Health and Safety Advisor

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AECOM have an exciting opportunity for an Health & Safety Advisor to join our Environment & Energy SH&E Team.  As we are a national team this position can be based at any of our main office locations, including Manchester, Basingstoke, Glasgow, Cambridge and Bristol.

The Health and Safety Advisor will work in collaboration with the Energy SH&E Lead and support in the delivery of best practice health and safety across the business line and its projects, including GGP.

The role scope will include the collaboration and cocreation of technical health & safety deliverables, oversight of project planning, task planning and work execution, support the delivery of culture and initiative campaigns, formulate reports, etc. as well as other workstreams to embed health, safety and wellbeing through project delivery.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Safety Champion: Act as a prominent advocate for health (including wellbeing), safety, and the environment, fostering continuous improvement and innovation to cultivate a mature safety culture.
• Management Systems Implementation: Collaborate with the project team to apply health and safety protocols, systems, and procedures.
• Client Engagement: Engage and collaborate with the Client and the delivery partner representatives.
• SH&E Promotion: Deliver and support health and safety initiatives, campaigns, etc. and track results, evaluating program effectiveness across projects.
• SH&E Advice, Support & Guidance: Offer health and safety counsel, assistance, and direction to project personnel.
• One HS&W Team: Collaborate with peers, colleagues and managers to form a cohesive team that respects, supports, and works together towards common goals.
• Project / Operational Meetings: Participate in, contribute to, and represent AECOM in health and safety matters in project meetings.
• Reporting: Generate reports for all managed works and projects to convey status, performance, and improvements, reporting to the SH&E Director, H&S Manager and project leadership team.
• Assurance: Complete regular assurance activities across projects to promote procedural alignment and correct any non-conformances.
• Accident Review, Management & Investigations: Conduct thorough investigations of all incidents and accidents, ensuring adherence to AECOM, and client systems.  

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM Water page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry!

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At AECOM, you’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued.

And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days

​​​​​​Ready to push the limits of what's possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Health and Safety Advisor experience, including experience in energy, construction, or pre-construction projects for a principal contractor or consultant.
• Hold formal health and safety qualifications, such as NEBOSH General / Construction Certificate.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.