Health and Safety Advisor

Principal People Recruitment; Swindon; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK construction group is seeking a Health and Safety Advisor to provide on-site safety leadership across multiple projects in the South West. This role offers autonomy and a supportive team, focusing on maintaining high safety standards. The ideal candidate will have a NEBOSH qualification and experience in a construction environment, with opportunities for professional growth and continuous development.

Benefits

GBP50,000 – GBP60,000 annual salary

Company car or car allowance

Bupa private medical cover

Bonus and profit share scheme

Competitive pension contributions

Professional training support

Qualifications

• Experience within a building/construction environment is essential.
• Client-facing experience and preconstruction involvement desirable.
• Confidence to influence and build relationships at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day health and safety support to site teams.
• Support project delivery phases with proactive safety input.
• Undertake audits, inspections, and risk reviews.

Skills

Health and safety knowledge

Communication skills

Risk assessment

Education

NEBOSH General or Construction

Job description

Ready for a role where you ll have autonomy, a supportive team, and exposure to varied, high–profile construction projects?

We re working exclusively with a leading UK construction group to appoint a Health and Safety Advisor. This is a newly created role supporting projects across the South West and surrounding regions, providing hands–on safety leadership and partnering with operational teams to maintain the highest safety standards.

This business acts as Principal Contractor on all its projects, delivering a wide range of construction and refurbishment works across multiple sectors, including commercial, residential and industrial.

Reporting to the long–standing HSEQ leader, you ll have autonomy to manage your own diary while being a visible presence across multiple sites.

This is a practical, boots–on–the–ground role where you ll be building relationships, influencing safe working behaviours, and ensuring compliance across varied and technically challenging environments.

Key responsibilities of the Health and Safety Advisor include:

• Providing day–to–day health and safety support to site teams and subcontractors.
• Supporting preconstruction and project delivery phases with proactive safety input.
• Undertaking audits, inspections, and risk reviews to drive continuous improvement.
• Supporting incident investigations, root cause analysis and follow–up actions.
• Promoting a strong behavioural safety culture and delivering toolbox talks and briefings.
• Building positive relationships with clients, site managers, and project stakeholders.

Why consider this Health and Safety Advisor role?

• Newly created position, offering autonomy and scope to shape how safety is delivered.
• Projects spanning multiple sectors, providing variety and fresh challenges.
• A supportive, skilled safety team with strong backing from senior leadership.
• Commitment to professional development including funded training and CPD.
• Long–term growth opportunities across a multi–disciplinary business.

What s in it for you?

• GBP50,000 – GBP60,000 annual salary
• Company car or car allowance
• Bupa private medical cover
• Bonus and profit share scheme
• Competitive pension contributions
• Professional training support

What we re looking for:

• NEBOSH General or Construction (essential).
• Experience within a building/construction environment (essential).
• Our client is open to considering individuals who are early in their health and safety career but eager to develop.
• Client–facing experience and preconstruction involvement desirable.
• A confident character with the drive to influence and build relationships at all levels.

If you re a proactive health and safety professional looking for a role with autonomy, variety and exposure to major construction projects we d love to hear from you.