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At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

Nuclear Power Programmes are delivering client critical works to some of our major UK and European Projects. Our embedded teams are delivering support to Hinkley Point C (New build power station in the South West), Sizewell C (located in the South East), helping develop technologies in SMR (Small modular Reactor) capability and working towards building Poland's first Nuclear Power station.

Working in both client facing and internal roles we are delivering major programme and project management capabilities throughout the project lifecycle. We are driving to deliver safe, high quality and to time solutions by thinking innovatively and working collaboratively.

Jacobs is seeking a Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor to operate by undertaking a range of planned advice, guidance, assurance and support activities which focus on establishing, promoting, maintaining and continually improving the SZC Principal Designer, Principal Contractor and contractor management arrangements; positively promoting and reinforcing NNB Genco standards; and monitoring/measuring the NNB and supply chain health and safety performance through risk based inspections and audits.

Locations will be London with travel to Suffolk required occasionally.

Principal Accountabilities

• Participate in oversight and assurance activities related to health and safety performance in the control of risks across the project.

• Provide HSW leadership across the CWP, and support the implementation of the cultural safety programme.

• Establish and maintain the required meetings, forums and engagements which plan, manage, monitor, coordinate and review health and safety in accordance with the SZC Construction Phase Plan requirements.

• Produce relevant and appropriate health and safety performance reports ensuring all performance data is provided to the CWP Construction HSE Functional Lead in accordance with agreed timeframes, including the identification of trends and early warnings of possible issues, recommending appropriate action.

• Positively engage with and influence the programme teams on all health and safety issues relating to pre-construction and construction planning & project(s) evolution advising on constructability, maintainability, and operability matters.

• Working closely with the CWP Interface team to effectively manage any H&S implications, and ensure they are recorded, controlled and suitably communicated to all appropriate stakeholders.

• Establish and maintain programme and project-based health and safety risk profiles and undertake associated risk-based inspections and other assurance activities.

• Carry out accident investigations, keep records and write reports.

Here’s what you’ll need :

• NEBOSH National Diploma or European equivalent.

• Chartered membership of IOSH or equivalent (or working towards)

• Significant construction Health and Safety experience within a large project environment.

• Significant experience in creating and implementing large scale health and safety strategies across complex and high risk operations.

• Proven track record of achieving excellent safety results on major construction and engineering projects.

• Excellent knowledge of UK legislation and applicable regulations related to construction activities.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to develop wide network and working relationships within Sizewell C and Contractor organisations.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs. (https://careers.jacobs.com/life-at-jacobs/)

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here. (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity?_ga=2.1062705.1096535124.1626879887-1704311048.1575562676)

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team (https://www.jacobs.com/contact/careers2) .

Your application experience is important to us and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know. (https://www.jacobs.com/contact/careers2)

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.