Senior Health + Safety Advisor

Senior Health & Safety Advisor

SP Energy Networks, Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh. EH12 9DJ

Salary from £55,000 with excellent benefits  

Permanent / Hybrid (3 days split between office and site / 2 days home)

Closing Date: 11th September 2026

Purpose

As Senior Health and Safety Advisor within joint venture HVDC Projects, you will provide Health and Safety professional advice to direct and guide multiple Project Teams.

Delivering Health and Safety services to employees and agency professionals within HVDC, National Grid and to Contractors based at our project construction sites, you will ensure the delivery of multiple multi-million pound energy construction projects and that client interface activities remain a primary focus along with proactive monitoring, reviewing and reporting on performance.

You will support the project team throughout the project lifecycle with the effective coordination of Contractor safe works methodologies and client interface activities.

This will involve interaction with Construction, Engineering, Project Management, Contractors and other project stakeholders to ensure effective works planning and coordination regarding Health and safety performance to ensure everyone affected by activities remain safe. This will necessitate advising, coaching, mentoring, influencing and monitoring best practice projects safety management aligned and fully compliant with CDM 2015 Regulations, ensuring statutory obligations required of the Duty Holders are applied throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities
Providing professional Health & Safety direction and advice to Project teams including Senior management, you will be responsible for the pro-active delivery of the delegated aspects of the annual departmental Health & Safety operating plan and all-employee Health and Safety initiatives within your project portfolio.

Actively influencing teams and individuals to encourage and support the implementation of measures to effectively demonstrate legal compliance, you will contribute to the implementation, maintenance and improvement of the Health and Safety Management System within your areas of responsibility, covering all works and activities performed by the company.

Performing and meeting Health and Safety monitoring targets (audits and inspections), you will provide professional advice and support to incident investigations from minor events to Panel of Inquiry incidents, contributing and delivering Health and Safety initiative projects and agreed deliverables.

Proactively influencing and engaging with internal and external stakeholders with a view to improving Health and Safety performance, you will develop opportunities for best-practice exchanges across the business including regular facilitation of workshops and meetings.

Being responsible for promotion, development and review of projects which support the delivery of the Health and Safety policy and strategy, you will also support the governance and assurance of H&S within your areas of responsibility, liaise with external and internal technical specialists as appropriate and act as subject matter expert for certain H&S topics or hazards.

Pro-actively benchmarking internally and externally to improve HVDC H&S performance from latest process and procedures to latest technologies, you will establish, monitor and control a safe working environment within the area where responsible.

What you’ll bring

You will possess an Occupational Health and Safety degree or equivalent Health and Safety qualification at European Qualifications Framework (EQF) Level 5 to 8, together with training in Structured Incident Investigation techniques.

As an IOSH member registered for Initial Professional Development (IPD) and participating in the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme, you will bring proven Health and Safety experience gained within engineering or construction environments.

You will have a strong track record of delivering Health and Safety audits and inspections across large business areas, producing and presenting insightful reports, serving as a trusted subject matter expert. This includes developing policies and procedures, promoting best practice and coaching stakeholders to achieve high Health and Safety standards.

A full UK driving licence is required.

Whats in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. 

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave

• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave

• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme

• Payroll giving and charity matched funding

• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases

• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change

• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving

• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments

• Life Assurance (4x salary)

• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support

• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously.

We’re investing >£10.6 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected].

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Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

IMPORTANT 

Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before Job Posting End Date below

September-12-2026