Health And Safety Advisor

Irwin & Colton; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company benefits

Job summary

Irwin and Colton, on behalf of a leading real estate and FM organisation, is seeking a Health and Safety Advisor to join the team delivering HSE and FM services across UK high-risk environments.

You will engage stakeholders from shop floor to senior management, develop safety protocols, and support ISO 45001/14001/9001 frameworks while coordinating M&E contractors on site.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) is required.
• Active membership of a relevant professional body is expected.
• Experience in high-risk environments such as aviation, manufacturing or logistics is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engage with internal stakeholders to drive a positive health and safety culture from shop floor to senior management.
• Support development and delivery of technical safety protocols and improve safety function effectiveness with clients.
• Support development of health and safety management systems reflecting best practice.
• Coordinate multiple contractors within a fast-paced environment.
• Identify data trends to analyse risk and implement mitigations.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Safety culture enhancement

On-site contractor coordination

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent)

Professional body membership

Job description

Health and Safety Advisor

Location: Yorkshire/Midlands (with wider UK travel)

Salary: Up to £45,000 plus company benefits

Irwin and Colton are pleased to have been engaged by an industry-leading real estate and FM organisation who are looking to bring on board a new Health and Safety Advisor. The vacancy sits in the team that focusses on providing HSE and FM services to some of the UK's largest and most reputable organisations across high-risk and critical operating environments. The role also reports to the QHSE Director and a dotted line to the Manager within the team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing health and safety team, looking to drive cultural change across the board, and to work in a professional and dynamic working environment.

Responsibilities of the Health and Safety Advisor will include:

• Engaging with internal stakeholders to drive a positive health and safety culture, from employees right through to senior management
• Supporting the wider business units in the development and delivery of technical safety protocol, and identifying opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of the health and safety function internally and externally with clients
• Supporting the development of health and safety management systems to ensure that it reflects best practice
• Ability to manage numerous contractors within a fast-paced environment
• The ability to identify data trends in order to analyse risk across the critical working environment and to create change to mitigate risk

The successful Health and Safety Advisor will have:

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) and relevant membership of a professional body
• Proven experience within high-risk environments, such as aviation, manufacturing, logistics, as well as coordinating M&E contractors on site
• Experience in influencing, engaging, and liaising with senior management to create cultural change on safety
• Understanding of relevant ISO systems (ISO 45001, 14001, and 9001)

This is an excellent opportunity to join an established real estate company with a long history and strong heritage, and brilliant retention.