Health And Safety Advisor

Anglian Water Services; Great Holland; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Pension plan

Virtual GP

26 days annual leave

Life assurance

Parental leave

Bonus scheme

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Anglian Water Services is seeking a professional safety specialist to provide expert, proactive health and safety advice across all areas of the business. You’ll enable managers and contractors to follow safety policies and legal requirements while supporting regional capital programmes.

This role requires a full UK driving licence, willingness to travel across the East Anglian Water region, and safety qualifications such as NEBOSH Diploma and IOSH membership.

Qualifications

• Full UK Driving Licence (due to travel)
• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent preferred
• Member of IOSH (Tech IOSH/MIOSH or Grad IOSH)
• NEBOSH Certificate as a minimum
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Responsibilities

• Provide expert safety advice to managers and employees to ensure legal and moral health and safety standards.
• Influence frontline managers to adhere to current legislation and industry best practices.
• Resolve safety enquiries from internal/external customers and respond appropriately.
• Provide targeted support on procedures and guidance to managers and staff.
• Collaborate with safety professionals to standardize safety practices across the business.
• Review unit performance and identify development needs.
• Conduct safety audits and investigations into accidents and near misses.

Skills

Driving licence

Communication skills

Flexibility

Travel willingness

Safety knowledge

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

IOSH membership

NEBOSH Certificate

Job description

Circa £49,000 - Depending on skills and experience per annum + Car Allowance

Permanent, Full-time (We may offer part time/flexible working depending on the role requirements, this can be discussed openly at interview)

Location: Flexible with travel required to sites across the East Anglian Water region

Anglian Water embraces a flexible working approach. This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working, with an average of 3 days per week being onsite across the Anglian Water region.

Make every drop of your potential count. Join our team!

At Anglian Water we are readying ourselves to begin delivery of our biggest ever capital and operational maintenance programmes in AMP8. Across our region we’ll see population growth of around 700,000 people and more demand than ever before from businesses.

Anglian Water is at the forefront of enabling this growth – something we’re excited about and proud to play such a fundamental role in. Central to our values at Anglian Water is safety. As we start this new chapter, we’ll be working together with colleagues and partners to keep safety at the cornerstone of everything we do.

In this role, you will provide professional and authoritative safety services, offering specialist advice across all areas of safety. Your expertise will be essential in enabling our managers, employees, and partner contractors to adhere to Anglian Water’s comprehensive health and safety policies, procedures, and practices.

Join us in our mission to maintain the highest standards of safety and compliance across our operations.

What you’ll be doing:

• Provide appropriate expert, timely (reactive and proactive), cost effective and practicable advice and guidance to managers and employees on safety matters in order to comply with legal and moral health and safety standards.
• Support and influence front line managers & staff to ensure that they understand and adhere to appropriate practices consistent with current legislation and industry best practice.
• Resolve enquiries received from customers (both internal and external) and respond as necessary.
• Provide appropriate and targeted support on procedures and guidance to managers and employees.
• Work with other safety professionals to ensure a consistent approach to safety and share best practice across the business.
• Review business unit performance and provide support and direction to identify areas requiring development and improvement.
• Carry out a programme of active management, safety audits and inspections
• Carry out detailed investigations and report on significant accidents, incidents and near misses.
• Assist in the development of the Safe & Well system ensuring that information is in a format which is readily understood, practicable and useable by managers and employees.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with partner contractors personnel to develop initiatives and common standards to raise H&S performance.

What does it take to be successful?

• Full UK Driving Licence due to the regular travel across the region
• Applicants must live within the Anglian Water Region due to the nature of the role and the travel required. This ensures timely access to our sites and effective collaboration with our team
• Ideally NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent (or having embarked on/part way through the course)
• Member of IOSH (Tech IOSH/MIOSH or Grad IOSH)
• NEBOSH Certificate as a minimum
• Flexible in responding to customer needs and safety team demands
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care
• Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%
• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household
• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
• Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)
• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

Don't meet every requirement on the job advert? Please still apply! Having a wealth of people from different backgrounds and with different experiences introduces new ways of thinking which transforms how we work. Challenging our thinking and decision-making helps us to continually improve. It also better reflects our region and the customers and communities that we serve every single day. Even if you are not successful for this particular role, your application could open other opportunities.

Closing date: 06/11/2026

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