Location: London, United Kingdom
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-Time
Renumeration Indicator: Competitive salary plus company vehicle, and pension. Remuneration for this role is benchmarked competitively within the Infrastructure and energy sector, and sits within our C band, reflecting the seniority and scope of the position.
The Opportunity
Join us as a SHEQ Advisor and play a key role in driving Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality excellence across major power projects in London, providing expert leadership, guidance, and training to teams at all levels to ensure safe, compliant, and high-performing project delivery.
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Protect people and ensure safe working environments across all OCU operations by driving compliance with company policies, client requirements, and statutory health and safety obligations.
- Strengthen safety performance by providing expert advice, guidance, and leadership on SHEQ standards across multiple live power projects.
- Improve reporting accuracy and legal compliance by ensuring all incidents, accidents, and dangerous occurrences are correctly recorded and escalated in line with RIDDOR requirements.
- Drive contractor and site safety excellence by monitoring working practices and ensuring all parties meet required health, safety, and welfare standards.
- Uphold accountability for safe behaviour on site by addressing unsafe practices promptly and recommending appropriate corrective or disciplinary actions where required.
- Enhance workplace safety culture by actively promoting near-miss reporting and embedding continuous improvement in safety behaviours across teams.
- Ensure safe and compliant site environments by monitoring welfare facilities and driving improvements where standards fall below expectations.
- Support consistent SHEQ standards across all project locations by working flexibly across UK sites in line with business needs.
Essential:
- NCRQ level 6 / NVQ level 6 / NEBOSH diploma
- Previous experience working in the utilities sector ( Power sector preferred)
- Previous experience Working within Live Substations ( Desirable)
- Experience working with management systems and the NERS Accreditation ( Desirable )
- Experience working in DNOs and IDNOs
- EUSR or CSCS in General Health and Safety
- Proficient in compiling reports
- Full UK Driving License
At OCU Group, we don’t just deliver infrastructure - we help power modern life.
As one of the UK’s fastest-growing utility and infrastructure businesses, we deliver complex, nationally critical projects across power, energy transition, water, telecoms, and digital infrastructure. Over the last five years, OCU has grown five-fold to a £1.1bn organisation, expanding both organically and through strategic acquisitions across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and India.
Our growth is driven by ambitious people, operational excellence, and a commitment to doing things properly. We work on projects that genuinely matter by supporting the UK’s energy transition, strengthening essential infrastructure, and helping build more sustainable communities for the future.
Whether you’re an experienced professional looking to take ownership of major projects and influence delivery at scale, or someone starting your career through an apprenticeship, graduate programme, or placement route, OCU offers real opportunity to grow, develop, and make an impact.
We are building a business where high performance, collaboration, innovation, and accountability sit at the centre of our culture. Our people are trusted to lead, encouraged to challenge thinking, and supported to continuously develop their skills and careers.
At OCU, you won’t just join a growing business, you’ll help shape it.
Our Culture & Values
At OCU, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We care about safety, lead with integrity, strive to be better every day, make a positive impact, and deliver to grow, together, as One Company United.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At OCU Group, we believe diversity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to building stronger teams, better ideas, and a more successful business. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.
As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, candidates may be asked to complete an equal opportunities monitoring form during the recruitment process. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in hiring decisions.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to offering interviews to candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions who meet the essential criteria for the role.
To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing
[email protected].
