Senior Health and Safety Advisor

The Clancy Group; Brighton; On-site; AUD 124,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

The Clancy Group is seeking a Senior Health & Safety Advisor to join our on-site team in Brighton. You’ll work across multiple sites, delivering practical safety advice, conducting inspections, and supporting incident investigations to improve safety performance.

You’ll bring NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate, Tech IOSH membership, and at least five years of field advisory experience. A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel are essential.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate (or equivalent) is essential.
• Tech IOSH membership; progression to Graduate IOSH desirable.
• At least five years’ experience in a similar advisory role.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the region.
• Strong on-site collaboration and practical problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Carry out regular site inspections and safety observations.
• Provide practical H&S advice to operational teams.
• Lead accident and incident investigations and recommend improvements.
• Promote positive safety behaviours and culture.
• Support compliance with legislation and company procedures.
• Identify gaps in safety processes and help improve systems.
• Contribute H&S input into tenders and planning.
• Communicate changes in legislation and implement new requirements.
• Support safe working conditions across diverse sites.

Skills

Site inspections

Behavioural safety

Accident investigations

Stakeholder engagement

Legislation knowledge

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

Tech IOSH membership

Graduate IOSH (desirable)

Tools

MS Office

Database systems

Job description

That’s why we need people like you to help us. People who enjoy finding new ways to solve problems and get things done.

We have an opportunity for an experienced, qualified Senior Health & Safety Advisor to join our team, working with our client Southern Water.

This is a key role supporting our operational teams to deliver work safely, promote colleague wellbeing and continually improve Health & Safety standards across the contract. You’ll take a hands-on approach, working across multiple sites and building strong relationships with teams on the ground to provide practical advice and support.

This isn’t a desk-based advisory role. You’ll be out on site, understanding the challenges our teams face, promoting positive safety behaviours and helping to find solutions that work in practice.

Here are some of the activities you will be involved in…

• Carrying out regular site inspections, audits and behavioural safety observations to check compliance and support safe systems of work.
• Providing practical Health & Safety advice and guidance to operational teams and colleagues at all levels.
• Supporting and leading accident and incident investigations, identifying root causes and recommending improvements to prevent recurrence.
• Promoting positive safety behaviours, encouraging hazard reporting and delivering ABC (Attitude, Behaviour and Culture) tours.
• Supporting operational teams to meet their Health, Safety and Wellbeing objectives and follow relevant legislation, company procedures and best practice.
• Identifying gaps in Health & Safety processes and helping to improve systems, procedures and overall performance.
• Providing Health & Safety input into tenders, bids and operational planning.
• Communicating changes in legislation and supporting the implementation of new requirements and working practices.
• Supporting safe working conditions across a range of operational and site environments, while considering environmental impacts and colleague wellbeing.

We would love to hear from you if…

You’re an experienced Health & Safety professional with a strong operational background in construction, utilities, water or civil engineering. You’ll have a sound understanding of current Health, Safety and Environmental legislation and at least five years’ experience in a similar advisory role.

You’ll be confident working across multiple sites, building relationships and influencing colleagues at all levels. A practical, solutions-focused approach is essential, along with the ability to engage teams, promote best practice and support a positive safety culture.

A NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate (or equivalent) is essential, along with Tech IOSH membership. Progression towards Graduate IOSH, or equivalent, would be desirable.

You’ll also need a full UK driving licence and be flexible to travel across the region, with some flexibility in working hours to support operational requirements. Good IT skills, including experience using Microsoft Office and database systems, are also required.

Our Company

Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations.

Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone’s growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.

We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.

Benefits

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Senior Health and Safety Advisor

Company: The Clancy Group

Salary: Not specified

Hours: Full-time

Location: Brighton, BN1 9PY

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 29 Oct 2026

Closing date: 28 Nov 2026