Health, Safety and Wellbeing Co-coordinator

Balfour Beatty is looking for a Health, Safety and Wellbeing (HSW) Coordinator to join our Ground Engineering team in Birmingham.

This role will be based at our Trinity Park office in Birmingham. It is a flexible position that includes the opportunity for some home working. The successful candidate will be required to travel occasionally to surrounding HS2 offices and to our Derby office.

The HSW Coordinator will provide administrative support to the HSW team and support the company’s “Zero Harm” goal by maintaining accurate and up-to-date information within the department.

• Ensure that the HSW recording system is maintained and data accurate. Generate routine reports and statistical analysis and disseminate information.
• Prepare and produce weekly HSW Incident reports, PDR packs and chasing completion of Best Practice, Lessons Learnt material.
• Producing bulletins, Tool Box Talks and material for Weekly Safety Packs, Incident Notifications and other documentation for issue to the business, including maintaining up to date distribution lists.
• Assist in the collation of data for regular and ad-hoc reports.
• Maintain HSW documentation for the efficient administration of the department such as KPI metrics (Mates in Mind, MSP, Supervisor Engagement programme)
• Super user for HSE Web portal and cover for entire UK business during system administrator’s absence
• Assisting with team financials, PO requests, GRN’ing of invoices and P-Card holder
• Assisting with annual award submissions
• Co-ordinating Occupational Health Records, appointments etc
• Facilitating HSW Training Requirements and managing bookings

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Excellent organisational and administrative skills with experience in a similar role supporting a senior manager.
• A strong communicator able to express clearly and succinctly ideas, plans and priorities.
• A flexible approach to work and be a team player with a proven track record of prioritising and managing difficult workloads.
• Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks.
• Strong levels of literacy and numeracy.
• Working knowledge of Excel/Word/PowerPoint.
• Communicates well both verbally and in writing.

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Previous training and or a recognised certificate in a health and safety related discipline
• NEBOSH Certificate (or working towards

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering is one of the UK’s leading specialist geo-technical contractors, providing innovative piling and ground improvement solutions across all sectors.

Our comprehensive ground engineering capabilities, equipment and experience provide the solid foundations for infrastructure and buildings of any height, ranging from city skyscrapers to cross-country rail and road projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]