SHE Advisor - Construction / Passive Fire Protection

Progroup Recruitment Limited; Bristol; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

ProGroup Recruitment Limited is assisting an established passive fire protection contractor to appoint a SHE Advisor. You will provide practical health and safety guidance to site teams, helping embed a positive safety culture across projects.

Key duties include conducting site audits, reviewing procedures, advising on CDM compliance, and delivering toolbox talks. You will report to contracts managers and support continuous SHE improvements.

Qualifications

• Must have health and safety experience in construction.
• Ability to train and coach operational teams.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Knowledge of health and safety legislation.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical health and safety advice, coaching and mentoring to operational teams.
• Carry out site audits and office inspections, ensuring actions are followed through to completion.
• Review and improve health and safety procedures and site documentation.
• Advise on CDM requirements and support compliance across projects.
• Investigate accidents and incidents, producing reports with root cause analysis and recommendations.
• Develop and deliver toolbox talks and internal health and safety training.
• Identify training and qualification needs within operational teams.
• Lead initiatives to improve safety awareness, near-miss reporting and other SHE performance measures.
• Attend operational and pre-start meetings, contributing advice at the planning stage.
• Prepare monthly SHE reports and support ongoing improvements across the business.

Skills

Safety experience in construction

Training delivery

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Education

NEBOSH qualification

Job description

Are you a Health and Safety professional with construction experience who enjoys working closely with site teams and making practical improvements?

ProGroup Recruitment is supporting an established passive fire protection contractor in appointing a SHE Advisor. This is an opportunity to play an active role in strengthening safety, health and environmental standards across the business, supporting operational teams with advice, training and hands-on guidance.

Working closely with Contracts Managers, Supervisors and the wider operational team, you will help embed a positive safety culture, improve processes and ensure high standards are consistently maintained.

The role

• Provide practical health and safety advice, coaching and mentoring to operational teams.
• Carry out site audits and office inspections, ensuring actions are followed through to completion.
• Review and improve health and safety procedures and site documentation.
• Advise on CDM requirements and support compliance across projects.
• Investigate accidents and incidents, producing reports with root cause analysis and recommendations.
• Develop and deliver toolbox talks and internal health and safety training.
• Identify training and qualification needs within operational teams.
• Lead initiatives to improve safety awareness, near-miss reporting and other SHE performance measures.
• Attend operational and pre-start meetings, contributing advice at the planning stage.
• Prepare monthly SHE reports and support ongoing improvements across the business.

About you

• Previous health and safety experience within construction.
• NEBOSH qualification or equivalent.
• Experience of site audits, incident investigations and developing health and safety documentation.
• Sound knowledge of health and safety legislation, processes and procedures.
• Confidence delivering training and working with operational teams to improve standards.
• Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to build relationships while challenging unsafe practices.
• Full UK driving licence.
• A CSCS card and knowledge of ISO 45001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 would be advantageous.

Development and progression

• A generous individual annual training budget.
• A personal development plan and clear progression opportunities.
• A minimum of half a day per month dedicated to professional development.
• Sponsorship for professional qualifications and/or memberships.