Health & Safety Advisor

Vickerstock; Strabane; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in Health & Safety is seeking a Health & Safety Advisor in Northern Ireland. This role involves supporting compliance initiatives, conducting risk assessments, and delivering training. The ideal candidate should have a NEBOSH Certificate and relevant experience in health and safety roles, along with strong IT skills and the flexibility to travel across sites. Benefits include a bonus.

Benefits

Bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar Health & Safety role.
• Experience in risk assessment development and implementation of safe working procedures.
• Qualification in training delivery or demonstrable experience providing training.
• Flexibility to travel between sites across Northern Ireland.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of organization's growth strategy and promote safety culture.
• Work closely with teams for effective risk assessment.
• Complete depot compliance audits and maintain health & safety documentation.
• Review and update risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Deliver training sessions to support risk reduction.

Skills

Health and Safety

Audit

RAMS

NEBOSH

IOSH

SHEQ

HSEQ

Education

NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Overview

Vickerstock are working in partnership with a leading organisation on the appointment of a Health & Safety Advisor.

As a Health & Safety Advisor, you will play a key role in supporting the Compliance & Sustainability team and ensuring group-wide Health & Safety objectives are achieved.

In your new role

• Supporting the delivery of the organisation's growth strategy, embedding compliance and promoting a positive safety culture across all sites
• Working closely with production and distribution teams to develop a strong understanding of operations to enable effective risk assessment and safety planning
• Completing scheduled depot compliance audits, ensuring health & safety controls are effectively implemented, maintained and documented
• Reviewing and updating risk assessments and safe systems of work for all processes and operational activities
• Attending monthly operations meetings and providing input on health & safety performance and compliance
• Delivering toolbox talks, training sessions and safety communications to support risk reduction strategies and strengthen employee awareness
• Ensuring all contractors meet compliance requirements, including the review of documentation and issuing of permits to work
• Maintaining accurate records of accidents, near misses and spills, ensuring the database is kept up to date
• Supporting investigations into incidents and assisting in the identification of root causes, corrective actions and follow-up measures
• Working alongside Environmental and ROI Health & Safety colleagues to deliver on group-wide compliance objectives
• Assisting the Compliance & Sustainability Manager in the implementation of an enhanced health & safety management system

What you will need to succeed

• NEBOSH Certificate (or equivalent)
• Experience in a similar Health & Safety role
• Experience in risk assessment development and implementation of safe working procedures
• Qualification in training delivery or demonstrable experience providing training
• IT and numeracy skills (MS Office)
• Flexibility to travel between sites across Northern Ireland

Desirable

• Experience managing contractors and overseeing permit-to-work systems
• Experience delivering training sessions
• Other relevant Health & Safety certifications

For a more detailed brief and a confidential conversation on how Vickerstock can help support you with your next move, get in touch with Sam Geddis, our Health and Safety Specialist today.

Skills: Health and Safety, Audit, RAMS, NEBOSH, IOSH, SHEQ, HSEQ

Benefits: Bonus