Your New Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Permanent Principal HSEQ Adviser to join our Consulting Highways team. With shared office space in Birmingham, Nottingham, Bristol, Exeter and Warrington, we welcome applications from Principal HSEQ Advisers across these regions

National Highways, formerly Highways England, have named Amey Consulting as a Design partner to support the delivery of the largest and most comprehensive renewals programme that National Highways have ever launched. The £3.6bn Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF) enables National Highways to procure Design and Construction services across the Strategic Road Network for the next 6 years.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

You will be responsible for:

• Building on the established management systems and forging positive links with the Client as required.
• Developing, communicate and implement Health, Safety and Environmental awareness for all employees in line with the HSEQ Policies.
• Proposing and monitor Key Performance Indicators to ensure that any necessary measures to continuously improve contract compliance and cost effectiveness can be identified and implemented.
• Supporting managers in procedural and / or organisational changes to improve procedures such that changes are cost effective.
• Develop and implement a coordinated approach to Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Work Package Plans

What makes this role unique is:

Our Highways teams impact the journeys of millions across the UK, by working in partnership with a range of clients and providing consultancy design services for Strategic and Local Highway networks. We are passionate about the highways projects that we design and take pride in seeing our towns and cities thrive by improving connectivity, journey times and quality of life

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Experience in HSEA Management including an understanding of the legislation, issues, procedures and practicalities in terms of Health and Safety.
• Have a good working knowledge and understanding of SHE legislation, BS EN ISO 9001, 45001 and Company Standards.
• Experience in the execution of Multi discipline projects including outputs achievable in given timescales
• Knowledge and understanding of Risk Assessment techniques.
• Educated to NVQ 4 or higher qualification in related subject such as environment or safety
• Member of a relevant professional institute.
• Achieved or working towards CMIOSH.
• Accredited HSEA auditor.

What we offer you:

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
• Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives
• We strongly encourage the development towards a professional qualification with a recognised Institution and pride ourselves on mentoring engineers. We can offer significant support towards Chartership, and you will be rewarded with a bonus of up to £5k on completion.

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

At Amey, you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.

Who is Amey?

We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.

Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.

Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.

We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

To find out more take a look at our website www.amey.co.uk

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!

At Amey Consulting, we understand that engineering disciplines are varied and a similar skill set is required for many roles. If you are interested in progressing your career at Amey and feel you have the correct transferable skill set, but perhaps don’t fit all the criteria above, please get in touch at simon.pugh2@amey.co.uk