H E A LT H , S A F E T Y & E N V I R O N M E N TA L A D V I S O R I N F O R M A T I O N P A C K

A little bit about us … Beard was founded on one simple idea – to build ambitious spaces. We’re an award-winning construction company with a commitment to excellence and an ambition to make a positive impact on the communities in which we live and work. Our business began life in 1892, since then, we’ve developed our craft to realise any vision. From state-of-the-art auditoriums and sports centres, to meticulous chapel conversions. Over the years we have developed a wide skill set and our combination of traditional building skills and modern construction management techniques, enable us to deliver challenging and award-winning projects. These are often in difficult locations or in constrained conditions, working alongside our customers' own activities. We more than tripled our turnover to £158 million in the last 10 years. We now directly employ around 300 people and we wouldn't be where we are today if it wasn't for our talented and dedicated people. It's their hard work, commitment to our customers, and passion for what they do which drives our success. We need people who are passionate about what they do; people who can help make us better tomorrow than we are today. To hear what our colleagues say about working for us, check out our website here: https://www.beardconstruction.co.uk/careers

Composed construction Beard’s reputation is built on prompt and faultless delivery of ambitious buildings. This is no modest task. As contractors we take the high-minded concepts and bring them to life. We build spaces with integrity, imagination & commitment. We build with purpose, we build with heart. We build with ambition. In 2019 we launched our four-year Business Plan – being better tomorrow than we are today. It sets out how we’ll sustainably grow the business, continuing to build capability, ensuring the highest possible level of safety & business resilience and deliver excellent customer experience. We’ll do that by delivering our five key objectives:

• Put customers first • Be a great employer • Be fit for the future • Ensure everyone gets home safely • Deliver quality of service

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do – it’s the care we take to understand each customers’ ambitions that lays the foundation for transforming their visions into reality. We empower our teams to push the boundaries and ask questions to ensure we’re a business fit for the future. At Beard, every day is day one. At any stage of a project, you’ll find the same fierce pragmatism. The same fresh perspectives. The same commitment and energy. We have a significant portfolio of work delivering beautiful, iconic buildings including Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College, New Training Facility Bristol City Football Blub, Being Brunel Museum at the SS Great Britain and the GW Annenberg Performing Arts Centre, Wellington College to name a few. Finally, we wouldn’t have earned a reputation for excellence in construction without focusing on our people. Our goal is to provide everyone with a platform for success. We were awarded Investor in People Gold Accreditation in 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2020. Each employee has tailored opportunities for career development and personal growth. Underpinning those efforts, we manage a renowned trainee programme. Employing people you believe in, then believing in those people. It’s been the Beard way since 1892. If you’d like to be part of our journey, read on …

There’s a space in our team … are you our next Health, Safety & Environmental Advisor? We’re looking for a Health, Safety & Environmental Advisor to join our team based from any one of our regional offices in Bristol, Guildford, Swindon or Oxford. We’re looking for you to bring your wealth of experience and effective communication to make a positive impact within our growing business. If you’re a people person who enjoys helping others, has a passion for providing sensible, practical and risk-based solutions for site teams, come and join #teambeard! You’ll be an integral part of our Health, Safety & Environmental Team working on site inspections covering projects across the central south, delivered from our Bristol, Guildford, Swindon and Oxford offices. You’ll be responsible for, and excellent at:

• Providing advice and support to site teams to ensure statutory and good practice compliance • Promoting best practice and helping develop new initiatives for business improvement • Accident investigations and reporting • Co-ordinating the development of Health & Safety policies, systems of work and procedures • Toolbox talks with site management • Communicating with all colleagues from site-based through to board level • Organising your disciplined approach to safety and risk management • Communicating effectively with the ability to engage and influence behaviours through coaching

processes • Signing off Pre-qualification Questionnaires for new and existing sub-contractors • Risk evaluation as part of delivering pragmatic health and safety advice.

What you will bring:

• NEBOSH Construction Certificate with a minimum 2 years working in a Health & Safety role in the construction industry (TechIOSH, GradIOSH or CMIOSH grade)

• IEMA or equivalent (1 year). Experience:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience within the Construction industry on multi site projects • Delivering training, or willingness to learn to deliver ‘in-house’ training • Working with ISO 14001 & ISO 45001 management systems.

Fundamentally, you’ll help work towards our vision of ‘being better tomorrow than we are today’.

