Job Description

Health & Safety Advisor

Location: Birmingham

Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Health & Safety Advisor to join a well-established organisation operating within the UK's renewable energy and industrial processing sector.

This is a highly visible, site-based role supporting a large operational facility where you'll work closely with operations, engineering, maintenance and contractors to promote a positive safety culture and ensure compliance with company standards and UK legislation.

You'll become a trusted advisor to site leadership, helping to drive continuous improvement while remaining actively involved in day-to-day operational activities across the plant.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide proactive health and safety support to operational and engineering teams.
• Carry out site inspections, audits and safety tours.
• Lead accident, incident and near-miss investigations.
• Review Risk Assessments, Method Statements and Safe Systems of Work.
• Support contractor management and Permit to Work activities.
• Deliver toolbox talks, inductions and safety training.
• Coach managers and operational teams to improve health and safety performance.
• Support maintenance activities and planned outages.
• Monitor legislative compliance and company standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

About You

You'll have previous experience working within a heavy industrial environment and enjoy working closely with operational teams.

Backgrounds of interest include:

• Power Generation
• Energy from Waste
• Biomass
• Manufacturing
• Chemical / COMAH
• Cement
• Aggregates
• Utilities
• Other industrial process environments

You'll also possess:

• NEBOSH General Certificate.
• Around five years' Health & Safety experience.
• Experience investigating incidents and implementing corrective actions.
• Knowledge of ISO 45001 management systems.
• Contractor management and auditing experience.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• A proactive, hands-on approach to health and safety.

What's on Offer

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• EV Car Scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Monday to Friday working pattern
• TOIL during planned outages