Health and Safety Advisor

Precision Recruitment Group Ltd; Oldham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A civil engineering contractor in Oldham is seeking an experienced Health & Safety Advisor for a 12-month fixed contract. The ideal candidate will promote health and safety culture across civil engineering projects, ensuring compliance with legislation and best practices. Responsibilities include conducting site inspections, producing risk assessments, and advising on safety measures. This position offers a chance for long-term employment based on performance and ties closely with the operational leadership team.

Qualifications

• Experienced Health & Safety Advisor with a strong background in civil engineering.
• Evidence of ongoing CPD in health and safety.
• Proficient in producing risk assessments and compliance reviews.

Responsibilities

• Promote health and safety culture across projects.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.
• Conduct site inspections and audits.

Skills

Health & Safety compliance

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Organizational skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel

Education

Recognized Health & Safety qualification

Job description

The Company

We are representing a well-established civil engineering contractor operating across highways, utilities, public realm and specialist infrastructure works. The business has a strong regional presence and an excellent reputation for delivering technically challenging projects safely, efficiently and to a high standard.

Due to ongoing workload across multiple civils and infrastructure schemes, they are now seeking an experienced Health & Safety Advisor to support projects working closely alongside senior operational and commercial management.

The Role

This is a minimum 12-month fixed contract working on a range of live civil engineering, highways and utilities projects. You will play a key role in promoting a positive health & safety culture across site teams, ensuring compliance with legislation, industry best practice and company procedures.

Working alongside the existing Health & Safety and operational leadership team, you will provide professional advice, carry out audits and inspections, and support the effective implementation of health & safety systems across multiple sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Promoting a strong health, safety and welfare culture across civils, highways and utilities projects
• Ensuring compliance with current health & safety legislation, standards and best practice
• Producing Construction Phase Plans, risk assessments, method statements and COSHH assessments
• Carrying out regular site inspections, audits and compliance reviews
• Investigating accidents, incidents and near misses and producing detailed reports
• Advising on the safe use of plant, equipment and PPE
• Supporting occupational health, wellbeing and site hygiene initiatives
• Liaising with the HSE and other statutory bodies where required
• Identifying training requirements and supporting the delivery of relevant H&S training
• Maintaining training records, competence matrices and accreditation requirements
• Providing guidance and mentoring to junior health & safety team members
• Working collaboratively with Contracts Managers, Site Managers and engineers
• Leading by example and promoting best practice behaviours across all sites

About You

To succeed in this role, you will be an experienced Health & Safety Advisor with a strong background in civil engineering environments, ideally within highways, utilities or infrastructure works.

• You will be confident working across multiple live sites and engaging with both site teams and senior management.
• Recognised Health & Safety qualification with evidence of ongoing CPD
• Strong knowledge of health, safety and welfare legislation
• Proven experience within civil engineering, highways or utilities
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple sites and priorities
• Comfortable using IT systems including Microsoft Word and Excel
• Proactive, professional and solutions-focused approach
• Ability to work independently and as part of a wider management team

Apply & Reward

This is an excellent opportunity to secure a long-term contract and depending on performance during the 12-month contract, this could lead to being extended or being taken on a full-time permanent contract.

To learn more, contact Carl Bennion on (phone number removed) between 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM for a confidential conversation, or click Apply Now to submit your CV.

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