Health Safety and Environment Advisor

HT Recruit; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 17,047 - 24,280; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a qualified Health Safety and Environment Advisor to support the transition of their HSE programmes. This role involves both collaboration and individual responsibilities, ensuring compliance with HS&E policies across the UK operations. Ideal candidates will hold a NEBOSH Certificate and have strong communication skills, with an eagerness to promote health, safety, and environmental standards. This is a hybrid contract role based in Slough with immediate start.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH Certificate is mandatory; accreditation to IOSH at affiliate level required.
• Experience in a previous HSE role is essential.
• Experience of working in an organisation that relocated is ideal, but not critical.

Responsibilities

• Develop and update local HS&E procedures.
• Deliver local workshops to complement company procedures and policies.
• Coordinate and attend meetings representing HS&E systems across the UK & I remit.
• Support and undertake HS&E audits and assessments.
• Ensure regulatory licenses are maintained.
• Liaise with safety and environmental representatives.
• Support the risk management system by facilitating risk assessments.
• Support the environmental management system and targets.

Skills

Communication skills

Risk management

Self-starter

HSE systems knowledge

Education

NEBOSH Certificate

NEBOSH Diploma

Degree or higher

Job description

About the job Health Safety and Environment Advisor

Pay £15.00 per hour

Location: Slough, Berkshire UK

Type: Contract (Hybrid: 2 days in office) | Duration: 3 to 6+ Months Rolling Contract

Start: ASAP

Job Description

We are seeking a proactive and experienced HSE (Health, Safety, and Environmental) Advisor to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative organisation and support our operations as we prepare to move to a state-of-the-art facility in Surrey.

We are looking for an engaging personality that can convey our HS&E principles to the wider business, and gain buy-in with a range of audiences collaborating with a variety of stakeholders.

You will play a role in ensuring the transition of HSE programmes and compliance in the lead up to and throughout the move. You will be working alongside the wider HSE and FM teams, supporting the gradual decommissioning of our current site from a HSE perspective, as well as the implementation of the occupancy plan for Surrey site, including establishing all HSE systems.

As well as supporting the decommissioning of the current site, and the transition to Surrey, you will be responsible for delivering the day-to-day aspects of the HSE & Wellbeing systems for UK & I in line with our HS&E policies and overall Wellbeing strategy including supporting audits and continuous improvement activities.

You should be comfortable in providing HS&E opinion, guidance and support to our stakeholders (internal & external), as well as have experience in a previous HSE role

Job Scope

HSE systems for UK & Ireland Operations

Job Accountabilities

• Development and update of local HS&E procedures.
• Delivery of local workshops to compliment company procedures and policies.
• Coordinating/attending meetings representing HS&E systems and compliance across the UK & I remit.
• Support and undertake HS&E audits and assessments
• Ensure regulatory licenses are maintained and kept relevant
• Liaison to safety and environmental representatives
• Supporting the risk management system i.e. facilitating risk assessors and/or undertaking risk assessments and reviewing control measures in place
• Supporting the environmental management system i.e. the impacts and aspects register & targets.
• Supporting the Vigilance systems such as life-safety systems etc

Requirements

Education & Qualification

NEBOSH Certificate a minimum; with accreditation to IOSH at least at affiliate level.

Preferably NEBOSH Diploma and/or Environmental qualification.

Ideally degree or higher.

Experience of working in an organisation that relocated ideal, but not critical.

Job Specific Skills and Knowledge

Self-starter, competent in providing management systems and a risk management approach to HS&E. Capable of providing effective decisions on the shop floor for approving/ authorising works where appropriate, and capable of raising issues upwards to appropriate management for identification.

Individual who is a fantastic communicator, engaging and enthusiastic in selling HS&E to our stakeholders i.e. the technical skills can be applied as part of the PDP.

Someone who has an interest in making a real difference and invested in creating a culture where people are happy, healthy, safe and able to thrive.

Must be Eligible to live and Work in the UK to apply for this position