Health and Safety Consultant

Overview

The Health and Safety Advisor will be responsible for promoting and maintaining a positive safety, health, environmental, and quality (SHEQ) culture across projects and operations. The role involves providing competent advice to site management and supervisors, ensuring compliance with company policies, legal requirements, and safe systems of work. The officer supports project teams by delivering inductions, daily briefings, and RAMS reviews, maintaining up-to-date safety documentation, and ensuring all personnel receive appropriate training and communication to carry out their work safely and effectively.

The Health and Safety Officer will also play a key role in monitoring performance through audits, inspections, and incident management. Their responsibility will include investigating accidents and near misses, preparing reports, implementing corrective actions, and lessons learned to prevent recurrence. The role involves liaising with subcontractors, clients, and management, coordinating inspections, maintaining accurate records, and driving continuous improvement in health and safety standards across the organisation.

• Promote and maintain a positive SHEQ culture across projects and operations.
• Provide competent advice to site management and supervisors to ensure compliance with policies, laws, and safe systems of work.
• Deliver inductions, daily briefings, and RAMS reviews; maintain up-to-date safety documentation.
• Ensure all personnel receive appropriate training and communications to carry out work safely and effectively.
• Monitor performance through audits, inspections, and incident management.
• Investigate accidents and near misses; prepare reports and implement corrective actions.
• Capture and share lessons learned to prevent recurrence.
• Liaise with subcontractors, clients, and management; coordinate inspections and maintain accurate records.
• Drive continuous improvement in health and safety standards across the organisation.

• Ensure competent advice and assistance is provided so that others, such as site managers and supervisors, understand their obligations and how to achieve them.
• Promote a positive SHEQ culture throughout the organisation.