Health and Safety Advisor (Regional NW based)

Eric Wright Group; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK construction firm seeks an experienced Health and Safety Advisor for its North West operations. This role involves compliance with health and safety legislation, conducting audits, and providing guidance. The ideal candidate should possess a NEBOSH diploma and relevant sector experience. You will support a culture of safety across various projects while ensuring that staff have a healthy working environment. Competitive salary and benefits offered, including hybrid working options.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Company Car / car allowance scheme

Enhanced annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Pension with 6.5% employer contribution

BUPA optional scheme

Company sick pay scheme

Group Income Protection

Enhanced Paid Family Leave

Onsite gym

Virtual GP 24/7 access

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health support via Thrive app

Savings scheme

Recognition awards

Comprehensive health and wellbeing strategy

Qualifications

• Must hold an appropriate qualification in Health & Safety.
• Proven sector experience in construction, civil engineering or Facilities Management required.
• Ability to motivate & influence others.

Responsibilities

• Provide health, safety and wellbeing advice and support.
• Produce written policies and guidelines.
• Conduct workplace inspections and internal audits.
• Develop and deliver health and safety training.
• Monitor health and safety performance indicators.
• Use executive powers to stop work activities if needed.

Skills

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Time management

Organisational skills

IT skills (Excel, databases)

Education

NEBOSH diploma or equivalent

Job description

Role overview

Our business is truly special; part of the Eric Wright Group, and wholly owned by the Eric Wright Charitable Trust, we are a commercially focused business with a social purpose. Forward thinking and people focussed, we retain our traditional values and are extremely proud of our dedicated, passionate and friendly colleagues who live our values and work hard to make a difference every day. Our business would not be the business it is today without its people, we strive to develop and nurture talent, provide a positive healthy environment empowering our people to be the best they can be.

Working at the Eric Wright Group of companies is truly special. Owned 100% by the Eric Wright Charitable Trust, we are a commercially focused business with a social purpose, which means that after reinvestment in the business, our profit is donated to charity via the Trust. This ownership structure provides a high level of stability for the Group and supports longer-term commercial and charitable strategies. Our reputation is built on our Chairman\'s founding principles of a company that must be profitable, ethical and farsighted, as a result we have people, community and social value at our heart. The companies across the Group regularly collaborate to deliver outstanding results on bespoke projects for both public and private sector clients.

We are extremely proud of our dedicated, passionate and friendly colleagues who live our values and work hard to make a difference in communities every day.

Our values :

At the heart of everything we do are four core values :

• Integrity – We’re transparent, honest, and accountable. We build trust and deliver lasting impact.
• Excellence – We go beyond expectations with expertise, determination, and attention to detail.
• Respect – We’re inclusive, compassionate, and professional. Every voice matters.
• Innovation – We think differently, solve problems creatively, and embrace a “can do” attitude.

The Role

We are looking to recruit an experienced Health and Safety Advisor to cover the North West regions of our group of businesses. You will facilitate the delivery of a managed process for ensuring that we are fully compliant with all H&S legislation, industry standards and corporate requirements to provide a safe and healthy working environment for our staff. You will be responsible for the provision of suitable and current advice, guidance and monitoring concerning health and safety practices and standards. Facilitate good communication on health and safety matters between all Group businesses, plan and deliver agreed programmes of work.

Your main duties and responsibilities will include but not be limited to :

• Provide professional, technical, practical and competent health, safety and wellbeing advice, guidance and support as required.
• Produce written health, safety and wellbeing policies, processes, advice, and guidance documentation and update them following any changes, in-line with the document control process, and ensure they align to legal and other requirements, and our policy commitments.
• Undertake a schedule of programmed workplace inspections to support our active monitoring processes in compliance with ISO45001 : 2018.
• Produce and undertake internal audits as part of our audit process in compliance with ISO 45001 : 2018.
• When instructed develop and deliver health and safety training sessions.
• Advise managers on health and safety training needs and competence requirements.
• Support the management in the recording of work-related accidents and incidents for workers (employees and non-employees) and, where necessary, report them to the relevant enforcing authority.
• On occasions it may be decided that the H&S Advisor should take the lead with investigations.
• Monitor the health and safety performance indicators and provide updates to the Board of Trustees (BoT), the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), Managers as relevant.
• Use executive powers (on behalf of the Group MD, the BoT and the SLT) to stop any work activities where there is any risk of serious or imminent injury.
• Actively support and reference appropriate health and safety management standards or processes to ensure Group activities always acts within the law.

About You

Our ideal candidate must hold an appropriate qualification / s within Health & Safety, e.g. NEBOSH diploma. Proven sector experience such as construction, civil engineering or Facilities Management is required. You will have a high level of communication & negotiation skills with the ability to motivate & influence others. Excellent time management, organisational & decision making skills are essential along with good knowledge of IT skills including Excel & databases.

As this is a regional NW role, travel is expected between within the North West such as Manchester, Liverpool and North Wales.

In return we offer

• Competitive Salary
• Company Car / car allowance scheme – 100% hybrid and electric vehicles
• Enhanced annual leave starting at 26 Days + bank holidays rising with service
• Learning and development - we offer a range of learning opportunities to develop talent at all levels within our business focussing on technical competence, upskilling, compliance and governance and career development.
• Pension — 6.5% employer contribution of your salary into your pension to help you save for the future
• BUPA - optional scheme and can include your family to the scheme (50% contribution)
• Company sick pay scheme - Up to 20 days full pay in a rolling 12 month period
• Group Income Protection – 50% of your salary covered for 3 years for long term illness
• Enhanced Paid Family Leave - maternity, paternity, adoption, fertility, compassion, bereavement, crisis, emergency dependants, and much more
• Hybrid working - manage your own diary, working in the office, at home or out with clients
• Onsite gym – we have a gym on site at Head Office which is free to use
• Company Doctor – for when you can’t get to see your own or if you have any health concerns
• Virtual GP - 24 / 7 access for when you need to speak to a GP
• EAP – Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured, supporting you and your family with advice, guidance and counselling on a variety of areas such as health, fitness, home life, finances and much more.
• Mental Health support – through the Thrive app, approved by the NHS, provides tools, to tackle, prevent and manage common stressors such as sleep, bereavement, work issues etc. Also provides relaxation, breathing and meditation techniques and measures impact.
• Savings scheme – Put aside an affordable amount for a rainy day in the future
• Recognition awards – awards for long service and special birthdays
• A comprehensive health and wellbeing strategy focussed on physical, emotional, financial and career wellbeing

Equal opportunity statement :

At Eric Wright Group, our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, who share of values, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger.

The Eric Wright Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of its employees, contractors and clients and expects its people to share this commitment. Successful applicants may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check or Disclosure Scotland check and to provide proof of their right to work in the UK. We are committed to equal opportunities, inclusion and fairness across all employment opportunities and service delivery. All managers and employees are expected to promote our values to ensure our workplaces and services are inclusive and accessible.