Health & Safety Advisor

Live Recruitment; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading events agency in Cambridge seeks a Health & Safety Advisor to oversee the safe delivery of large-scale projects. Responsibilities include auditing, compliance, and training delivery. Candidates should have a NEBOSH qualification and 2+ years in an HSEQ role. This position offers competitive benefits, hybrid working, and the chance to work on high-profile events globally.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Company car or car allowance

Company pension

Health & wellbeing programme

Life insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a HSEQ team.
• Understanding of CDM regulations.
• Proactive, adaptable, and resilient.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all employees are aware of H&S activities and responsibilities.
• Carry out site safety and environmental audits.
• Provide advice on all aspects of H&S matters.

Skills

Strong communication

Problem-solving

Organisational skills

Ability to travel

Education

NEBOSH National General or Construction Certificate

Environmental Certificate

Job description

Are you looking to bring your Health & Safety expertise to the forefront of some of the world’s most exciting live events? Do you want to play a vital role in ensuring the safe delivery of large-scale, creative international projects for leading global brands?

Benefits Include

• Competitive Salary
• Hybrid working
• Company car or car allowance
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free or subsidised travel
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

The Company

Our client designs and builds temporary structures for events, music festivals, sporting occasions, exhibitions, pop-up installations, advertising, and permanent to semi-permanent spaces. They work on exciting projects such as Cannes Lions and F1. With expertise in architectural design and steelwork, they create custom structures that bring concepts to life. With the business expanding, there has never been a better time to join as a Health & Safety Advisor.

The Role

Due to continued growth, they are now seeking a Health & Safety Advisor to join the team. You will serve as the first point of contact for H&S matters, supporting employees and managers while coordinating all aspects of HSEQ across the group. This includes maintaining accurate records, ensuring compliance, carrying out audits and inspections, and driving continuous improvement.

Working closely with the Global Group Director of HSEQ, the Health & Safety Advisor will help develop and implement initiatives and systems, champion safe working practices, and provide practical guidance to ensure the highest standards of safety are always achieved.

• Ensure all company employees are made aware of the H&S activities through ongoing communications and are kept up to date of their responsibilities under health, safety and environmental legislation.
• Review, analyse and assist with the continual improvement of leading and lagging health and safety performance.
• Act as a focal point for internal advice and guidance.
• Carry out site safety and environmental audits and safety inspections, maintain records of audits and inspections and ensure agreed corrective actions are implemented.
• Arrange and if required carry out incident/accident investigations, supporting local teams through the process.
• Act as a visible champion of operational health and safety.
• Attend regional or local Health and Safety Committees meetings across the group.
• Assist in developing solutions to H&S challenges in the workplace and aid where possible in the implementation of those solutions.
• Liaise with contractors, suppliers and venues to ensure management and implementation of safety procedures.
• Provide advice to company employees and management on all aspects of H&S matters.
• Preparation and delivery of training programs, along with H&S inductions, SSOW training, etc.
• Encouraging personnel to report incidents and safety concerns along with ensuring personnel are following safety rules and procedures.
• Ensure that any safety issues that cannot be dealt with are passed on to Senior Management for further action.
• Support business managers in ensuring that all risk assessments are completed recorded and regularly reviewed covering all processes and activities where a risk to health and safety exists and all assessments brought to the attention of staff who may be affected.
• Carry out from time to time and as directed, any other reasonable duties as required in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within your capabilities.

The Candidate

We’re looking for someone already working as a Health & Safety Advisor, or in a similar role, with:

• Formal HSE qualification (NEBOSH National General or Construction Certificate essential, Environmental Certificate desirable)
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a HSEQ team
• Understanding of CDM regulations
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and organisational skills
• Ability to travel across the UK (and occasionally Europe) with a full, clean driving licence and valid passport

You will be proactive, adaptable, and resilient, able to balance priorities, influence others, and maintain high standards under pressure.

In return, you’ll enjoy hybrid working, excellent benefits, career progression, and the opportunity to work on some of the most high-profile events globally. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated Health & Safety Advisor to take their career to the next level with a first-rate agency.

In return they offer hybrid working, fantastic career progression, excellent benefits, company car /or car allowance and above all the chance to join a first-rate agency where career progression abounds.

Live specialises in all disciplines (and at all levels) across events, experiential and exhibitions. If this position isn't quite what you're looking for please visit live-recruitment.co.uk to view all of the opportunities we are recruiting.

As a specialist events recruitment agency we help our clients build the most talented and diverse teams in the UK. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, embracing diversity across all intersecting dimensions, including ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, well-being, abilities, and neurodiversity. We are dedicated to ensuring a supportive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations for any reason, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Job Ref DP/15609