Health and Safety Advisor

Ready for a role where you’ll have autonomy, a supportive team, and exposure to varied, high-profile construction projects?

We’re working exclusively with a leading UK construction group to appoint a Health and Safety Advisor. This is a newly created role supporting projects across the South West and surrounding regions, providing hands-on safety leadership and partnering with operational teams to maintain the highest safety standards.

This business acts as Principal Contractor on all its projects, delivering a wide range of construction and refurbishment works across multiple sectors, including commercial, residential and industrial.

Reporting to the long-standing HSEQ leader, you’ll have autonomy to manage your own diary while being a visible presence across multiple sites.

This is a practical, boots-on-the-ground role where you’ll be building relationships, influencing safe working behaviours, and ensuring compliance across varied and technically challenging environments.

Key responsibilities of the Health and Safety Advisor include:

• Providing day-to-day health and safety support to site teams and subcontractors.
• Supporting preconstruction and project delivery phases with proactive safety input.
• Undertaking audits, inspections, and risk reviews to drive continuous improvement.
• Supporting incident investigations, root cause analysis and follow-up actions.
• Promoting a strong behavioural safety culture and delivering toolbox talks and briefings.
• Building positive relationships with clients, site managers, and project stakeholders.

Why consider this Health and Safety Advisor role?

• Newly created position, offering autonomy and scope to shape how safety is delivered.
• Projects spanning multiple sectors, providing variety and fresh challenges.
• A supportive, skilled safety team with strong backing from senior leadership.
• Commitment to professional development including funded training and CPD.
• Long-term growth opportunities across a multi-disciplinary business.

What’s in it for you?

• £50,000 - £60,000 annual salary
• Company car or car allowance
• Bupa private medical cover
• Bonus and profit share scheme
• Competitive pension contributions
• Professional training support

What we’re looking for:

• NEBOSH General or Construction (essential).
• Experience within a building/construction environment (essential).
• Our client is open to considering individuals who are early in their health and safety career but eager to develop.
• Client-facing experience and preconstruction involvement desirable.
• A confident character with the drive to influence and build relationships at all levels.

If you’re a proactive health and safety professional looking for a role with autonomy, variety and exposure to major construction projects – we’d love to hear from you.

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