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Jacobs ESH Advisor Major Projects in Reading, United Kingdom
Your Impact:
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
About the Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for an ESH Advisor to join our AWE line of business, the successful candidate will become part of a respected and ambitious team offering a fantastic opportunity which will allow the successful individual to be involved on an exciting nuclear framework. The Non-Nuclear Engineering Partner framework will see tasks spreading from minor activities to multi million pound major projects.
This role involves promoting and influencing ESH behaviours and cultures on the framework. We are seeking an ESH Advisor to engage with our operational teams throughout the life cycle phases of the framework within the construction and engineering sectors, including civil, mechanical, and electrical operations.
Based primarily at the Burghfield Site you will work in the role of ESH Advisor. Overseeing the governance of ESH across the any project you are placed on, adding value through innovation and best practices, whilst being accountable for ensuring the safe delivery.
Reporting directly to the ESH Manager and Key contacts within the business such as Senior Project Managers, direct reports, and other discipline managers.
Key Responsibilities include:
Promotes and influences ESH activity and behaviours.
Ability to work on own initiative and co-operatively with others to complete tasks and implement process.
Provide advice on ESH matters and good practice, so that business, corporate and legal requirements are met in an effective and appropriate manner both at site and in the office.
Advise and support site managers in the production and adherence of an ESH plan, so that best practice is consistently applied (CDM2015)
Audit and inspection to ESH requirements, both within the business and with suppliers and subcontractors.
Provide information for management reports covering ESH-related activities and incidents, so that senior management, the staff consultative committee and others have clear visibility of performance and trends.
Lead incident investigations (within the areas of responsibility) so that the integrity and completeness of the investigation and actions arising is assured.
Ensure statistical information is collated and updated for senior management reports.
Here’s what you’ll need :
NEBOSH General and/or Construction certificate.
Recognised body Membership e.g., IOSH.
Significant site and construction experience, typically equivalent to at least 5 years’ experience.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Good interpersonal skills and a willingness to work with people at all levels of an organisation.
Experience of formulating, implementing, and revising ESH policies and procedures.
Positive attitude, adaptable and resilient to change.
Good knowledge of CDM.
Good knowledge in use of Microsoft office programmes, especially PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Teams.
Our Culture
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs. (https://careers.jacobs.com/life-at-jacobs/)
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here. (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity?_ga=2.1062705.1096535124.1626879887-1704311048.1575562676)
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