Junior Health & Safety Advisor

Safety Talent; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Safety Talent is seeking a Health & Safety professional to join their team. The role involves providing guidance on safety standards to construction teams, ensuring compliance with regulations, and promoting a collaborative work culture. With opportunities for career advancement and a competitive salary package, this position is ideal for those looking to grow in the health & safety field.

Benefits

25 days leave

Ability to buy and sell holiday

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee assistance programs

Cash plans

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate qualified, ideally NEBOSH Construction.
• Understanding of construction projects is key.
• Collaborative attitude and values are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical guidance to construction teams on health & safety.
• Design out risks during planning stages and live projects.
• Instil high health & safety standards across projects.

Skills

Health & Safety

Collaboration

Construction Knowledge

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

NEBOSH Construction

Tools

CDM

CSCS Card

IOSH Managing Safely

SMSTS

Job description

Join a business with a commitment to personal development, training and supporting you to drive your career forward. The health & safety team is made up of truly passionate people, working with site teams in a proactive way to make sure projects are delivered safely for their clients. Projects include construction, fit-out and mechanical & electrical with national contracts.

Your base location will be Castleford with hybrid working and travel as needed to fulfil the role and support project teams. Providing practical and proactive guidance to site-based construction teams with CDM and operational health & safety. Project teams will reach out to gain your advice to design out risks at planning stage as well as during live projects. You will instil a culture of exceptional health & safety standards and SHEQ compliance. Safety is of paramount importance to the organisation, and you will play a pivotal role in the implementation of top-class standards.

This role will ideally suit someone with either some safety experience looking for a clear path to learn and advance their career or with some operational experience in the construction industry looking for their first safety role.

Must haves:

• NEBOSH General Certificate qualified, ideally NEBOSH Construction.
• Attitude and values are of most importance, the business values collaborative people who work towards shared goals across all departments.
• Some understanding of construction projects.

Nice to haves:

• Health and Safety / HSE / SHEQ experience in Construction, Mechanical & Electrical or Fit-Out. Or similar, Property Maintenance, Property Management etc.
• Other qualifications such as CSCS Card, Asbestos Awareness, IOSH Managing Safely / SMSTS would be great but can all be trained.
• Working knowledge of CDM.

Package:

Up to 35,000 plus 5,000 Car Allowance

In additional to the salary on offer there are progression opportunities available as well as an extensive benefits package to include 25 days leave, hybrid working, ability to buy and sell holiday, salary sacrifice schemes, employee assistance, cash plans, plus several others.