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SHE Advisor

March 28, 2023 | Comments Off on SHE Advisor

Kier Construction have a great team in the North East region, with a long pipeline of large projects we are looking o appoint a SHE Advisor to join our business in a role that will cover several projects across the area. Within this role, you can enjoy remote working, flexible hours and the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects of all sizes and complexities and even more.

Location: Newcastle

Contract: Permanent, full time, Monday to Friday

Responsibilities

As a SHE Advisor, you will be providing safety, health and environmental advice to management and the project teams, ensuring that you take a collaborative approach to ensuring that our safety culture is maintained through ongoing interface with key stakeholders.

Your day to day will include:

  • Advising on all aspects of SHE in improving and maintaining high standards and compliance with Kier Group standards and minimum standards.
  • Carrying out audits and inspections in line with Kier's standards and promote best practice and identify areas of improvement
  • Promoting our Kier Behavioural Safety Programme, advise on the Safe Systems at Work, Construction Phase Plans and Environmental Management Plans, and compile SHE monthly progress reports.


Who are we looking for?

The SHE manager will have demonstrable experience within the construction industry , ideally within a main contractor environment, you will demonstrate sound knowledge of relevant legislation as well as good understanding of construction works

  • NEBOSH Construction Certificate as a minimum
  • A membership of a professional body (minimum Tech IOSH)
  • Working knowledge of the environment and sustainability, good IT skills, working knowledge IS0 14001 & 18001
  • Excellent IT and writing skills, able to communicate clearly both orally and in report form.
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at to discuss and arrange these.



Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

  • New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
  • Green Car scheme
  • A free healthcare app, giving you access to clinicians and experts on fertility, pregnancy and baby, menopause and men's health
  • Matched pension scheme up to 7.5%
  • 26 days' annual leave + bank holidays (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday)
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website:



Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives:

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.



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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here:





Qualifications

Closing Date: 25 April 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.



Recruitment agencies - we are unable to accept unsolicited CVs and communications from external recruiters. The recruitment team will engage with agencies who have signed up to our PSL should we require assistance. For further information, visit our .

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