Health & Safety Advisor

Melior Associates Ltd; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Melior Associates Ltd. seeks a Health & Safety Advisor to support a major civil engineering contractor near Maidstone. You will help maintain the Integrated Management System and drive H&S performance across site and office functions.

Ideal candidates hold NEBOSH qualifications, CSCS and a full driving license, with experience in ISO9001/ISO14001/ISO45001 and working on or near water. A proactive, audit-ready approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Up-to-date knowledge of QHSE legislation and best practice.
• Experience with construction sites and water environments (inland & tidal).
• Experience with ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001 is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist the QHSE Manager in maintaining and developing the Integrated Management System.
• Drive Health and Safety performance through continual improvement.
• Monitor changes in legislation and ensure compliance.
• Undertake site inspections and audits.
• Record non-conformances and assist in closure.
• Assist investigations with root cause analysis for continual improvement.
• Support introduction of new technology, techniques or procedures to improve H&S performance.
• Monitor action close out and report progress.

Skills

QHSE legislation knowledge

Report writing

Construction site awareness

Water environment awareness

Education

NEBOSH qualification

NEBOSH Environmental Management (desirable)

SEATS

Chartership (desirable)

Full driving license

CSCS card

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

I have a great opportunity for a Health & Safety Advisor working for a major civil engineering contractor near Maidstone

The Health & Safety Advisor will provide H&S support to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements & to facilitate the improved performance of both the operational & support functions by applying Health and Safety Management principles.

Responsibilities of the Health & Safety Advisor

• Assist the QHSE Manager in maintaining & developing the company's Integrated Management System.
• Support to drive the company's Health and Safety performance by ensuring continual improvement.
• To assist the QHSE Manager in monitoring any changes in legislation
• Ensure all HSE legislation and rules are followed.
• Maintain a working knowledge of all related legislation.
• Undertake site inspections & audits.
• Record non-conformances & circulate on a prescribed format to the relevant managers and assist in their closure.
• Assist in incident investigations with root cause analysis to enable continual improvement implementation.
• Assist the QHSE Manager wherever possible in introducing new technology, techniques, or procedures as necessary to continuously improve Health and Safety performance.
• Monitoring improvement actions to ensure they are implemented.
• Monitor action close out to ensure implementation and report as required.

Required qualifications, skills & experience

Ideal Skills & Knowledge required for the Health & Safety Advisor

• up to date knowledge & understanding of QHSE legislation & best practice
• Knowledge of core health safety and quality principles & regulations
• Report writing
• Knowledge, understanding and application of construction sites & working on or near water (inland & tidal)

Experience & skills required of the Health & Safety Advisor

• Working knowledge & understanding of construction sites - ideally working on or near water (inland & tidal)
• Experience of Quality Management Systems (ISO9001), Environmental Management Systems (ISO14001), Health & Safety Management Systems (ISO45001)
• Site inspections and audits
• Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint

Ideal Qualifications of the Health & Safety Advisor

• NEBOSH qualification or equivalent
• NEBOSH Environmental Management (desirable)
• Site Environmental awareness Training Scheme (SEATS)
• Working towards Chartership (desirable)
• Full driving license
• CSCS card

This is a great opportunity coupled with a very attractive financial package