
Senior Health & Safety Advisor
- Basingstoke, Hampshire
- £50,000-55,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
The Role.
In this role you'll get to use your excellent communications skills, to inspire and help your operational colleagues to execute their work, whilst consistently using "best in class" health and safety practices.
We'll leave you to decide how best to do this, although we know that you won't be standing on the side-lines holding a clipboard and grimacing.
Instead, you'll be using your naturally inquisitive nature to understand the operational challenges your colleagues face, enabling you to develop practical solutions and provide helpful advice, always delivered in a style that motivates your audience.
We'll encourage you to create communication strategies which resonate and inspire from in-person conversations to video and podcasts.Here are just some of the activities you'll be getting involved with...
- Managing and executing site inspections
- Advising on and setting operational team safety objectives
- Supporting and undertaking investigations into accidents and incidents
- Contributing to new tenders and bids
- Assessing external environments for safe working
- Identifying any gaps in the H&S management system; recommending improvements
- Developing and implementing new initiatives or sharing best practice with colleagues
- Advising on and communicating new working practices in line with any new legislative requirements or best practice
- Carrying out ABC tours (Attitude, Behaviours and Culture)
- Actively encouraging Safety Observations and Hazard Reporting
- Exceptional communications skills and originality as well as H&S expertise are all essential for success in this role.
- We'll be looking for you to demonstrate an innovative approach to H&S problem solving, along with significant experience in a H&S advisory role, underpinned by a thorough understanding of current HSE legislation.
- A NEBOSH Construction Certification or equivalent i.e., HNC in Construction as a minimum and a Tech IOSH Membership and working towards Grad or equivalent.
- Utilities/Gas industry experience would be highly advantageous.