Health and Safety Advisor

Brewers Decorator Centres; Bristol; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading decorating materials supplier is seeking an experienced Health & Safety Advisor to join their team. This remote role requires extensive travel across South and South West England for on-site visits. The ideal candidate will have a NEBOSH General Certificate and relevant experience in health and safety within a retail environment. Key responsibilities include conducting audits, risk assessments, and advising on compliance issues. The position offers a competitive financial package along with several employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive financial package

Company car and equipment

Private Medical Insurance

31 days holiday increasing with service

Pension plan with company contributions

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts and rewards with selected partners

Generous staff discounts

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as a H&S Advisor or managing Health & Safety.
• Experience in retail environment health and safety assessments.
• Capability to conduct incident and accident investigations.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive H&S advice and ensure compliance with legislation.
• Conduct H&S audits and propose necessary changes.
• Perform risk assessments and advise on various H&S issues.

Skills

Excellent communication

Relationship building

Risk assessments

Health & Safety compliance

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent

Job description

We are a fourth-generation family business who leads the UK marketplace, supplying decorating materials to both trade and DIY consumers. Operating from over 250 Decorator Centres nationwide, we also have several healthy and developing ecommerce businesses. Ranked in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025, we are the largest independent supplier of decorating materials across the UK. We are proud of our wonderful heritage of over 120 years in our industry and our nationwide growth. Like any organisation, it's our people who make us who we are. We are truly a family business when it comes to our people, with our mantra being to 'help one another succeed'. We want to see all our people flourish in their roles and reach their full potential, to support our customers in developing their own businesses. To find out more about working with us visit www.Brewers.co.uk/careers

What is the role we are looking for?

We are looking for an experienced and qualified Health & Safety Advisor to provide vital hands‑on support and help build upon the success of the existing Health and Safety Department. Working alongside a team of H&S Advisors you will be responsible for providing professional and comprehensive H&S advice whilst ensuring compliance with current legislation and Company Policy. This role covers branches throughout the South and South West of England encompassing Surrey, West Sussex, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Jersey, Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Avon, Glamorgan, South Wales and Somerset. This is a remote worker role which requires regular on‑site visits across your designated region, so you will need to be flexible to travel which may require overnight stays. There will also be occasional requirement to visit our Head Office in Eastbourne, East Sussex. The support you will offer will include carrying out H&S audits to ensure branches are compliant and proposing changes where required, undertaking risk assessments and coordinating surveys, advising on a variety of H&S issues including moving and handling, fire safety, DSE, control of substances hazardous to health and management of asbestos. Another key part of the role is ensuring checklists and reports are fit for purpose by carrying out investigations into incidents and reporting back to the relevant teams.

You will be an excellent communicator at all levels, always maintaining a people‑centred approach with the ability to build effective relationships and quickly establish your knowledge and credibility in this role. You will have demonstrable experience working either as a H&S Advisor or a position managing Health & Safety as a sole focus within the role. As a minimum, you will hold a NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent. You will also have previous experience in carrying out Health & Safety risk assessments in a retail environment as well as conducting incident and accident investigations.

Benefits

Some of the benefits we offer include:

• Competitive financial package
• Company car and equipment
• Private Medical Insurance and Health Cash Plan
• 31 days holiday increasing with service (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Pension plan with company contributions plus a life assurance scheme
• We offer Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Employee Assistance Programme and virtual GP service- accessible to colleagues, partner/spouse and dependents
• Access to Medicash, an optional funded scheme where you can claim money back for the most common routine healthcare treatments
• Discounts and rewards with selected partners - major high street brands, supermarkets etc
• Generous staff discounts
• Comprehensive Induction Programme