About the Role
Provide professional advice, support, and assurance for major reservoir projects, focusing on health, safety, and wellbeing. Support the implementation of the HS&W strategy, ensure CDM compliance, drive continuous improvement, and foster a positive safety culture within a significant infrastructure program.
Responsibilities
- Support the development, implementation, and continual improvement of the Reservoirs Programme Health, Safety & Wellbeing Management System, aligned to ISO 45001 standards.
- Provide expert advice and assurance to project teams, contractors, and partners across the Reservoirs Programme.
- Support Anglian Water's Client responsibilities under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM).
- Conduct audits, inspections, and assurance activities to verify compliance and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Assist with incident investigations, root cause analysis, and the implementation of corrective actions.
- Promote and deliver behavioural safety initiatives that support our Safer Every Day culture.
- Build effective relationships with project teams, Principal Contractors, and Principal Designers to drive consistent health and safety standards.
- Support contractor procurement activities, including tender assessments and health and safety evaluations.
- Monitor HS&W performance, maintain risk registers, and provide reports to programme leadership teams.
- Share learning, best practice, and lessons learned across the Reservoirs Programme and wider business.
Requirements
- Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel regularly across the Anglian Water region.
- Applicants should live within the Anglian Water region due to the travel requirements of the role.
- NEBOSH Certificate (essential).
- IOSH Managing Safety qualification (essential).
- Membership of IOSH (Tech IOSH, Grad IOSH or equivalent).
- Experience providing health and safety advice within construction, infrastructure, utilities, or major projects environments.
- Good understanding of CDM 2015 regulations and contractor management principles.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.
- Excellent organisation, planning, and workload management skills.
- NEBOSH Construction Certificate (desirable).
- NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent qualification, or currently working towards it (desirable).
- Experience of implementing or managing ISO 45001 management systems (desirable).
- Experience working on large-scale capital delivery or infrastructure programmes (desirable).
Skills
- Health and Safety Advice
- CDM Regulations
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Collaboration
- Organisation
- Planning
- Workload Management
- ISO 45001 Management Systems
- Contractor Management
Location
- Lincoln
- Grantham
- Huntingdon
- Peterborough
- Cambridge
Work Type
- Full-time
- Permanent
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Education Level
- NEBOSH Certificate
- IOSH Managing Safely
- NEBOSH Construction Certificate (desirable)
- NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent (desirable)
Salary/Compensations
- Circa £49,000 per annum
- Car Allowance
Benefits
- Personal private health care
- Generous double match pension (contribute 7%, Anglian Water contributes 14%)
- 24-hour Virtual GP service
- 26 days annual leave (rising with service, option to buy more)
- Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)
- Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
- Excellent family friendly policies (26 weeks full pay maternity/adoption, 4 weeks paid paternity/partner leave, shared parental pay)
- Bonus scheme
- Flexible benefits and working culture
About the Company
- Anglian Water is delivering one of the most ambitious infrastructure programmes in its history.
- The Reservoirs Programme is investing in vital water resources to secure future supplies, support population growth, and protect the environment.
- Safety is at the heart of everything Anglian Water does.
Equal Opportunity
- Don't meet every requirement? Please still apply! Having a wealth of people from different backgrounds and with different experiences introduces new ways of thinking which transforms how we work.
- Challenging our thinking and decision-making helps us to continually improve.
- It also better reflects our region and the customers and communities that we serve every single day.
- Even if you are not successful for this particular role, your application could open other opportunities.
