Health and Safety Advisor

Health and Safety Advisor

Salary: Circa £33,000 - £37,000

Location: Birmingham

Assured Safety Recruitment have been engaged by a successful Building Contractor based in Birmingham, who have developed strong relationships, with locally based customers based, for the high quality of their service.  Due to sustained growth, the business is now seeking to recruit a permanent Health and Safety Advisor to join their established Head Office Team. The role will be an equal split between visiting construction sites in the West Midlands and at their Birmingham office.

As Health and Safety Advisor, with the support of an external H&S Consultant, you will lead on Health and Safety Compliance within the company, working and reporting to the Directors.

The Role

· Managing the Health and Safety requirements for each project.

· Supporting managers and employees to implement the Health and Safety systems, including delivery of objectives and plans.

· Undertaking incident/accident investigation and report writing.

Managing all existing accreditations (CHAS, Constructionline Platinum, SafeContractor, Avetta, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, etc).

· Outlining safe operational procedures which identify and take account of all relevant hazards.

· Reviewing risk assessments/method statements site specific, COSHH assessments and tool box talks.

· Ensuring compliance with environmental statutory obligations.

· Keeping up to date and ensuring compliance with current Health and Safety legislation.

· Making changes to working practices that are safe and comply with legislation.

· Advising on a range of specialist areas, eg hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery and occupational diseases.

Qualifications, Skills and Training

• You should have minimum of NEBOSH General Certificate or Construction
•  Experience within the construction, civils, utilities or related sectors.