Job description

Job Description

Working closely with the Utilities business unit to ensure that H&S best practices are fully embedded into each operational area. Encouraging others to fully own H&S and supporting them to make the right decisions by providing professional H&S advice.

Location East of England - Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire

We offer

Upto £65k depending on experience
6% pension contribution
Private Medical
25 days annual leave
Access to our comprehensive flexible benefits including discounts on big brands, wellness and employee assistance programmes, gymflex, buy and sell annual leave, travel and dental insurance
Work. Life. Smarter. Our commitment to a flexible and hybrid working culture

Role Purpose

Ensuring that H&S best practices are fully embedded into all activities at a business unit level and risk of harm is minimised.

Key Accountabilities

Build and nurture effective relationships with key customers, contractors & internal stakeholders to embed within business partner function
Partners with function leaders (L2) to integrate safety into daily operations and foster a culture of safety ownership
Create and maintain collaborative and effective relationships with internal & external customers including suppliers
Constructively challenge ways of working and decisions to ensure H&S risks are managed or mitigated.
Attending site visits & customer & contractor meetings/ workshops to ensure H&S expectations are met
Provide specific and expert advice and support training/coaching as needed
Facilitates risk assessments for new products, projects and technologies
Lead H&S investigations as required and for high potential and injury incidents as a minimum
Use performance data to update business managers on ongoing performance to drive action and implement improvements
Lead and facilitate working groups to focus on specific H&S challenges and developing procedures and actions to drive improvement
Adheres to demand management process and actively prioritises work orders and communicates regularly
Ensure ISO45001 requirements are implemented effectively in business partner function
Support BIDs and mobilisation of new work or projects as required
Owns and leads on all 8 key risk areas (with specialism in at least 2)

Desired Professional / Academic / Technical Knowledge & Experience

Grad member IOSH or working towards
NEBOSH Dipolma or working towards
Working technical knowledge of CDM, Streetworks, Work at height, electrical and asbestos hazards and legal requirements
Ability to communicate effectively and clearly both written and verbally
Proficient in prioritising multiple tasks and assess risk Environmental awareness
Ability to influence and engage

Essential Role Delivery Experience Required

Significant experience of working as a safety professional in the utilities, construction and telecoms industry
Experience of contractor & subcontractor management

Desired Role Delivery Experience

Excellent stakeholder management experience
Excellent communication and presentation skills

Other

Additional Security Clearance(s)- required
Driving Licence - required

Why join Arqiva? We are the undisputed leader in UK TV and radio broadcast and the UK’s leading Smart utilities platform. This means we have a strong heritage and foundation for future growth for you to grow your career with us.   

Our journey is to transition global media distribution to cloud solutions, where we aim to double our revenue and continue to grow by being an innovator of scalable solutions for new connectivity sectors. We have opportunities in new technology applications and products, you will have opportunities to learn and develop with us. 

Your wellbeing…. Our wellbeing mission is to help our people to be the best version of themselves at work and still have the time and energy to live a full life outside of work. 

Our focus for 2024 is to Win, Grow, Go Faster – find out more, contact us and apply!  

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