🚀 Construction Safety, Health, Environment & Wellbeing (SHEW) Advisor - 32104

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Job Description

We’re proud to be part of the Environment Agency — an organisation that values diversity, champions inclusion, and reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of background, identity, or lived experience. We’re looking for two passionate and experienced professionals to join our national Construction Safety Team as SHEW Advisors. If you’re ready to make a real impact on the safety, health, environment, and wellbeing of major infrastructure projects across England, this could be your next career move.

These full‑time roles sit within our Capital/Construction team, which sets SHEW standards and ensures them through a robust audit and inspection programme. You’ll play a key part in shaping safer, healthier, and more sustainable construction practices — not just within our organisation, but across the wider industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct audits and inspections of construction sites and delivery partners.
• Produce clear, actionable reports and follow up on findings.
• Provide technical advice on construction and maintenance activities.
• Support incident investigations and embed lessons learned.
• Develop and deliver training and awareness tools.
• Lead on specialist SHEW topics and contribute to strategic SHEW projects.
• Support framework communities of practice and promote best practice.
• Respond to incidents as required and provide business continuity support during incidents.

Experience / Skills Required

• Proven health, safety, and wellbeing experience in construction delivery projects.
• NEBOSH Health and Safety Management for Construction Certificate (UK).
• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. IOSH or IIRSM), ideally Chartered or working towards.

Essential Skills

• Strong background in construction safety.
• Proactive, solutions‑focused mindset.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of building rapport, influencing stakeholders, and translating complex safety requirements into practical guidance.
• Confidence in reviewing and improving ways of working to ensure consistent application of SHEW legislation and best practice.

Desirable Skills

• Experience in incident investigation and root cause analysis.
• Familiarity with behavioural safety approaches.
• Working knowledge of digital safety tools and reporting platforms.
• Stakeholder engagement across complex frameworks.
• Professional accreditation or chartership (e.g. GradIOSH, CMIOSH).

Contact & Additional Information

The role requires regular travel to construction sites for audits and site‑based safety assurance activities. The role offers flexible working hours and opportunities for professional development. Successful candidates will ideally be based in the East or Southeast of England.

Interviews will be conducted on MS Teams week commencing 24th of November.

For more information about the role, please refer to the attached candidate information pack. For an informal chat about the role, contact Jason Hanson at .

Ready to take the next step? Apply now and help us build a safer, healthier, and more sustainable future.

Competence: Builds and Sustains Relationships

Description In this role, you’ll be working with a wide range of people — from internal teams to external construction partners. Your ability to build trust, influence others, and navigate complex interpersonal dynamics is essential to driving improvements in safety, health, environment, and wellbeing.

Application Question Please describe a time when you successfully built a working relationship with someone whose views or working style differed significantly from your own. How did you approach the situation, and what was the outcome?

NOTE CVs or other documents attached to your application will not be assessed for selection. Your answer will be used for interview selection – please draw out your skills and experience in your response. When providing evidence for competencies within your application, please give examples of how you clearly demonstrate these either within the context of this role or as transferable skills.

Competence: Achieves Results

Description This role demands a high level of personal effectiveness, resilience, and commitment to delivering results in a construction safety context.

Application Question Please describe a time when you faced a significant challenge in changing someone’s opinion or approach to construction safety. What was the situation, how did you influence their thinking, and what actions did you take to ensure a successful outcome?

Competence: Influences and Persuades Others

Description In this role, you’ll often need to influence delivery partners, contractors, and internal teams to adopt SHEW standards and improve their practices. Success depends on technical knowledge, engagement, and shifting perspectives.

Application Question Please describe a time when you successfully influenced a stakeholder or delivery partner to change their approach to construction safety. What strategy did you use, how did you tailor your message, and what was the result?

Competence: Takes Decisions and Solves Problems

Description In this role, you’ll be expected to make informed decisions during audits, inspections, and incident investigations, especially in dynamic construction environments. Your ability to think critically and act decisively is essential to maintaining high SHEW standards.

Application Question Please describe a time when you had to make a difficult decision or solve a complex problem during a construction safety audit, inspection, or SHEW-related activity. What steps did you take to understand the issue, what options did you consider, and how did you reach your decision?

Role Specific License Requirements

Full UK Driving Licence.

Equal Opportunities

The Environment Agency is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all vacancies.

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