Job description

Role: Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor Reports to: Safety Manager/Safety Director Location: Corporate based from Bristol, Guildford, Oxford or Swindon Overall purpose:

To oversee and help development and implementation of safe, environmentally sound and consistent high quality working practices throughout the business.

Leadership • Promotes safe and profitable development of the business including taking personal responsibility for the

ongoing development of Company health, safety and environmental policies and procedures • Works towards developing a strong safety culture across the business • Reinforce to all staff the ethos behind Company procedures and their detailed working • Meet office Construction Directors every month to review project safety and environmental audits • Carries out ad hoc projects as requested by Safety Director and Safety Manager • Help maintain the Intranet sections for HS & E and maintaining relevance and regular update to ensure

vibrancy Marketing and Sales

• Act as a focal point for demonstrating our safety and environmental culture • Promote Beard within the local community • Inputs a wider safety and environmental perspective into pqq’s, presentation and other marketing materials.

Assist in the delivery of presentations where appropriate Safety, Health, Environment, Quality and Sustainability (SHEQS)

• Carries out detailed safety audit of each projects twice monthly ensuring all non compliances are promptly remedied and reported through as closed

• Carry out monthly safety audits of property services jobs with managers ensuring issues and non-compliances are promptly remedied and reported through as closed out

• Carry out specific reviews of all reportable accidents and ensure that any lessons or issues identified are communicated throughout the business

• Ensures site managers are passionate about site safety and adhere to our procedures and policies including inspections and accident reporting. Works with site managers to identify problems ahead of work being carried out and supports site managers develop solutions which avoid negative impact and risks on the project

• To advise when required on safety matters in advance of construction operations • Continue the development of our policies and procedures to embrace all health and safety issues, challenges

and developments • Maintaining our ISO:18001 accreditation and liaise with auditors

Environmental • Coach contracts mangers and site managers in practices which improve the Company’s environmental

performance • Carries out detailed environmental audit of each project every second month ensuring all non compliances are

promptly remedied • Continue he development of our policies and procedures to embrace all environmental issues, challenges and

development • Maintaining our ISO:14001 accreditation and liaise with auditors

Qualifications • Relevant construction degree or MCIOB • NEBOSH Construction safety qualification

Experience • Previous experience of health and safety management on complex construction projects • Active involvement with managing health, safety, environmental and risk at middle management level of

construction Company • Exposure to ISO:9001, 14001 and 18001 audits

Personal attributes • Refer to behavioural competencies – based on company values of Friendly, Efficient & Committed

How our team is made up

We want enthusiastic and dedicated people with the ideas and drive to help shape our organisation today and in the future. If this is you, we’d love to hear from you. Hurry… Don’t miss out If you think this is the role for you, simply send us a covering letter outlining why you’re the ideal candidate, and a CV to: recruitment@beardconstruction.co.uk

Closing date: Midnight Monday 26 July

Start date: As soon as possible Still unsure if it’s the job for you? Give us a call and we can chat through any questions you have:

Martin Nash, Health, Safety & Environmental Manager: 07834 711188

Terms and conditions Contractual

Contract type: Permanent

Contracted hours: 40 hours per week plus flexible working to meet business needs

Salary: Competitive salary dependent on qualifications and experience

Location: Faraday Road, Swindon / Langford Lodge, Bristol / Brookwood, Guildford / Cumnor Hill, Oxford, with regular travel to visit and support other sites

Annual leave: 27 days a year (1 January-31 December) plus bank holidays, 35 in total (pro-rata, 3/4 days to be taken between Christmas and New Year)

Other paid leave:

Maternity & adoption leave

Statutory pay

Paternity 1 week full pay and 1 week statutory pay

Family & bereavement

5 days full pay for family emergencies or death of a close relative

Company sick pay: Up to 91 days paid sick leave per year after three months

Notice period: One week during probation period, two months after

Travel: Car allowance with fuel card provided or mileage claim

Pension: Auto enrollment after three months’ (dependent on age and salary)

Group Life – death in service: Three times annual salary, not including car allowance

Benefits Health care: Health care cash plan after three months’

Employee benefits: Discounts and offers on our Salary Extras platform, bike and tech scheme after six months’

Training & development:

Mandatory training (dependent on role) plus help to develop to be the best you can be

Discretionary bonus:

Dependent on achieving role and objectives, pro-rata for the first year of employment