Health & Safety Advisor

Story Contracting; Tamworth; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company in Tamworth is seeking a Health & Safety Advisor to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation. The role involves promoting a positive safety culture, providing expert guidance, and conducting safety audits. The ideal candidate will have a NEBOSH General Certificate, IOSH membership, and experience in various sectors. The company offers competitive compensation, flexible working arrangements, and a commitment to employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Award-winning training and development

Health cash plan

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience in multiple sectors like rail, water and energy.
• Ability to engage with site teams and subcontractors.
• Understanding key health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide health and safety support to project teams.
• Promote positive safety culture across projects.
• Conduct audits and investigations to ensure compliance.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Accident investigation

Health and safety risk understanding

Reporting skills

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

IOSH Membership

Job description

If you are looking for a role where the health, safety and wellbeing of our people is a priority and is backed up by senior leadership commitment, we have a great opportunity for a Health & Safety Advisor based in our Tamworth office, with travel to project sites.

As a proactive Health & Safety Advisor you will have the opportunity to build a positive safety culture across a range of projects where you will be expected to provide expert guidance and support to ensure our teams will be compliant with relevant health and safety legislation.

• Provide health and safety support to the project delivery team in line with relevant requirements, including Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and CDM Regulations 2015
• Promote a positive safety culture across a variety of projects across different sectors
• Coordinate H&S Action Groups to share learning and best practice
• Undertake audits and other assurance activities on site to assess compliance with legal and client requirements
• Monitor and report regularly on health and safety performance
• Conduct investigations to identify root cause and share lessons learnt
• Communicate alerts, bulletins and other industry learning and best practice
• Liaise closely with the supply chain to embed positive safety practices
• Represent Story Contracting at various industry forums

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Health & Safety Advisor to play an important part of our growing team to deliver a range of high-profile infrastructure projects.

• NEBOSH General Certificate (minimum), or NEBOSH Diploma or working towards is preferred
• IOSH Membership
• Professional experience of working across multiple sectors such as rail, water and energy would be desirable
• Understanding of health and safety risks on major infrastructure projects
• Experience in accident investigation and root cause analysis
• Ability to engage with site teams and sub-contractors to promote a positive safety culture
• Excellent IT and reporting skills
• Excellent communication skills, translating technical and legal requirements to actionable advice for colleagues and sub-contractors
• Forward thinking with ability to predict future risk profile based on past events and industry priorities
• Understanding key requirements of various health and safety regulations, such as RIDDOR, COSHH, Working at Height and Confined Spaces

Story Contracting is a privately-owned, award-winning infrastructure company who is financially secure and agile with a wide range of public, private and third sector clients who enjoy working with our talented and committed team.

• GROUNDED - Everyone is equal at Story. We are down to earth and treat each other with respect.
• HARDWORKING - We all pull our weight and work hard for each other.
• PROUD - We are proud of our safety, our projects, our people, our clients and the success we create together.
• FAMILY - We nurture, train, develop and keep our people safe, just like a family. We are inclusive and do the right thing for the business and its people.
• TRUSTED - What we say is what we do. Our clients, our people and our communities trust us to do it right.
• WINNERS - We are hungry for success and want to be the best performing contractor for our clients, our people and our communities.

We are proud to be a place where everyone can be part of the Story!

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and our 'Every Story' policy ensures all employees are a part of a diverse environment and always feel included.

All applicants will receive careful consideration for employment regardless of who you are, where you come from or what you believe in.

We invest in our people, providing award-winning training and development opportunities, a competitive salary, pension and company car/allowance, as well as a health cash plan and wellbeing support.

Our agile working policy allows for a mixture of office, site and home working, and flexible working arrangements are available so that our people are engaged to give their best.

We care about our communities too and offer our employees two paid for volunteering days each year to spend as a team or individually.