Senior SHEQ Advisor

OCU
London

Due to significant growth and contract wins, OCU Services, (part of the wider OCU Group) has some new opportunities for experienced SHEQ/SHE Advisor to cover projects in the South.

The purpose of the role is to provide Health, Safety & Environmental leadership and information, advice and training to all levels and departments within the OCU Business, working across a number of Power/ Electrical projects across the business.

Responsibilities

  • You will ensure strict adherence to the reporting and recording procedures for accidents and dangerous occurrences as required under RIDDOR, as directed by the SHEQ Manager.
  • Shall be responsible for providing specialist advice on the company's safety policy and procedures and compliance with statutory obligations throughout the company.
  • Shall monitor arrangements to ensure that health and safety standards applied by contractors are satisfactory and in accordance with contractual arrangements, company specifications, policy and procedures.
  • Shall ensure that site employees work in accordance with the company’s health and safety requirements, policy’s and procedures along with those of its Clients.
  • Shall recommend disciplinary procedures where any member of site supervisory staff fails to discharge their safety responsibilities satisfactorily.
  • Shall take appropriate action when notified of disregard of safety on site.
  • Shall ensure the provision of a safe and healthy working environment for persons working in or visiting any company operation, site and/or premises.
  • Shall monitor provision and effectiveness of adequate and existing welfare facilities.
  • Promote the reporting of near misses throughout the company.
  • You are required to work at any site on which the Company operates, as authorised and as determined by the needs of the business. You will not be required to work outside the United Kingdom.

Skills & Experience

  • Experience of working as a Senior SHEQ Advisor within Construction, Utilities, Civil engineering, ideally within the Power arena.
  • Excellent Spoken & Written Communication Skills
  • Positive people Management skills
  • The ability to act with initiative
  • A mindset of continual improvement
  • Good negotiation skills
  • A tactful but assertive manner
  • Capable of delivering confident articulate presentations
  • Logical thinking & problem solving ability
  • Good organisational skills & attention to detail
  • The ability to cope under pressure
  • Be able to interpret and understand relevant Laws
  • Competent in MS Word, Excel Power Point & Teams
  • Report writing (including, incident investigation, Robust RCA)
  • Self-motivated but able to work as part of a team
  • Trustworthiness and discretion, when handling confidential information

Required Qualifications

  • NCRQ level 6 / NVQ level 6 / NEBOSH diploma
  • Previous experience working in the utilities sector ( Power sector preferred)
  • Previous experience Working within Live Substations ( Desirable)
  • Experience working with management systems and the NERS Accreditation ( Desirable )
  • Experience working in DNOs and IDNOs
  • EUSR or CSCS in General Health and Safety
  • Proficient in compiling reports
  • MUST HOLD CURRENT FULL UK DRIVERS LICENSE

Company Information:

OCU leads the way in end-to-end infrastructure engineering in the utilities, digital, and energy markets, specialising in safely and efficiently delivering complex client requirements. Our breadth of capabilities and depth of operational capacity, paired with our cutting-edge technology, ensure that we are not just part of the market; we are leading it.

Working directly with many of the country’s leading power, energy transition, water, telecoms and digital clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.

Posted 2025-10-09

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