Health And Safety Consultant

NFU Mutual; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

NFU Mutual is seeking a Health and Safety Consultant to provide consultancy services across Cheshire and North Wales. The role offers autonomy, flexibility, and the opportunity to work with a diverse client base, ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation while building strong client relationships.

Benefits

Company car/allowance £5500

Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)

Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Family Friendly policy

Access to savings at High Street brands

£20 contribution to monthly gym membership

Health and wellbeing plan

Employee Volunteering

Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary

Qualifications

• Experienced health and safety professional with UK experience.
• Proven background in relationship building and consultative work.
• Full driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Providing health and safety consultancy to clients across commercial and agricultural sectors.
• Completing detailed Health & Safety risk assessments and identifying improvement requirements.
• Building and maintaining long-standing relationships with clients and regulatory bodies.

Skills

Relationship Building

Consultative Approach

Target Driven

Education

Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health (DipOSH) or equivalent

Job description

• Effectively providing health and safety consultancy to clients across both commercial and agricultural sectors in Cheshire and North Wales
• Helping clients to be compliant with legislation and supporting safer working practices
• Home working contract to allow for flexibility in a key role for NFU Mutual

About the role

Over the last four years we’ve grown our team of Health and Safety Consultants to 60 and this has been matched by record business results over the same period. As a result of our continued success, we are looking to increase our team across Cheshire and North Wales

Working from home and visiting clients on an ad-hoc basis, you’ll have complete autonomy over your diary to work directly with an existing customer base and generate further work through referrals. Our clients span across a broad spectrum of industries such as commercial, agriculture, retail, estates and leisure, so no two days will be the same.

Completing detailed Health & Safety risk assessments for farming and commercial customers, identifying risk improvement requirements through site visits and remote surveys which provide technical insight into potential risks. You will support our clients to create safer working environments for customers, their employees and members of the public that are compliant with current legislation.

You’ll also build and maintain long-standing relationships with clients, underwriting, fellow Health and Safety Consultants, and Industry and regulatory bodies, to ensure the effective delivery of objectives and promotion of NFU Mutual Risk Management Services.

If you enjoy a variety of clients, building long-lasting relationships with people and the autonomy to manage your own schedule, this could be the right opportunity for you.

About you

You’re an experienced health and safety professional ready for the next step in your career at an established company. A real people person with a proven background in relationship building and working with a variety of customers, you easily adopt a consultative approach to your work and ensure the best advice and outcome is delivered to customers.

To join our team you must be:

• Target driven and used to working towards KPIs
• An experienced and successful health and safety professional with UK experience
• Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health (DipOSH) or equivalent
• Have a full driving licence

Benefits and Rewards

• Salary £50,000 to £60,000
• Company car/allowance £5500
• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Access to voluntary benefits, health assessments, private medical and dental insurance
• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.

Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and we're one of only 60 companies across the globe to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2024 award, and one of only two companies to receive the award for the ninth consecutive year.

We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.