Safety, Health and Environment Advisor

Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity in Preston, Blackburn or Walkden? Electricity North West is looking for a Safety, Health and Environment Advisor, and are offering a salary of up to £50,000 plus excellent benefits.

As a Safety, Health and Environment Advisor you will maintain expert knowledge of current health & safety legislation and provide sound advice to the business on SHE issues whilst assisting in the implementation of the SHE strategy within Electricity North West Limited (ENWL).

As a Safety, Health and Environment Advisor, you can expect to:

• Provide professional, competent and timely SHE advice


• Assist the implementation of the SHE strategy


• Support the achievement of ENWL targets by review of performance data and implementation of initiatives


• Support/coach line managers with the implementation of SHE risk controls to drive continual performance improvement


• Support resolution of day to day operational SHE concerns making recommendations for changes to the safe systems of work to address ongoing risk concerns


• Assist line managers with incident investigations


• Undertake monitoring of operational SHE performance making recommendations to address performance issues


• Development of SHE communications
  
  To be successful in this role, you will need to hold a recognised Health &Saftey qualification (NEBOSH General Certificate, NVQ Level 4 or equivalent). You will also require the following:


• Detailed knowledge of current H&S legislation


• Knowledge of SHE management systems


• Competent with Microsoft software packages


• Good organisational / communication skills to produce concise information


• Ability to prioritise, work to tight deadlines, both prescribed and self-imposed


• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships at all levels


• Self-motivated and able to drive behaviour to motivate others
  
  Diversity & Inclusion At Electricity North West, our people important to us and we're passionate about creating a great place to work where we can all be ourselves, reach our full potential and build long lasting careers. We're striving to increase diversity of thought and talent in our people and to recruit highly skilled workforce that's representative of the communities we serve. For us, embracing our differences is what makes us stronger.


We're champions of the North West and we're proud that it's our electricity network that connects communities and helps keep the electricity flowing every minute of every day, from when you wake up to when you fall asleep and all the hours in between.

A key part of the UK's journey to net zero carbon is the revolution of our electricity industry and as the regions network operator, it's our responsibility to lead the way, help the North West to decarbonise and pave the way for the growth of renewable energy.

Together we have the energy to transform our communities. We are switched on. We are adaptable. We take pride.

Reward & Benefits As a vital member of our team and in return for your expertise, inclusive approach and commitment, in addition to salary, we are committed to ensuring our people are supported and are proud of our reward and benefits offer, which includes:

• An annual bonus scheme


• Twenty-five days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing with length of service


• Private healthcare


• An employee rewards portal offering discounts on several well-known brands


• A market-leading contributory pension scheme


• Employee assistance programme and opportunity for professional development through our L&D function.