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The Clancy Group; Exeter; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension

Healthcare

Holiday allowance

Clancy Xtras

Job summary

The Clancy Group is seeking an experienced Health & Safety Advisor for a site-based role in Exeter. You will support the South West Water contract, delivering practical safety guidance to operational teams and ensuring compliance with legislation and company standards.

You will investigate incidents, promote a positive safety culture, and drive continuous improvement across the contract. A NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate and Tech IOSH progressive membership are essential, with a full

Qualifications

• Significant experience as Health & Safety Advisor.
• Strong knowledge of current health and safety legislation.
• Experience in utilities, water, civil engineering or infrastructure sectors.
• Ability to engage with site teams and challenge unsafe behaviours.
• Excellent communicator at all organisation levels.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out site inspections and audits, ensuring compliance with safety requirements.
• Providing practical H&S advice to operational teams and managers.
• Supporting development and delivery of H&S objectives across the contract.
• Investigating accidents, incidents and near misses; identifying root causes.
• Contributing H&S input into tenders, bids and project planning activities.
• Identifying opportunities to improve systems, processes and practices.
• Developing and promoting H&S initiatives; sharing best practice.
• Carrying out ABC tours to promote positive safety behaviours.
• Encouraging hazard reporting and a strong safety culture.
• Building relationships with colleagues, clients and stakeholders to keep safety front and centre.

Skills

Health & Safety

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

IOSH member/Grad IOSH

Job description

That’s why we need people like you to help us. People who enjoy finding new ways to solve problems and get things done.

We're looking for an experienced Health & Safety Advisor to join our team, supporting the successful delivery of our South West Water contract.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working closely with operational teams, building strong relationships and making a genuine difference to the way health and safety is embedded across our projects.

This is a hands‑on, site-based role where you'll provide practical advice and guidance, helping teams deliver work safely, efficiently and in line with legislative and company standards. You'll play an important part in promoting a positive safety culture while supporting continuous improvement across the contract.

Here are some of the activities you'll be involved in...

• Carrying out site inspections, audits and monitoring compliance with health and safety requirements.
• Providing practical health and safety advice and support to operational teams and managers.
• Supporting the development and delivery of health and safety objectives across the contract.
• Assisting with the investigation of accidents, incidents and near misses, identifying root causes and recommending improvements.
• Providing health and safety input into tenders, bids and project planning activities.
• Identifying opportunities to improve systems, processes and working practices.
• Developing and promoting health and safety initiatives, sharing best practice across the contract.
• Carrying out ABC (Attitude, Behaviour and Culture) tours to encourage positive safety behaviours.
• Supporting and promoting proactive hazard reporting and a strong safety culture.
• Building positive relationships with colleagues, clients and other stakeholders to ensure health and safety remains at the forefront of everything we do.

We'd love to hear from you if...

You have significant experience in a Health & Safety Advisor role and enjoy working alongside operational teams, providing practical, solutions-focused advice that helps people work safely and confidently.

You'll have a sound understanding of current health and safety legislation and experience working within the utilities, water, civil engineering or wider infrastructure sector, where you'll be comfortable engaging with site teams and challenging unsafe behaviours in a positive and constructive way.

You'll be an excellent communicator with the ability to build credibility at all levels, influencing and supporting colleagues while maintaining a collaborative approach to improving health and safety performance.

You'll be proactive, organised and confident managing your own workload, with the ability to prioritise site visits, investigations and improvement initiatives across a busy operational environment.

A NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate (or equivalent) is essential, together with Tech IOSH membership or working towards Graduate IOSH.

A full UK driving licence is essential due to the site-based nature of the role.

Our Company

Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations.

Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone’s growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.

We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.

Benefits

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at

24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

Health and Safety Advisor

Company: The Clancy Group Salary: Not specified Hours: Full-time Location: Exeter, EX2 7HR Job type: Permanent Posting date: 2 Sept 2026 Closing date: 2 Oct 2026

Health and Safety Advisor

£40,000 - £45,000

Exeter

We are innovative!

That’s why we need people like you to help us. People who enjoy finding new ways to solve problems and get things done.

We're looking for an experienced Health & Safety Advisor to join our team, supporting the successful delivery of our South West Water contract.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working closely with operational teams, building strong relationships and making a genuine difference to the way health and safety is embedded across our projects.

This is a hands‑on, site-based role where you'll provide practical advice and guidance, helping teams deliver work safely, efficiently and in line with legislative and company standards. You'll play an important part in promoting a positive safety culture while supporting continuous improvement across the contract.

Here are some of the activities you'll be involved in...

• Carrying out site inspections, audits and monitoring compliance with health and safety requirements.
• Providing practical health and safety advice and support to operational teams and managers.
• Supporting the development and delivery of health and safety objectives across the contract.
• Assisting with the investigation of accidents, incidents and near misses, identifying root causes and recommending improvements.
• Providing health and safety input into tenders, bids and project planning activities.
• Identifying opportunities to improve systems, processes and working practices.
• Developing and promoting health and safety initiatives, sharing best practice across the contract.
• Carrying out ABC (Attitude, Behaviour and Culture) tours to encourage positive safety behaviours.
• Supporting and promoting proactive hazard reporting and a strong safety culture.
• Building positive relationships with colleagues, clients and other stakeholders to ensure health and safety remains at the forefront of everything we do.

We'd love to hear from you if...

You have significant experience in a Health & Safety Advisor role and enjoy working alongside operational teams, providing practical, solutions-focused advice that helps people work safely and confidently.

You'll have a sound understanding of current health and safety legislation and experience working within the utilities, water, civil engineering or wider infrastructure sector, where you'll be comfortable engaging with site teams and challenging unsafe behaviours in a positive and constructive way.

You'll be an excellent communicator with the ability to build credibility at all levels, influencing and supporting colleagues while maintaining a collaborative approach to improving health and safety performance.

You'll be proactive, organised and confident managing your own workload, with the ability to prioritise site visits, investigations and improvement initiatives across a busy operational environment.

A NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate (or equivalent) is essential, together with Tech IOSH membership or working towards Graduate IOSH.

A full UK driving licence is essential due to the site-based nature of the role.

Our Company

Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations.

Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone’s growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.

We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.

Benefits

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at

24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.