Construction Safety Advisor

Job Title: Construction Safety Advisor
Location: Thames Valley area
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum plus additional benefits
Organisation Type: Water/Utilities
Contract Type: Permanent

About the Role:

I am looking to speak with proactive and experienced Construction Safety Advisor to support the construction teams by ensuring compliance with CDM regulations, maintaining high standards of on-site safety, and contributing to Human & Organisational Performance (HOP) initiatives. The successful candidate will be a key partner to project and design teams, bridging the gap between regulatory frameworks and practical site execution.

Our client is looking for someone who is eager to make change and deliver excellent health and safety, and CDM procedures to all sites and projects involved in. They will be someone who wants to get stuck into projects and not just carry out your standard site visits and inspections.

This is a hybrid role; you will be required to be on site or office a minimum of three days a week and the other days can be worked from home.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead compliance with CDM 2015: support design teams, coordinate pre-construction info, check contractor competence, and handle notifications.
• Conduct design-phase reviews and regular site inspections to identify hazards and apply effective controls.
• Develop and enforce site-specific HSE policies, permit-to-work systems, and toolbox talk frameworks.
• Facilitate HOP-informed workshops (e.g., “work-as-done” reviews, learning teams, after-action reviews) to shift safety culture from blame to system-focused learning.
• Partner with project teams to integrate safety into planning, ensuring systems anticipate human error and support frontline adaptability.
• Plan and deliver safety briefings, inductions, and multi-disciplinary forums, inspired by HOP principles.
• Investigate incidents and near-misses with root-cause analysis grounded in HOP philosophies—viewing individuals as problem-solvers, not problems.
• Maintain rigorous safety records—audit reports, risk assessments, inspection logs—aligned with CDM and UK safety standards.

Person Specification:

• NEBOSH Construction required (General considered with relevant experience).
• Extensive experience in UK CDM roles plus exposure to HOP-style safety systems.
• Proven competence in audits, incident investigations, and digital safety tools. (e.g., Procore, ECO Portal)
• Comfortable leading investigations, root cause analysis driven by HOP principles. Capability to lead no-blame reviews, learning-focused after-action assessments and guiding site teams on best practice.
• Carry out risk assessments, safety inspections, permit-to-work systems, toolbox talks, and emergency response planning

If you are interested in finding out more, please apply or reach out to Mason.Buckby@hserecruitment.co.uk