Health, Safety, Environmental & Quality (SHEQ) Advisor

Location: Inverness region
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Competitive, plus company car/car allowance and flexible benefits

Summary

Freedom Networks is seeking an experienced and proactive Health, Safety, Environmental & Quality (SHEQ) Advisor to join our team based in the Inverness region. Reporting into the regional Health & Safety Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the operational teams and ensuring compliance with company Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality standards across our projects.

Freedom Networks works in partnership with Distribution Network Operators, deliver end-to-end solutions including survey, inspection, design, construction, commissioning, handover and planned maintenance services.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated SHEQ professional to influence positive change, drive continuous improvement and support the delivery of safe, sustainable and high-quality operations.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Conduct site inspections and audits to ensure compliance with company SHEQ policies, procedures and management systems.
• Monitor operational activities for SHEQ compliance, escalating significant findings to the Operations Director and Divisional SHEQ Manager as appropriate.
• Promote and develop a positive health and safety culture throughout the business.
• Provide practical SHEQ advice and support to project and operational teams.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
• Lead and support accident and incident investigations, ensuring corrective actions are implemented and closed out effectively.
• Liaise with the Group SHEQ team to maintain consistency of standards and best practices across the business.
• Attend and present at client SHEQ meetings, forums and reviews, communicating key outcomes and lessons learned across the region.
• Monitor and assess contractor performance to ensure compliance with SHEQ requirements.
• Maintain and develop professional competence through continuous professional development.
• Collaborate with central SHEQ teams and operational stakeholders to address specific business challenges and improvement initiatives.
• Actively contribute to the ongoing development and enhancement of the SHEQ Management System.

What we’re looking for:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

Essential

• NEBOSH General Certificate.
• Good understanding of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM).
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to influence and support operational teams in delivering SHEQ objectives.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.

Desirable

• Understanding of HSG47 and underground utility avoidance.
• Environmental management knowledge and experience.
• Experience working within the electrical utilities sector.
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate.
• NEBOSH Diploma or NVQ Level 5 in Occupational Health and Safety.
• IOSH Membership (Chartered or actively working towards Chartered status).
• Environmental qualification, such as the NEBOSH Environmental Certificate.

Benefits

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Company car or car allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (hybrid and electric vehicles).
• Pension scheme with up to 8% employer contribution.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7, 365 days a year, including counselling and legal advice.
• Flexible benefits package, including options such as Dental Insurance, Gym Membership, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance and Cycle to Work schemes.
• Ongoing personal and professional development programmes.

Join Freedom Networks and help us create a safer, more sustainable and high-performing business while supporting the delivery of critical infrastructure projects across the UK.

Next Steps

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

You will be working as part of a team where we are committed to creating a culture where we treat each other fairly and with respect, recognising everyone as an individual.

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

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