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HSEQ Advisor (Sizewell C)
HW Martin
Sizewell C

Key Responsibilities

Health and Safety
• Promote a positive, proactive and visible safety culture across all activities.
• Provide practical HSEQ advice and guidance to managers, supervisors, employees and subcontractors.
• Undertake regular workplace inspections, safety tours and behavioural observations.
• Review and challenge risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
• Monitor compliance with project standards, site rules and agreed control measures.
• Support operational teams in identifying hazards and implementing proportionate controls.
• Participate in pre-start meetings, briefings, toolbox talks and workforce engagement activities.
• Support implementation of Sizewell C’s Nuclear Safety Culture expectations.
• Identify unsafe conditions or behaviours and ensure appropriate corrective action is taken.
• Support workforce wellbeing and occupational health initiatives.

Environmental Management
• Support compliance with environmental legislation, permits and Sizewell C requirements.
• Conduct environmental inspections and compliance checks.
• Monitor activities associated with waste, pollution prevention, biodiversity and environmental controls.
• Support investigation of environmental incidents and non-compliances.
• Promote environmental awareness and sustainable working practices.
• Support delivery of project sustainability and carbon-reduction objectives.

Quality Assurance
• Support implementation of project quality management arrangements.
• Undertake quality inspections and assurance activities.
• Identify and report quality issues and non-conformances.
• Monitor corrective actions through to close-out.
• Support operational teams in meeting contractual quality requirements.
• Maintain accurate, auditable HSEQ and quality documentation.
• Promote right-first-time delivery and continual improvement.

Audit and Compliance
• Conduct planned HSEQ inspections and assurance activities.
• Support internal and external audits.
• Assist with client inspections and assurance reviews.
• Monitor compliance against project and company requirements.
• Identify trends, recurring issues and areas requiring improvement.
• Monitor HSEQ actions and ensure timely close-out.
• Provide evidence and documentation to support audits and assurance activities.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the contract’s HSEQ management arrangements

Workforce Training & Competence
• Maintain a visible HSEQ presence within operational work areas.
• Engage positively with employees and subcontractors.
• Deliver and support toolbox talks, safety stand-downs and HSEQ campaigns.
• Coach supervisors and employees in good HSEQ practice.
• Identify competence or training gaps through inspections, observations and investigations.
• Work collaboratively with operational and training teams to address identified gaps.
• Promote personal ownership and accountability for HSEQ performance

Reporting & Administration
• Maintain accurate HSEQ records and inspection documentation.
• Contribute to weekly and monthly HSEQ reporting.
• Monitor HSEQ trends, actions and compliance measures.
• Maintain assigned action trackers and assurance records.
• Provide information for contract KPI and client reporting.
• Highlight emerging risks, repeat findings and areas of concern to the HSEQ Lead and operational management.

Operational and Stakeholder Support
• Work collaboratively with Operations Managers, Agents and Supervisors to integrate HSEQ requirements into operational delivery.
• Attend operational, planning, safety and assurance meetings as required.
• Develop constructive working relationships with Sizewell C representatives.
• Engage effectively with subcontractors and supply-chain partners.
• Provide practical HSEQ input during planning and mobilisation of new activities.
• Support the HSEQ Lead in delivery of contract HSEQ objectives and improvement programmes.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications & Training
• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent.
• IOSH Managing Safely or IOSH Working Safely.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Managers and Professionals CITB Health & Safety Test

Desirable Qualifications
• Internal Auditor qualification.
• Environmental management qualification.
• Quality management qualification.
• Incident investigation/root-cause analysis training.
• Temporary Works Awareness.
• Mental Health First Aider.
• Further professional development towards a Level 6 H&S qualification.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential Experience
• Demonstrable HSEQ experience within construction, infrastructure, highways or a comparable operational environment.
• Practical experience undertaking workplace inspections and assurance activities.
• Experience reviewing risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
• Experience supporting or undertaking incident investigations.
• Good working knowledge of UK health and safety legislation.
• Strong communication and workforce-engagement skills.
• Ability to challenge unsafe practices constructively and confidently.
• Good report-writing and record-management skill

Desirable Experience
• Experience working on major infrastructure, nuclear, energy or other highly regulated projects.
• Highways or infrastructure maintenance experience.
• Experience working within an NEC contract environment.
• Environmental and/or quality assurance experience.
• Experience supporting client audits and assurance programmes.
• Experience of ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 management systems.
For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the communit