Health & Safety Coordinator

Portsmouth Water; Havant; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Life assurance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Job summary

Portsmouth Water is seeking a Health & Safety Coordinator in Havant to support day-to-day health and safety delivery, maintain records, and assist compliance activities. You’ll work with the Health & Safety Advisor to ensure a safe and healthy working environment across the business, with a clear development pathway into a Health & Safety career.

The role offers ongoing guidance, training coordination, and the chance to build your expertise in utilities health and safety while contributing to

Qualifications

• Demonstrates high standards and promotes a positive safety culture.
• Excellent communicator with stakeholder engagement skills.
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic and collaborative.
• Strong IT skills and experience with safety databases.
• Knowledge of UK health and safety legislation (IOSH/NEBOSH desirable).

Responsibilities

• Log accidents, incidents and near misses; generate management reports.
• Track compliance metrics like certifications and risk assessments.
• Maintain filing systems for audits and policies.
• Serve as first point of contact for safety inquiries.
• Prepare health and safety data, dashboards and meeting packs.
• Attend site visits to record observations and actions.

Skills

Safety culture

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Problem solving

Education

IOSH or NEBOSH qualification

Full UK driving licence

Tools

Datix

Microsoft Office

Job description

Health & Safety Coordinator

Company: Portsmouth Water

Salary: £26,458 to £26,458 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Havant, PO9 1LG

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 8 Oct 2026

Closing date: 6 Nov 2026

We’re making a difference: Together, we can ensure that there is enough water for everyone, now and in the future.

Are you looking to build a career in Health & Safety while making a real difference in an essential service? At Portsmouth Water, we’re seeking a proactive and organised Health & Safety Coordinator to support the day‑to‑day delivery of our health and safety programme. Working closely with our Health & Safety Advisor, you’ll play a key role in maintaining safety records, supporting compliance activities, coordinating training, and helping to ensure a safe and healthy working environment across the business. This role offers an excellent development opportunity, with ongoing technical guidance and a clear pathway into a Health & Safety career.

What will you be doing?

Key Responsibilities

• Log workplace accidents, near misses, and incidents into safety software (e.g., RIDDOR reports, Datix). Compile statistical data and generate trending reports for management
• Track compliance metrics like fire warden certifications, risk assessment renewal dates, and health surveillance appointments.
• Administration: Maintain hard‑copy and digital filing systems for audits, safety policies, and equipment maintenance logs.
• Serve as the first point of contact for safety‑related inquiries.
• Support the maintenance of health and safety policies, procedures and records by tracking review dates, updating document registers and preparing draft updates for review by the Health & Safety Advisor.
• Attend site visits with, or under the guidance of, the Health & Safety Advisor to record observations, update actions and support follow‑up administration.
• Maintain the risk assessment tracker, prompt managers when reviews are due and support the Health & Safety Advisor with document control and follow‑up actions Record incidents and near misses in the relevant system, collate supporting information and elevate to the Health & Safety Advisor for review, investigation and action planning.
• Prepare routine health and safety data, dashboards and meeting packs using agreed templates, ensuring information is accurate and submitted on time.”
• Promote proactive reporting of hazards, near misses and high potential incidents and develop actions for improvements.
• Monitor external service providers to audit, inspect and maintain safety related equipment and regulatory risk assessments (including fire risk assessments, first aid, breathing apparatus etc).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, SharePoint, and Outlook) and experience managing safety or HR databases.
• High attention to detail for handling confidential records, tracking expiry dates, and maintaining accurate logs.
• Strong written and verbal communication for interacting with staff at all levels and external contractors.
• A foundational understanding of general UK health and safety practices (such as IOSH or NEBOSH qualifications) is desirable.
• Review our policies, procedures and risk assessments and communicate changes to ensure our teams have the best possible resources to support with risk control.
• Monitor performance through collation of leading and lagging information and prepare for periodic management reports and presentations.
• Act as an initial point of contact for routine health and safety administration queries and refer technical matters to the Health & Safety Advisor.

What do you need?

Skills, Qualifications & Competencies

• Demonstrates high standards, leading by example and promoting a positive safety culture.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to influence. Strong stakeholder engagement skills and customer‑focused approach.
• Self‑motivated, enthusiastic and able to foster collaborative working.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Strong IT skills, including use of Microsoft packages.
• Strong administration skills, accuracy, IT confidence.
• Excellent knowledge of health and safety legislation, policy and best practice is desirable
• Experience of risk management, method statement review, site inspections and investigations.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a safety environment within the Utilities, Engineering, Construction or Manufacturing sectors.
• IOSH or/and NEBOSH qualification.
• Must hold a full and valid driving licence.
• Experience using compliance systems.

If you are successful for the role, you will be required to undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) pre‑employment checks that will include a basic disclosure check. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the national security vetting process for either a CTC or SC clearance check. Any offer of employment is conditional upon completion and receipt of satisfactory checks.

We recognise people want to work in a variety of different ways, and that’s why we’re happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Please feel free to talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may be looking for.

Please note, we may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications — so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid missing out.

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we actively encourage applications from all sections of society.

Please be aware, the Company has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Due to the high volume of applications we may receive, we’re unable to respond to every applicant individually. If your application is of interest, we’ll usually be in touch within 4 weeks of receiving it.

What can Portsmouth Water offer you?

At Portsmouth Water, we believe in rewarding our people. Here’s just a taste of what’s waiting for you when you join the team:

Enjoy 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays, giving you plenty of time to relax, recharge, and explore.

We’ll help secure your future with a generous pension scheme, contributing up to 15% – because your tomorrow matters as much as your today.

You could earn a non‑contractual bonus of up to 6% of your basic salary, linked to company performance – because when we succeed together, you should benefit too.

Whether you’re welcoming a new arrival through birth or adoption, we’ve got your back with enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave and pay.

All expenses covered summer and winter social events

Our life assurance scheme gives your loved ones extra security, with a 4x salary lump sum benefit in case the unexpected happens.

Whether you need confidential mental health and wellbeing advice 24/7 through our Employee Assistance Programme, or physical health support via our Virtual GP service (available 8am–10pm, 7 days a week for you and your immediate family), help is always close at hand with the HealthHero app.

Enjoy exclusive discounts at thousands of retailers, plus exciting benefits like:

• Electric Vehicle Scheme (after 1 year)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Health Cash Plan

…and so much more!

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