Health And Safety Advisor

Location: Halton

Health and Safety Advisor - Lancaster

Chris Main Ltd is an Independent Recruiter who has recruited in the house building industry for 25 years.

My client is a national developer and house builder. The regional office in Lancaster is seeking a Health and Safety Advisor.

What is the role?

The purpose of the role is to ensure that health, safety and environment (HS&E) standards are met throughout the company.

Developing, preparing, reviewing and enforcing HS&E plans across the region to ensure safe and compliant operation of the region

Identifying, risk assessing and reporting potential hazards and non-compliance issues during site visits, working with site management teams to ensure corrective action is taken and escalated where appropriate to maintain company safety standards

Producing accurate and timely management reports and management information, such as non-compliance figures, potential hazards and further escalations to enable management teams to deliver a safety first approach

Regularly inspecting construction activity on site, meeting company targets, ensuring compliance with the Group HS&E Policy and overarching HS&E legislation. Including periodic out of hours inspections to ensure safe and compliant operation of the region

Carrying out incident led investigations and report applicable incidents to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) under RIDDOR to ensure adherence to Government regulations.

Managing and monitoring contractors’ performance against their Risk Assessment and Method Statements to ensure HS&E risks are minimised

Effectively communicating with Regulatory Enforcement Agencies such as the HSE, Local Authority and Environment Agency, maintaining good relationships

Providing HS&E advice, information and training to the business to ensure up to date HS&E standards are maintained, including regular HS&E meetings are undertaken and recorded

Managing any referrals through the safety concerns line, to ensure that when necessary corrective action has been taken to maintain the company values on being customer focused and social impact

What experience do I need?

It is strongly preferred that you have experience of working with a building contractor or house builder.

Fully aware of key HS&E legislation including the Construction Design and Management Regulations

Excellent organisational skills, being able to manage own time to meet targets and deadlines.

Strong verbal communication skills, being able to develop strong relationships with all levels of the business from site teams to senior management

Excellent written communication skills, being able to produce accurate reports and maintain both written and IT based reporting systems

A good understanding of Microsoft Products, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

A NEBOSH National General Certificate in Health and Safety and/ or NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction (or equivalent)

Ideally a higher level H&S qualification (or working towards this), such as:
City & Guilds Level 5 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Practice;
Level 6 Diploma in Applied Health and Safety; NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, Level 6; or Degree in Occupational Health and Safety

Ideally a member of IOSH

The salary is £40 to £50K depending on your level of experience. There is also a Car or £4K car allowance, 6% pension, healthcare, life cover and a 12% bonus.

Please send your CV to Chris Main