Health and Safety Advisor

Anderselite Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Benefits

Job summary

Anderselite Ltd in the North West is recruiting a Health and Safety Advisor for construction and civil engineering projects. You will develop and implement HSE policies, conduct risk assessments, and lead site inspections to ensure compliance with legislation.

The role involves staff training, incident investigations, and driving continuous improvement across contracts, with a salary of £50k–£55k plus car allowance and additional benefits.

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing health and safety policies and procedures that comply with relevant legislation and industry best practices.
• Providing training to staff and contractors on health and safety procedures, hazards, and emergency protocols.
• Conducting thorough risk assessments to identify potential hazards and implement appropriate control measures.
• Regularly inspecting construction sites to ensure compliance with health and safety standards and identify areas for improvement.
• Investigating accidents and near misses to determine root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant health and safety legislation and regulations.
• Working with site managers, contractors, and other stakeholders to promote a positive health and safety culture.
• Maintaining accurate records of health and safety incidents, inspections, and training.
• Identifying areas for improvement in health and safety performance and implementing strategies to address them.
• Contributing to the development of strategic plans for health and safety within the organization.
• Interface, communicate, liaise, and maintain effective relationships with HSE Management Team.
• Produce reports and identify remedial action, ensuring effective implementation.
• Ensure that Contractors employees, sub–contractors and suppliers all work in accordance with health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Monitor housekeeping standards across the Contract, identify and implement improvement activities.
• Review and where necessary complete risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
• Audit the permit to work process to ensure that standards are maintained.
• Provide COSHH assessments where required and ensure effectiveness of supply chain documentation.
• Ensure that PPE is being used in accordance with requirements.
• Ensure that health and safety signage and guards are in place and maintained.
• Monitor fire precautions to ensure compliance with standards.
• Ensure that all emergency procedures and requirements are in place and are effective.
• Undertake periodic HSE inspections for compliance to legal standards.
• Support operational managers in the review of Contractors RAMS.

Job description

Health and Safety Advisor – construction/civil engineering – GBP50k–GBP55k+car allowance/benefits – well established construction contractor working on varied projects across the North–West.

Key Responsibilities

Developing and Implementing Health & Safety Policies

• Support the Head of HSW, to create, manage and monitor comprehensive health and safety policies and procedures that comply with relevant legislation and industry best practices.

Training and Education

• Providing training to staff and contractors on health and safety procedures, hazards, and emergency protocols.

Risk Assessments

• Conducting thorough risk assessments to identify potential hazards and implement appropriate control measures.

Site Inspections and Audits

• Regularly inspecting construction sites to ensure compliance with health and safety standards and identify areas for improvement.

Incident Investigation

• Investigating accidents and near misses to determine root causes and implement corrective actions.

Compliance

• Ensuring compliance with relevant health and safety legislation and regulations.

Communication and Liaison

• Working with site managers, contractors, and other stakeholders to promote a positive health and safety culture.

Data Management

• Maintaining accurate records of health and safety incidents, inspections, and training.

Continuous Improvement

• Identifying areas for improvement in health and safety performance and implementing strategies to address them.

Strategic Planning

• Contributing to the development of strategic plans for health and safety within the organization.
• Compliance with HSE legislation and the health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Interface, communicate, liaise, and maintain effective relationships with HSE Management Team.
• Produce reports and identify remedial action, ensuring effective implementation.
• Ensure that Contractors employees, sub–contractors and suppliers all work in accordance with health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Monitor housekeeping standards across the Contract, identify and implement improvement activities.
• Review and where necessary complete risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
• Audit the permit to work process to ensure that standards are maintained.
• Provide COSHH assessments where required and ensure effectiveness of supply chain documentation.
• Ensure that PPE is being used in accordance with requirements.
• Ensure that health and safety signage and guards are in place and maintained.
• Monitor fire precautions to ensure compliance with standards.
• Ensure that all emergency procedures and requirements are in place and are effective.
• Undertake periodic HSE inspections for compliance to legal standards.
• Support operational managers in the review of Contractors RAMS.