Safety, Health & Environment Advisor - job 1 of 3

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This SH&E Lead role will be responsible for the safety, health and environment direction, oversight, support, assistance and collaboration across the Environment & Sustainability (E&S) business unit, covering nine practice areas and 700 employee across the UK&I.

The role will report to the SH&E Director for UK&I and work along side other Business Unit SH&E Leads within the Environment, Water and Energy end market.

The role scope will include the collaboration E&S leadership, practice area leadership our people working across the business, technical health & safety deliverables, oversight of all technical and field work projects, creation of culture and initiative campaigns, formulating reports, etc. as well as other workstreams to further develop the safety and wellbeing culture within the business.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Safety Champion: Act as a prominent advocate for health (including wellbeing), safety, and the environment, fostering continuous improvement and innovation to cultivate a mature safety culture.
• Management Systems Implementation: Collaborate with partner to establish, apply, and enhance health and safety protocols, systems, and procedures.
• Client Engagement: Engage with and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop the project health and safety approach and oversee its execution.
• SH&E Promotion: Author, support, feed into, the creation and execution of health and safety initiatives, campaigns, etc. and track results, evaluating program effectiveness.
• SH&E Advice, Support & Guidance: Offer expert health and safety counsel, assistance, and direction to E&S staff and contractors.
• One HS&W Team: Collaborate with peers, colleagues and managers to form a cohesive team that respects, supports, and works together towards common goals.
• Project / Operational Meetings: Participate in, contribute to, and represent AECOM on health and safety matters in project meetings.
• Reporting: Produce monthly performance reports, reporting to the SH&E Director & E&S Leadership. Developing improvement plans as necessary.
• Healthy Starts: Aid in reviewing and refining health and safety project deliverables to guarantee successful project initiation and progress.
• Assurance: Guarantee adherence to and effectiveness of the assurance programme across all projects.
• Accident Review, Management & Investigations: Conduct thorough investigations of all incidents and accidents, ensuring adherence to AECOM polices. Ensure investigations are conducted at the appropriate level, with corrective actions identified and preventive lessons integrated into the project.

Come grow with us.

Let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Senior SH&E Advisor / Manager experience.
• Experience within the Environment and Sustainability sector an advantage.
• NEBOSH Certificate or higher.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. 

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you! 

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn (Melissa Moody). 

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.