SHEQ Advisor (Stevenage)

Irwin & Colton Limited; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in infrastructure services is seeking a Health and Safety Advisor in Stevenage. The role involves ensuring compliance with health and safety policies, conducting audits, and engaging with stakeholders. Ideal for candidates passionate about health and safety excellence, offering competitive salary and professional growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a similar role ideally within construction.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong technical knowledge across relevant health and safety legislation.

Responsibilities

• Implementing health and safety policies and procedures on site, ensuring compliance.
• Conducting audits, inspections, and accident investigations.
• Engaging with the client and external stakeholders.

Skills

Organisational skills

Technical knowledge of health and safety legislation

Education

NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent

Job description

Health and Safety Advisor
Stevenage
£45,000 + Car Allowance & Excellent Benefits

Are you looking to build and develop your skills with one of the UK's fastest-growing infrastructure services providers? This opportunity plays a key role in supporting the delivery of one of their largest and most high-profile contracts.

If you're someone who enjoys being on site, engaging with teams, and making a real impact, this could be an ideal fit.You'll take ownership of health and safety performance across a major business unit-ensuring standards are not only upheld but continually raised. With a combined turnover of over £400m, this is a business with real scale, ambition, and excellent opportunities for growth and progression for the right person.

Key responsibilities for the Health and Safety Advisor include:

• Implementing health and safety policies and procedures on site, ensuring compliance and keeping updated with key changes to legislation
• Engaging with managers, ensuring responsibilities are clear and answering technical health and safety related enquires.
• Conducting audits, inspections, and accident investigations.
• Constantly seeking areas for improvement and development in health and safety performance.
• Engaging with the client and other external stakeholders, acting as a key point of contact

The successful candidate will have:

• Proven experience in a similar role ideally within construction
• A NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• A strong technical knowledge across relevant health and safety legislation, compliance and regulations
• This is an ideal role for someone passionate about health and safety excellence, who thrives on making a difference and driving performance at scale.

For more information or to discuss your career aspirations, contact Umaad Arshad at or 01923 433 215 Job Ref: UA3772

Irwin and Colton are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company, based in the South East of England we recruit across the UK. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and Safety Director through to Health and Safety Advisor positions.