Health and Safety Advisor

Brewers Decorator Centres; Southampton; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A nationwide decorating materials supplier is seeking a Health & Safety Advisor to support their operations in the South and South West of England. This full-time position requires strong expertise in H&S audits and risk assessments, with a focus on maintaining compliance across multiple branches. The role offers competitive remuneration along with various benefits like private medical insurance and a pension plan. Flexibility for travel is essential, with the possibility of overnight stays.

Benefits

Competitive financial package

Private Medical Insurance

Pension plan with company contributions

31 days holiday increasing with service

Generous staff discounts

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as a H&S Advisor or in a similar role.
• Experience conducting incident and accident investigations in a retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive H&S advice ensuring compliance with legislation.
• Carry out H&S audits and propose changes where required.
• Undertake risk assessments and coordinate surveys.

Skills

Excellent communication

Relationship building

H&S audits

Risk assessments

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Health & Safety Advisor
Covering the South and South West of England
Full Time - 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
Competitive Salary Plus Pension And Benefits

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

Role & Location

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.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience working either as a H&S Advisor or a position managing Health & Safety as a sole focus within the role.
• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent (minimum).
• Previous experience in carrying out Health & Safety risk assessments in a retail environment as well as conducting incident and accident investigations.

Our commitment

We understand that Neurodivergent candidates or candidates with a disability may need adjustments or extra support in the application or interview process - we are committed to providing every candidate the opportunity and environment in which to succeed and we will support any reasonable request where we can.

What do we give in return?

We think we have an amazing culture of looking out for each other and helping one another succeed. It’s a culture that has stood us well for 120 years!

Benefits

• 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

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button on this page to complete the application form.

Please note that applications are reviewed on a regular basis. The advert may be closed before the application end date, if we receive sufficient applications we wish to progress to interview.