Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor - Healthcare

Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor – Healthcare (7382) 

An opportunity to grow your impact on a pioneering science and technology campus. 

Laing O'Rourke is proud to be delivering the Oxford Ellison Institute of Technology—a worldclass environment where research, innovation and entrepreneurship come together. As part of our team, you'll help shape a space where people can safely do their best work and where wellbeing, inclusion and trust are part of everyday life. 

This role is ideal for someone with solid H&S experience who's ready to step up, take on more responsibility and develop their capability on a highprofile, transformational project. 

 

Why this role matters 

Our “Rethinking Safety through Inclusion + Wellbeing (I+W)” philosophy is transforming how we think about safety. It's about learning from what goes right, understanding real work, and empowering everyone to contribute to safer, smarter outcomes. 

As a Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor, you'll play a key part in bringing these principles to life. 

 

What you'll be doing 

You'll work closely with project teams to support, coach and influence positive safety behaviours. Your responsibilities will include: 

• Championing the I+W programme across site and encouraging inclusive, peoplefocused safety conversations 

• Helping deliver I+W tools and supporting teams to reach practical and ethical safety outcomes 

• Supporting (and where ready, leading) Fatal & Severe Risk Assessments 

• Facilitating open discussions that identify what's working well and where improvements could help 

• Assisting with positive investigations/appreciative enquiries that explore everyday success 

• Supporting work-as-imagined vs. work-as-done reviews to understand real conditions 

• Gathering workforce feedback and sharing insights with leaders 

• Coaching managers in soft skills such as active listening and collaborative problem solving 

• Promoting new technologies and approaches that strengthen project safety 

• Supporting and sometimes leading incident investigations, ensuring timely learning 

• Helping develop local HSW strategies aligned to business priorities 

• Acting as a point of contact for communications with regulatory bodies 

• Supporting delivery and assurance of Laing O'Rourke's Safety Management System 

• Identifying HSW training needs and contributing to coaching or awareness sessions 

This is a great opportunity to develop and broaden your advisory experience while being supported by a highly experienced HSW team. 

 

What we're looking for 

Qualifications & Experience 

• Level 4 qualification in Health & Safety (or actively working toward it) 

• A solid understanding of occupational health, wellbeing and risk management 

• Experience in assurance, auditing and/or incident investigation 

• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., TechIOSH) or a willingness to progress toward it 

Skills & Behaviours 

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trust quickly 

• Skilled listener who can facilitate open discussions and encourage honest dialogue 

• Confident giving constructive, supportive feedback 

• Strong analytical thinking and sound judgement 

• Positive, proactive and open to learning and growth 

• Organised, reliable and able to prioritise effectively 

• Calm under pressure and able to work collaboratively 

• A selfstarter with enthusiasm and ambition to develop 

 

Why join Laing O'Rourke? 

You'll join a business leading the way in modern construction, digital engineering and humancentred wellbeing philosophies. Expect opportunities to develop, learn from industry experts and contribute to one of the UK's most advanced and inclusive projects. 

 

Ready to grow your career? 

Apply now and help us make the Oxford Ellison Institute of Technology a beacon of safe, inclusive and highperforming construction. 

 

About Us 

Laing O'Rourke is an international engineering and construction company delivering stateoftheart infrastructure and buildings across the UK, Middle East and Australia. 

Certainty, reliability and quality matter to our clients—and with more than 150 years of experience, we're proud of the energy, ambition and teamwork that help us deliver it. 

We are a Disability Confident employer and welcome applications from candidates with longterm conditions or disabilities via our Offer an Interview Scheme if essential criteria are met. Please let us know if you'd like to opt in or need any adjustments during the process. 

We're committed to accessible recruitment. If you require the application in an alternative format or would like more information about our process, please contact resourcingteam@laingorourke.com 

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