SHE Advisor

82228 - Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Advisor

This Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Advisor will report to the Lead SHE Advisor and will work within UKPN Services, SHE based in our Heathrow North office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £65,241 plus car and a bonus of 3%. This role does not offer blended working.

Close Date: 08/04/2026

We also provide the following additional benefits

• 25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays.
• Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
• Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
• Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan
• Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes
• Occupational Health support
• Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme

You will not be elegible for flexible working and will be 100% based from our Heathrow offices.

Job Purpose:

To give competent health, safety and sustainability advice to advisors, Managers, staff, contractors, clients and the general public to promote the requirements of the health and safety management system

Principal Accountabilities:

• Provide Health, Safety, Sustainability and Environmental advice to other advisors, managers, employees, contractors and the general public. Maintain the UK Power Networks Services 'safety relationship' with our Clients to construct, operate and maintain the primary electrical infrastructure across the Services business.
• Contribute to the review of existing and development of new procedures and processes and communicate relevant changes to those affected as produced by the Central SHE Team.
• Interpret SHE Central new and existing SHE procedures, promote implementation and monitor to ensure implementation and application within the directorate. This will also include any procedures guided by the client.
• Must understand CDM as almost ALL work activities undertaken by UKPN Services will fall under CDM Regulations 2015.
• Monitor compliance with SHE procedures and legal and moral obligations.
• Attend and participate in Stay Safe, Health, Safety & Environment Committee (HSEC), Risk Management, Client SHE Forums or specific committees and Safety Action Teams.
• Work with the management team to implement realistic short/long-term goals, advise on priorities, document as per the Directorate SHE Strategy/Action Plan and provide on going monitoring of performance.
• Provide a monitoring function to ensure that contractors engaged and services provided meet or exceed our expectations concerning SHE.
• Engage and consult with Union Safety Representatives and Non Union Safety Representatives including participation at HSECs and Safety Action Teams and other relevant forums.
• Participate in and co-ordinate compliance audits of legislative requirements and/or new amended SHE procedures observing Business Systems procedures and external auditors. Agree and communicate actions required to rectify non conformances.
• Help with the development to provide appropriate SHE training and communication materials relating to new procedures for implementation/communication to employees and contractors.
• Help deliver SHE specific training and awareness courses including induction course at the training schools and occupational health/wellbeing promotion.
• Support the SHE incident investigation process by participating in investigations.
• Review method statements, providing guidance on SHE matters.
• Undertake regular random inspections/audits (Behavioural Exchanges) to monitor performance of field teams and identifies issues requiring improvements and good performance. Be a mentor/coach to the business conducting inspections/audits and provide support.
• Together with the Operational Assurance Team help monitor compliance with safe systems of work and support the Worker Accreditation Scheme.
• Monitor workplace facilities to ensure they are aligned with company facilities management procedures and consistent with environmental requirements.
• Monitor the provision and maintenance of vehicles and more general transport arrangements.
• Monitor and champions SHE management in the business.
• Provide SHE reports to managers.

Qualifications:

• Hold the National Examination Board of Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) Certificate.
• Hold, or work towards, an IOSH in Managing Your Environmental Responsibilities.
• Have a wide range of work experience which covers the main activities undertaken by staff and contractors working in the UK Power Networks Services Directorate and have or previously have operational competencies.
• Required to understand CDM roles and responsibilities set within the CDM 2015 Regulations.
• Flexible in your approach to work and prioritise as directed by the SHE Lead Advisor.
• Have experience undertaking safety inspections or audits.
• Can demonstrate experience being a team player.
• Build good working relationships within a team and with other staff and clients within the business.
• Communicate, present, plan and make decisions at all levels.
• Work with IT software packages such as Microsoft office.
• Hold a valid UK driving licence.
• Attain and retain several MOD, airside and rail access passes and license as required of the post.

Nature and Scope:

You will give SHE advice on projects across Heathrow. Additionally, you will work across other areas of the business to deliver our H&S Policy requirements. You will also lead and advise the business sectors to achieve coordinated Health, Safety and Environmental improvements.

You will have the experience to represent the company at operational and senior management level with external partners and provide cover for colleagues within the Services SHE Team.

The job requires someone with experience of SHE. You will need to help resolve issues, be self-motivated and be able to work independently.

Health & Safety Responsibilities:

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

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We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application, please contact us at careers@ukpowernetworks.co.uk quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.