Area Occupational Health and Safety Advisor inNorth East England inNorth East England PUBLISHED 24 MAY 2024

Building a sustainable tomorrow

BAM Nuttall require an experienced Health & Safety professional to join us in the North east of England and support the delivery of projects in the region. You will be based in Leeds or Newcastle.

Your work environment

• BAM operates a flexible working policy
• People are at the heart of what we do at Bam. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial. We're on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

Your mission

• advise key managers and supervisors at BAM Nuttall sites, depots and offices of statutory health and safety requirements
• provide key managers with assistance in the preparation of risk assessments and in the development of project execution plans
• liaise with area directors by attendance at safety and review meetings
• support key managers appointed as BAM Nuttall representative with respect to the principal contractor's duties under CDM
• regularly inspect BAM Nuttall work locations and activities, preferably accompanied by a senior member of the site staff
• verify that temporary works procedures are implemented
• submit inspection reports to the key managers with copies to the relevant personnel
• monitor subcontractors during site visits to ensure that safe systems of work are being adopted
• assist in health and safety audits to the audit programme
• ensure that all lost time injuries, significant incidents, reportable diseases, near misses and dangerous occurrences are thoroughly investigated and reported detailing causes, conclusions and recommendations to avoid recurrence
• collect data accident book entries
• participate in the provision of staff training as directed by the director
• assist in the provision of safety training for site operatives
• report in writing monthly to the director, health and safety on the implementation of the policy
• provide site safety engineers with advice, support and encouragement in order that they may fulfil their duties effectively
• co-operate with the regulatory bodies in connection with their site visits
• co-operate and liaise with Client safety teams
• provide advice on occupational health surveillance and monitoring arrangements
• assist in the production of health related risk assessments
• keep abreast of health and safety legislation
• suggest, communicate and promote initiatives for incident prevention

Who are we looking for?

Your qualifications, skills and experience should include:

• Successful experience as a Health and Safety Advisor within a construction environment, qualification in Occupational Health and Safety (e.g. NEBOSH Diploma) or related discipline or appropriate proven knowledge and experience (minimum of 3 years).
• Able to communicate at all levels within the project organisation and external stakeholders
• Able to deliver any health and safety training as instructed by the Director, health and safety.
• Able to act as a team leader.
• Thorough knowledge of OHSAS 450standards.
• Achieved or are moving towards Chartered membership of IOSH.
• Capable of leading accident investigations.
• Have Business acumen with full understanding of the commercial impact of decisions and building relationships with Client personnel.
• Knowledge and experience of operational activities desirable.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

BAM Nuttall is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

Who are we?

The art of building is about building for communities; it's about building for life.

Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

Our recruitment process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Zainab Rubbani, Recruiter, BAM Nuttall Ltd, Email:

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.