Health and Safety Advisor-VIVO - Built Estate

VIVO Defence; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

VIVO Defence is seeking a Health & Safety Advisor for their site in Salisbury. This role involves ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, conducting inspections, and promoting a Zero Harm culture. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate effectively across teams.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

6% employee matched pension contribution

Single private medical cover

Life assurance 2x annual salary

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of health and safety legislation.
• Ability to conduct inspections, audits, and incident investigations.
• Experience in providing training and guidance on safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards on site.
• Conduct site inspections and assist in accident investigations.
• Support teams in adopting safe systems of work and managing risks.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Who we are

VIVO provides facilities management and accommodation maintenance for the UK military and its partners. VIVO embodies both experience and innovation.

What we do

We put our Customers and Families First. They are the driving force behind everything we do. We drive forward improvements for them to ensure the service they receive, whether reactive repairs or a major project, is completed safely and on time. In order to achieve this, we have 4 core values: open, caring, agile and collaborative. These are at the heart of everything we do.

Location: DSTL, Salisbury (on site role)

Permanent, Full time

Salary: Competitive

Are you passionate about health and safety and ready to play a key role in ensuring a secure, compliant, and forward-thinking environment across one of the UK's most unique and high-security defence estates? VIVO has an exciting opportunity for a motivated and proactive Health & Safety Advisor to join our team supporting the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Estate.

The Role

In this pivotal role, you'll be part of a dedicated safety team, helping ensure that all maintenance and project activities are delivered in line with the highest safety and environmental standards. You'll provide expert support across planned preventative maintenance, reactive works and billable projects, ensuring legal compliance, championing a Zero Harm culture, and promoting continuous improvement throughout.

You'll be working closely with teams across the estate, acting as a trusted advisor for all things related to health, safety, fire safety, and environmental best practices. Whether you're carrying out site inspections, assisting with accident investigations, presenting SHE inductions or toolbox talks, or supporting sustainability initiatives, you'll be at the heart of operations-making sure that everyone goes home safe, every day.

This is a dynamic and varied role that will suit someone confident in presenting information, comfortable challenging non-compliance, and committed to building professional relationships across multiple stakeholders. You'll help translate policy into practice, guiding site teams in how to manage risk, comply with regulations, and adopt safe systems of work.

Due to the nature of the site, candidates must be British Nationals and pass SC Clearance as a condition of employment.

What You'll Bring

To succeed here, you'll need a strong understanding of health, safety and environmental legislation and how it applies in real-world operational settings. You'll enjoy problem-solving, working collaboratively, and be eager to support the team through training, inspections, audits, and incident investigations. You'll also need to be highly organised, with excellent communication skills, and the ability to tailor your approach to different audiences.

This role requires British nationality due to site clearance needs, and applicants must be 18 or over, able to obtain SC clearance, and hold a full UK driving licence.

If you're looking to make a real difference, grow in a supportive and professional environment, and help shape a culture of safety excellence in a unique defence setting, then this is your chance. Join VIVO and play your part in keeping people safe, systems secure, and operations running smoothly. Apply today and take the next step in your health and safety career!

What We Offer

• 25 days annual leave
• 6% employee matched pension contribution
• Single private medical cover
• Life assurance 2x annual salary

VIVO Defence Services

The role you have applied for is with VIVO Defence Services, a joint venture between Serco and EQUANS. By applying for this role, please be aware that information contained within your CV may be shared between VIVO Defence Services, Serco and EQUANS during the recruitment process.

At VIVO, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. Therefore, we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool.

We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working and operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly a Disability Confident Leader. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.