Senior Safety Advisor

★ HornerSalus Ltd // Event & Fire Safety Consultancy; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Bonus scheme

Holiday entitlement

Job summary

HornerSalus Ltd in London is seeking a Senior Safety Advisor to join a leading event and fire safety organisation. The role is full-time with a hybrid model based in the London Area, offering exposure to high-profile projects across the UK and beyond.

The candidate will oversee safety planning, risk assessments, and fire safety procedures for live events, coordinating with clients and venues, and delivering meticulous safety support under tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate L3 or NCRQ minimum
• Strong ability to produce safety plans and risk assessments
• 3+ years in a similar safety role
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Fire Safety qualification at L3/L4
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Good planning and time management
• Diplomacy and discretion in handling high‑level information
• Strong problem-solving and organisational skills
• Concentration and sustained focus on tasks

Responsibilities

• Assist in composing and implementing safety solutions for live events and workplaces
• Conduct feasibility studies, audits, site inspections, and reporting
• Liaise with clients, contractors, suppliers, and venues on safety procedures
• Prepare event safety plans, risk assessments, emergency procedures, and crowd management plans
• Produce fire risk assessments and safety documentation
• Work on-site at live events as a safety advisor
• Attend client and venue meetings, inspections and briefings

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

English proficiency

IT literacy

Diplomacy

Organisation

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate L3

NCRQ Certificate in Applied Health and Safety

L5 or L6 Health/Safety qualification

Tech IOSH Accreditation

Tools

Mac OS

Microsoft Office

Job description

HornerSalus Ltd has a new position available for a Senior Safety Advisor to join our leading

event and fire safety organisation in Victoria, London.

The role requires an individual with varied event experience, a proactive approach to assisting our

team and our clients with events and projects, sustained focus, and a great team-work ethic.

HornerSalus is a specialist event safety consultancy who provide expert advice and services to the

event, design, fashion, hospitality, film, and creative industries.

Based in Victoria you can expect to be working with a very friendly and supportive team along with

exposure to a wide variety of exciting projects here in London, across the UK, and overseas with

many of our projects spanning Europe and the U.S. Add to this mix a fantastic selection of award

winning clients, whom we help navigate complex safety considerations and deliver brave creative

concepts.

Here’s a snapshot of some of the projects we worked across in May and June of this year.

Events during this period saw us working across a variety of London locations and further afield

including:

Goodwood: Festival of Speed (8 events), Birmingham: NEC event, Cornwall: product launch,

Silverstone: F1, Florence: private wedding, Miami: fashion show & after party, L.A: party, Cannes:

Lions (16 events), and Peru: private event.

In total, we provided consultancy, support, site safety and specialist fire safety services to 58 live

projects over a six-week period.

Role Description

The role requires an individual with varied event experience, a proactive approach to assisting our

team and our clients with events and projects, sustained focus, and a great team-work ethic.

This is a full-time hybrid role based in the London Area, United Kingdom, with some flexibility for remote work. As a Senior Safety Advisor at HornerSalus Ltd, you role and duties will include:

The Role:

• Assisting in, composing, and implementing solutions to H&S challenges for live events and in the workplace
• Conducting feasibility reports, capacity studies, audits, on-site inspections, and general reporting
• Liaison with clients, contractors, suppliers, and venues to ensure management and implementation of safety procedures
• Production of event safety plans, risk assessments, emergency procedures, fire safety plans, crisis planning and crowd management plans
• Production of fire risk assessments
• Working at live events as a safety advisor
• Attendance at client and venue meetings, event inspections, SAG meetings, table top sessions

Role requirements:

• NEBOSH General Certificate L3 or NCRQ Certificate in Applied Health and Safety, as a minimum
• Excellent understanding of risk assessments, event safety plans and fire safety
• 3+ years experience in a similar safety role
• Very good communicator with strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail
• Very good written and spoken English language
• Fire Safety qualification at L3 / L4
• Proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise effectively
• IT literacy and ability to present clearly and confidently to management
• A conscientious and rule-bound individual with a strong sense of diplomacy
• An excellent head for organisation and problem solving
• An ability to work with sustained focus
• Ability to treat high level information with the strictest of confidence at all times

Desired Skills & Experience:

• L5 or 6 qualification in Health, Safety or Fire; (or working towards this)
• Applied knowledge of live events, venues and contractors
• Tech IOSH Accreditation, working towards CMIOSH
• Mac computer and software knowledge

The deal:

• A full time permanent position (upon successful completion of a probationary period)
• A competitive salary for the right candidate;
• Package up to £55k, depending on experience
• Overtime earnings for site work at competitive rates
• Pension plan
• Performance based annual bonus scheme
• 22 days + bank holidays + additional rota system time off at Christmas (circa 3 days)
• Additional holiday entitlement for length of service (Up to 29 days)
• Opportunity for progression readily available within the company
• Opportunities for career advancement and further training

Candidates invited to interview can expect to answer competency, technical and scenario based questions to demonstrate ability, likability, and drive.