Recently named as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ by Best Companies, J. Murphy & Sons Limited (Murphy) is a l.....
Recently named as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ by Best Companies, J. Murphy & Sons Limited (Murphy) is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; power and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities. Murphy employs around 3,600 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’
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Health & Wellbeing Manager
- Leeds
Welcome to TRU East:The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) aims to deliver faster, longer, more frequent, and more reliable services across the north of England, from Newcastle, Hull and York towards Manchester and Liverpool via Leeds.The aim of the TRU Alliance is to transform the East of Leeds route allowing people to travel faster, more reliably and in greater comfort between the North’s great cities. Providing passengers with more choice, more seats, and better facilities on a safer, cleaner, more environmentally friendly railway.
The Health & Wellbeing Lead role encompasses all aspects of health and wellbeing including occupational health. It is a diverse role and involves engagement with internal and external stakeholders. This Health and Wellbeing Manager is responsible for leading and delivering project activities related to health & wellbeing on this high-profile national infrastructure project.The prime focus of this role is to lead on the development and delivery of a project wide health and wellbeing strategy and programme, supporting project team leaders, managers and staff to promote, support and improve their health and wellbeing.
What you will be doing
- Ensure that appropriate Alliancing behaviours and ‘best for project’ approaches are always followed, leading by example in the pursuit of successful delivery of the Programme to the benefit of all Alliance Members.
- Assessing the potential Health & Wellbeing impact of works and working environment on the project team through surveys/focus groups/close calls and developing a programme to mitigate negative impacts and enhance benefits.
- Working with the Alliance Partner Organisations, TRU Programme Team, Leadership Team and People Colleagues to deliver a more inclusive Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
- Establish a clear set of deliverable Health & Wellbeing expectations and develop a wellbeing action plan
- Work with the supply chain to deliver minimum standards and drive Health & Wellbeing best practice solutions.
- Work with the Communications Lead to ensure regular communications around Health & Wellbeing initiatives, campaigns and events to continuously raise awareness and promote holistic wellbeing.
- Promote a positive approach to Health & Wellbeing at all levels through delivering training and facilitating events, guest speakers and other initiatives, ensuring the working practices of the Alliance support these approaches.
- Arrange regular Mental Health First Aid training, promoting this across the Alliance at all levels and types of roles and coordinating the MHFAider Network across the Alliance.
- Develop and lead a Mental Health & Wellbeing working/strategy group as well as participate in other relevant programme steering groups, such as People Strategy, Social Value, Charitable/Social events and ED&I, and support wider programme outcomes.
- Provide specific wellbeing support to individuals and/or teams signposting to specialist support if required.
- Collaborate with Alliance partner organisations so that best practice Health & Wellbeing initiatives are utilised and shared to the benefit of all team members.
- Work with the wider SHES Team around Safety and Occupational Health making sure the Alliance offer is joined up. Promote the wider health safety and wellbeing offer through the Alliance partner organisations and develop these further to the benefit of the Alliance.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties required in line with capabilities, the needs of the project, and the wider TRU East programme.
Who we are looking for
- Ideally have working knowledge of both rail and construction interfaces and practices.
- Good academic qualifications and equivalent experience in a wellbeing related field
- Experience of delivering, facilitating, and developing training packages.
- NEBOSH Management of Health & Wellbeing (desirable)
- Good working knowledge of appropriate client and enforcing authority strategies on Health and Wellbeing
- Good IT and presenting skills
- Excellent communication skills and ability to form positive internal and external relationships with a diverse workforce and partner organisations.
- Technical and professional expertise.
- Personal resilience and ability to thrive in a ambitious and fast-moving environment.
- Ability to lead and contribute to meetings with project teams and stakeholders.
