RMS Health & Safety Consultant

NFU Mutual; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 17.5%

Company car or car allowance

Contributory pension scheme up to 20%

Job summary

NFU Mutual is seeking a Health & Safety Consultant to join the North West Risk Management Services team. The role involves field-based work from home, visits to client premises, and producing clear health and safety reports and action plans.

You will assess risks across industries, deliver tailored advice, and maintain strong stakeholder relationships while meeting high professional standards. This is a permanent, full-time position with travel across the North West.

Qualifications

• Proven consultancy experience across diverse industries.
• Strong knowledge of current Health & Safety legislation.
• Excellent written communication and report-writing skills.
• Ability to travel across the North West region.

Responsibilities

• Provide health and safety advice and reports after site visits.
• Develop audits and action plans with prioritised recommendations.
• Maintain relationships with clients and regulators.
• Translate complex legislation into clear client guidance.

Skills

Health & Safety expertise

Stakeholder engagement

Report writing

Time management

Field-based consulting

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

CertIOSH

CMIOSH (chartered)

Related degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

# RMS Health & Safety ConsultantRegion: North WestLocation: RemoteContract type: PermanentLocation: RemoteJob level: Specialist 4Reference: SADI02760Working pattern: Full-timeClosing date: 12th October 2026Apply now## RMS Health & Safety Consultant* Pivotal role, providing Health and Safety advice and expertise* Utilise your consulting experience to make an impact* Field-based position working from home and visiting clients’ premises across the North West## About the roleAs an **NFU Mutual Health and Safety consultant,** you’ll belong to a Risk Management Services (RMS) team that has helped business owners reduce and manage commercial risk for over 30 years. Health and safety is a key focus of our RMS function and we’re looking for a skilled Health and Safety Consultant to join the North West region. The team delivers a tailored health and safety consultancy service, helping customers to comply with legislation, and help prevent accidents for their staff, customers, and the public. You’ll be working across a wide range of industries, including agriculture, forestry, estates, manufacturing, engineering, and other commercial organisations. This an excellent opportunity for you if you thrive on variety. You’ll establish and maintain strong relationships with clients, other Health and Safety Consultants, and Industry and regulatory bodies, to ensure the effective achievement of goals and promotion of NFU Mutual Risk Management Services. A crucial part of this role is producing clear, professional, and practical reports that help our customers understand their risks and take meaningful action. Following site visits and remote surveys, you’ll produce high quality Health & Safety reports, audits and action plans that accurately capture your findings and provide prioritised, proportionate recommendations. Your reports will translate complex Health & Safety legislation and risk information into clear, client-driven guidance, setting out what action is required, why it matters, and realistic timescales for improvement. Using defined systems, templates and frameworks, you’ll ensure all written outputs are to a high standard, within SLA, and meet NFU Mutual’s professional standards. This is a field-based role, requiring you to work from home to complete administrative tasks and travel to clients across the North West region. You’ll mainly be traveling to clients along the M6 corridor, between Preston and Carlisle, and surrounding areas.## About youYou’re an experienced and confident Health & Safety professional, ready to make a real difference for our clients. With a strong background in providing consultancy and advice across a breadth of industry sections, you bring detailed technical knowledge of current Health & Safety legislation, risk management, and loss prevention practices. You’ll have a flexible and effective communication style, enabling you to work well with and adapt to a wide range of customers from all walks of life. You’re self-motivated, target-driven, and used to working towards KPIs, open to learning new information to drive your performance, and the performance of others. Your ability to write high-quality Health & Safety reports and assessments sets you apart. Effective time management and flexibility are second nature to you, and you always put the customer at the heart of what you do. To join us, you’ll need: * A full UK driver’s licence – essential* An understanding or awareness of complex risks across industries such as agriculture, farming, construction, manufacturing, etc. – Desirable* To hold or be working towards a relevant qualification to support your technical knowledge, such as CertIOSH, NEBOSH Diploma, or equivalent* To be working towards or hold chartered status (CMIOSH) – desirable* Excellent written communication skills – essential, and to be assessed at interview* A customer-focused approach and strong stakeholder engagement skills* The ability to use Microsoft Word to produce a high-standard of work - filling out templates, formatting documents, proof-reading, editing If you’re passionate about making workplaces safer and want to be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you. *At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.* *We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.* *We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.*## Benefits and RewardsLevel S4 * Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)* Company car or car allowance* Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution* 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme\\** A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities* Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets* £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs* Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more* Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance* Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year* Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme* Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary* Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.* Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility