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Health & Safety Consultant

CompanyTurner & Townsend
LocationCity of Edinburgh
Work ModeOn Site
PostedJune 5, 2026
About The Company
We're Turner & Townsend – a global programme manager. For more than 80 years, we’ve helped deliver the projects that define how people live, work and connect. From shaping resilient cities to advancing clean energy, we approach every challenge with the same goal – to make a meaningful and lasting impact. Partnering closely with our clients, we plan, manage and deliver complex projects and portfolios. Our teams bring the leadership, commercial expertise and independent advice that unlocks performance and protects investment. From the metro systems moving millions of people to the data centres powering the digital economy, we bring ambitious plans to life and deliver outcomes that matter.
About the Role

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.


Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.


Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.


We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
 

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

Job Description

As a Health & Safety Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the team to ensure the compliance and continuous improvement of environmental, health, safety and quality with a key client. 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collation and interpretation of Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental (EHSQ) data for monthly meetings including Managing Responsibly Groups and Continuous Improvement Groups. This includes gathering of incident data, breakdown of waste and quality data to produce monthly reports and dashboards
  • Support the reporting, investigation and analysis of incidents, near misses and non-conformances, ensuring corrective and preventative actions are tracked and implemented 
  • Coordinate, conduct and oversee internal audit programme (ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001) within the department, including audit scheduling, completion of audits and corrective action tracking
  • Supporting of regular reviews, updates and reissuing of Capital Projects Standard Operating Procedures
  • Management of document control processes within Capital Projects, ensuring all documents are created, reviewed, approved, stored and maintained in line with requirements
  • Assisting with collation of data for supplier management, producing reports and dashboards
  • Work closely with our supply chain to gather relevant construction data and information, as per their key performance indicators
  • Undertaking regular site visits to assist with completion of EHSQ inspections 
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives, helping identify opportunities to enhance EHSQ processes and procedures

Qualifications

  • A self-starter with strong inter-personal skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
  • Demonstrated strong IT proficiency, including the ability to effectively use internal and external business systems and Microsoft
  • Understanding of ISO Standards (ISO9001 Quality, ISO14001 Environment, ISO45001 OH&S)
  • Currently undertaking a support and coordination role in any of the core aspects of this role
  • Holds or working towards a Health and Safety qualification or
  • Desire and willingness to work towards a Health, Safety and Environmental qualification (such as NEBOSH)

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. 

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.  

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. 

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ 

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. 

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review. 

  • Department: Real estate
  • Key Skills
    EHSQ Data AnalysisInternal AuditingISO 9001ISO 14001ISO 45001Incident InvestigationDocument ControlSupplier ManagementSite InspectionsContinuous ImprovementMicrosoft OfficeAnalytical Problem SolvingInterpersonal CommunicationReporting and DashboardsCorrective Action TrackingCompliance Management
    Categories
    Security & SafetyConsultingEnvironmental & SustainabilityConstructionManagement & Leadership
    Benefits
    Flexible Working EnvironmentWork-life Balance
    Job Information
    📋Core Responsibilities
    The role involves collating and interpreting EHSQ data to produce reports and dashboards while overseeing internal audit programs. Additionally, the consultant will manage document control processes and conduct site visits to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.
    📋Job Type
    full time
    📊Experience Level
    2-5
    💼Company Size
    17785
    📊Visa Sponsorship
    No
    💼Language
    English
    🏢Working Hours
    40 hours
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