evaluation.
• Actively engage with all aspects of day-to-day Health & Safety management e.g. attendance, and participation in meetings (both management & personnel as appropriate), training workshops daily activity briefings and management reviews.
• Attend planning and coordination reviews, for both day-to-day and longer-term safety
• planning for work activities.
• Assist in the evaluation of effectiveness of Health & Safety planning at site level; e.g. through the assessment of communications with all parties; including contractors, workers, and supervisors.
• Carry out independent Health & Safety audits on all aspects of construction management.
• Monitor compliance between Health & Safety planning and actual works on site.
• Carry out assessment of accidents, incidents, & near-miss reporting; including the evaluation of findings and monitoring the implementation of corrective and preventive measures.
• Carry out on-going assessment of the resources provided by contractors to enable implementation of the contractor’s safety management program.
• Encourage and promote, Health & Safety initiatives aimed at influencing positive safety behavior on the sites.
• Encourage and promote, contractor participation in structured Health & Safety awards schemes by recognized bodies.
• Report to, and take direction from the client and their nominated representatives.​

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have a minimum of ten years’ experience in a senior role with formal qualification in health & safety management; with relevant experience in construction Health & Safety management.
• Have extensive experience in contractor communications, and liaising with design teams, and other project professionals.
• Have a degree and/or certification in Health & Safety profession.
• Possess strong communication skills with associated excellent reporting skills.
• Have experience of international projects and have a sound understanding of cultural,
  diversity and inclusivity aspects in a large-scale program delivery context.

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.