Health and Safety Advisor

Chris Main LTD; Halton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A national developer in Halton is seeking a Health and Safety Advisor to ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards. Responsibilities include developing HS&E plans, conducting site inspections, and managing contractor performance. The ideal candidate will have experience with building contractors, strong verbal and written communication skills, and relevant certifications like NEBOSH. Compensation ranges from £40k to £50k, plus benefits including a car or allowance, pension, healthcare, life cover, and bonuses.

Benefits

Car allowance

6% pension

Healthcare

Life cover

12% bonus

Qualifications

• Experience working with a building contractor or house builder.
• Strong awareness of key HS&E legislation.
• Excellent ability to manage own time.
• Ability to develop relationships with all levels.

Responsibilities

• Ensure health, safety and environment standards are met.
• Develop and enforce HS&E plans across the region.
• Identify, assess and report potential hazards.
• Produce management reports on HS&E compliance.

Skills

Excellent organisational skills

Strong verbal communication skills

Strong written communication skills

Good understanding of Microsoft products

Education

NEBOSH National General Certificate

Degree in Occupational Health and Safety

City & Guilds Level 5 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Practice

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Health and Safety Advisor - Lancaster. Chris Main Ltd is an Independent Recruiter who has recruited in the house building industry for 25 years. My client is a national developer and house builder. The regional office in Lancaster is seeking a Health and Safety Advisor.

Responsibilities

• The purpose of the role is to ensure that health, safety and environment (HS&E) standards are met throughout the company.
• Developing, preparing, reviewing and enforcing HS&E plans across the region to ensure safe and compliant operation of the region.
• Identifying, risk assessing and reporting potential hazards and non-compliance issues during site visits, working with site management teams to ensure corrective action is taken and escalated where appropriate to maintain company safety standards.
• Producing accurate and timely management reports and management information, such as non-compliance figures, potential hazards and further escalations to enable management teams to deliver a safety first approach.
• Regularly inspecting construction activity on site, meeting company targets, ensuring compliance with the Group HS&E Policy and overarching HS&E legislation, including periodic out of hours inspections to ensure safe and compliant operation of the region.
• Carrying out incident led investigations and reporting applicable incidents to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) under RIDDOR to ensure adherence to Government regulations.
• Managing and monitoring contractors' performance against their Risk Assessment and Method Statements to ensure HS&E risks are minimised.
• Effectively communicating with Regulatory Enforcement Agencies such as the HSE, Local Authority and Environment Agency, maintaining good relationships.
• Providing HS&E advice, information and training to the business to ensure up to date HS&E standards are maintained, including regular HS&E meetings are undertaken and recorded.
• Managing any referrals through the safety concerns line, to ensure that when necessary corrective action has been taken to maintain the company values on being customer focused and social impact.

Qualifications and Experience

• Strong preference for experience of working with a building contractor or house builder.
• Fully aware of key HS&E legislation including the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage own time to meet targets and deadlines.
• Strong verbal communication skills, able to develop strong relationships with all levels of the business from site teams to senior management.
• Excellent written communication skills, able to produce accurate reports and maintain both written and IT-based reporting systems.
• Good understanding of Microsoft products, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• A NEBOSH National General Certificate in Health and Safety and/or NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction (or equivalent).
• Ideally a higher-level H&S qualification (or working towards this), such as City & Guilds Level 5 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Practice; Level 6 Diploma in Applied Health and Safety; NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, Level 6; or Degree in Occupational Health and Safety.
• Ideally a member of IOSH.

Salary and Benefits

The salary is £40k-£50k depending on level of experience. There is also a car or £4k car allowance, 6% pension, healthcare, life cover and a 12% bonus.

How to Apply

Please send your CV to Chris Main.