Health, Safety & Wellbeing Advisor - Rail
Join a major UK infrastructure programme delivering complex MEP‑led building packages.
We're expanding our Health, Safety & Wellbeing team to support two highly technical building packages within a nationally significant high‑speed rail programme. These works involve the construction and fit‑out of large MEP‑intensive buildings that house critical rail systems—making this a unique opportunity to influence safety across a multi‑disciplinary, high‑performance environment.
If you're passionate about creating safe places to work and thrive, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on one of the most ambitious transport programmes in a generation.
What you'll be doing
In this role, you'll become a trusted partner to engineering, construction, and commissioning teams as you:
- Support the safe delivery of large MEP building packages including mechanical plant rooms, electrical systems, control rooms, and specialist rail systems environments.
- Conduct regular site inspections, assurance reviews, and wellbeing engagements, offering constructive coaching and support.
- Work closely with construction, MEP, and commissioning teams to embed safe systems of work during installation, testing, and energisation.
- Analyse safety and wellbeing trends, contributing to proactive interventions and continuous improvement.
- Drive HS&W campaigns and initiatives that foster a positive culture across a diverse workforce.
- Promote collaboration between site teams and supply chain partners to ensure consistent, best‑practice standards.
What we're looking for
A confident and engaging HS&W professional who is passionate about helping people work safely in dynamic, technical environments.
Essential:
- NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent)
- Experience in construction, MEP installation, building services, or major infrastructure
- Strong communication and coaching skills
- Proactive, solutions‑focused approach
Desirable:
- TechIOSH or working towards
- Experience in commissioning, energisation, or multi‑disciplinary building projects
- Wellbeing or mental health advocate training
Why join us?
- Shape safety culture on a nationally significant building and systems programme
- Work within an integrated team delivering complex technical environments
- Excellent development opportunities and industry‑leading support
- A team culture built on collaboration, learning, and wellbeing
Help build safer, healthier workplaces on a project that will shape the UK's transport future.
If you're ready for a role where your influence genuinely matters, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today!!
About Us
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
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