Department: Health and Safety

Job Title: Trainee Health and Safety Advisor

Location: Glasgow

Responsible To: Head of Health and Safety and Senior Health and Safety Advisor

Job Function:

To assist in the delivery of an effective Corporate Health and Safety service to ensure CBES Ltd meets statutory responsibilities and provides a safe working environment for employees, clients and those affected by our undertaking whilst operating in compliance with company policy and procedure.

The Requirements:

To be successful in this role you will be self-motivated, innovative and be able to offer guidance where necessary on a broad range of Health and Safety issues and legislation.

You will have a minimum NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent NVQ. A degree in a relevant discipline would be advantageous but not essential.

An understanding of the construction and engineering industries would also be advantageous. Working within a progressive company, you will have a motivated and proactive approach with the ability to work well under pressure.

Assisting in the management of the formal EHS audit process of ad-hoc projects on site, you will promote the importance of EHS within the workforce, contractors and clients to encourage continual improvement. You will work as part of a team, building on current processes and procedures for CDM, occupational health and EHS focused training and development to ensure that they represent best practice.

As a trainee you will use your best endeavours to ensure your personal development and undergo any training, either academic or practical assignment, deemed necessary by your superiors.

This is a regional role and therefore demands a degree of flexibility and travel requirements. Travel will be required on a frequent basis throughout North and the UK.

It is imperative that your personal fitness level is of a reasonable standard; due to the nature of the job you will be required to climb ladders, work in confined spaces and work at heights etc.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Representing the company in a professional and competent manner at all times and developing strong working relationships with colleagues and clients.
• To ensure compliance with Health and Safety at Work Act, Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations and the CDM Regulations as they apply at all times. To comply with all other relevant Health and Safety regulations or instructions as they apply.
• Provide advice and guidance to Senior Manager, Project Managers and Employees on health and safety welfare issues.
• Assists with the preparation of safe work practices, method statements and risk assessments, construction phase health and safety plans and other health and safety related documents.
• To liaise with Project Managers to identify and facilitate the management of health and safety on projects.
• Undertake incident and near miss investigations through to conclusion.
• Assist the Health and Safety team in the co-ordination of a comprehensive range of training programmes in relation to health and safety management; including the delivery of Asbestos Awareness, Fire Warden, Display Screen Assessor and Display Screen User training courses.
• Plan and undertake regular site visits not only to audit but to communicate and act as a conduit for Health and Safety information.
• Complete site files within required timescales.
• Evaluate issues and formulate practical solutions
• To attend training courses as and where necessary and to ensure personal job skills keep pace with technical and business developments.
• To work with company and customer colleagues to ensure that laid-down standards of quality are maintained at all times.
• Undertake any other duties and/or responsibilities as may be required from time to time by the Head of Safety and Senior Health and Safety Advisor.
• Undertake surveys, on site audits and consultancy for third party clients.

• Develop safety management systems and produce statistical returns as required by Senior Management. These must adhere to required quality standards.
• To undertake any other duties, appropriate to the grade which will be consistent with the effective management of the department.

Key Performance Indicators:

• All minor accident investigations commenced within 1 working day of request
• Accident Investigation Reports, Written report made available within 7 working days of commencement of investigation
• Undertaking audit programme for all sites, audit completed and report to relevant Project Manager and Senior Health and Safety Advisor on day visit.
• Delivery of training courses, achievement of a course evaluation rating of 3.5 or above (maximum score 5).
• Attendance at internal health and safety forums, 100% of invitations (subject to approval by H & S Manager).
• Undertaking programme of inspections, Inspection report completed and issued to senior manager within 4 weeks of site visit.

• Specific training for departments, tailored to stakeholders needs.