Health, Safety & Wellbeing (HSW) Lead
Joining Arup
Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.
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The Opportunity
We are seeking an energetic and people-focused individual to join our team as a Health, Safety & Wellbeing (HSW) Lead. This role requires a suitably competent person to provide legally compliant advice, guidance, and support to our project. You will inspire, motivate, and guide a complex, multi-organisational project team to deliver an industry-leading HSW culture and level of performance.
You work at a strategic level, are client-facing, and expound the required HSW behaviours within your work. Motivate and inspire a diverse group of people and workstreams, and build and manage a team of HSW team reports. Demonstrating experience and competence in strategic HSW risk management development and delivery in complex, multi-organisational projects at an SLT leadership level.
Developing and implementing effective HSW management systems & processes; HSW training and information; driving a proactive safety culture and initiating behavioural safety, stress, fatigue management, and other wellbeing and human factors approaches. You will be required to lead on the investigation of incidents, ensuring HSW incident and ill health reports, notifications, and root cause analysis are conducted and HSW (incl CDM) performance monitoring, assurance and reporting is delivered.
Is this role right for you?
Ideally you will have experienced in some or all of the following;
- Demonstrable experience in strategic HSW risk management development and delivery in complex, multi contractor projects at an SLT leadership level
- Competence in CDM management and wider occupational HSW from either Client or Principle Contractor/ Contractor or Designer/ Principle Designer perspective.
- Experience in developing and implementing safety culture, behavioural safety programs and fatigue management and other wellbeing approaches
- Trained trainer with competence in HSW training development and delivery.
- Incident Investigation and root cause analysis.
- HSW (including CDM) performance monitoring, assurance and reporting.
- Experience in any of the following industries/work environments would be useful; Railway, Highways, utilities and event management and personal security.
Qualifications:
- NIBOSH Diploma
- ISOH membership
Not ready to apply just yet, or have a few questions? Contact Elisa Luchmun at elisa.luchmun@arup.com, Please note, to ensure we remain GDPR compliant do not send your CV directly to us via this email.
What we offer you
At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.
Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.
We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.
Different people, shared values
Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.
Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup
We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please contact Elisa Luchmun at elisa.luchmun@arup.com.com to let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.
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