Health & Safety Advisor

Carrington West; Warrenpoint; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days' annual leave

Life assurance

Sick pay

Pension contributions

Wellbeing resources

Discounts

Development opportunities

Job summary

Carrington West is recruiting an experienced Health & Safety Advisor for Northern Ireland operations. Based from Warrenpoint, you will support sites across NI, travelling to multiple locations to ensure safe working practices in housing maintenance and refurbishment projects.

You will develop safety policies, conduct audits and provide practical guidance to site teams and subcontractors while ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and regulations.

Qualifications

• Minimum Level 3 Health & Safety qualification (e.g., NEBOSH or equivalent).
• At least two years' experience in a construction or operational H&S role.
• Experience in housing maintenance, responsive repairs or refurbishment environments.
• Strong knowledge of site hazards, risk assessments and H&S legislation.
• Experience carrying out inspections, audits and incident investigations.
• Confident communicating with employees, subcontractors and management.
• Excellent written reporting and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and monitor health and safety policies, site plans.
• Conduct regular site inspections, audits and hazard assessments.
• Provide practical H&S advice to operations, employees and subcontractors.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation and construction regulations.
• Review risk assessments and method statements for safe working practices.
• Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses and identify root causes.
• Deliver toolbox talks, inductions and ongoing H&S training.
• Chair regular H&S meetings with operational teams.

Skills

NEBOSH Level 3

Stakeholder comms

Written reporting

Site inspections

H&S investigations

Construction safety

Housing maintenance

Travel across NI

Education

Level 3 H&S qualification

Job description

Are you an experienced Health & Safety Advisor with a background in construction or housing maintenance?

Have you supported operational teams across responsive repairs, planned maintenance or refurbishment projects?

Location: Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland
Salary: Up to £55,000 dependent on experience + car allowance
Contract: Permanent (freelance may be considered, subject to approval)
Working arrangement: Office and site-based, with travel across Northern Ireland

The Role

A leading housing maintenance and refurbishment contractor is looking to appoint a Health & Safety Advisor to support its operations across Northern Ireland.
The business delivers a range of services across social housing and public sector buildings, including responsive repairs, voids, planned maintenance, energy-efficiency upgrades, compliance works and major improvement programmes.

The successful candidate will provide practical H&S support to operational teams, working closely with directly employed staff, subcontractors and management to maintain safe working practices across a varied portfolio of maintenance activities.

Based from the company's office in Warrenpoint, the role will involve travel across Northern Ireland, supporting teams and projects in different locations. Initially, there will be an expectation to spend time with the office-based team to understand the business and its operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and monitor health and safety policies, procedures and site-specific safety plans.
• Carry out regular site inspections, audits and hazard assessments.
• Provide practical H&S advice and guidance to operational teams, employees and subcontractors.
• Ensure compliance with relevant health and safety legislation and construction regulations.
• Review risk assessments and method statements, supporting safe working practices.
• Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses, identifying root causes and recommending corrective actions.
• Deliver toolbox talks, inductions and ongoing health and safety training.
• Chair regular H&S meetings with operational teams.

Essential Requirements

• Minimum Level 3 Health & Safety qualification, such as NEBOSH or equivalent.
• At least two years' experience in a construction or operational H&S role.
• Previous experience within housing maintenance, responsive repairs, refurbishment or a closely related environment.
• Good knowledge of construction site hazards, risk assessments and relevant H&S legislation.
• Experience carrying out inspections, audits and incident investigations.
• Confident communicating with and influencing employees, subcontractors and operational management.
• Strong written, reporting and documentation skills.
• Based in Northern Ireland, with the ability to travel across the region.

Benefits

• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Life assurance.
• Occupational sick pay.
• Enhanced family leave provisions.
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including holiday purchase, electric vehicle schemes and additional pension contributions.
• Wellbeing resources and counselling services.
• Retail and lifestyle discounts.
• Recognition initiatives and awards.
• Development and progression opportunities.