Salary £35,235 - £39,513 per annum | Full Time, Permanent, 37 hours per week | Preston, County Hall
Join us as a Health and Safety Officer and help shape a safer, healthier working environment across Lancashire County Council and its schools.
This is an exciting opportunity for qualified and proactive health and safety professionals to contribute to a wide range of health and safety initiatives. You will work as part of a team of 10 health and safety officers, providing advice, guidance and support to the wide range of Lancashire County Council services including; Highways, Integrated Transport, Waste, care homes, day centres, museums, libraries and offices and over 520 schools.
As a Health and Safety Officer, you will:
1. Deliver a range of health and safety training courses.
2. Undertake health and site visits to higher-risk sites including, highways projects, construction and waste sites.
3. Conduct on-site audits, support visits and fire risk assessments.
4. Prepare audit and other reports.
5. Provide advice, guidance and support to a wide range of services and schools via e-mail and telephone.
What we're looking for:
6. NEBOSH Certificate qualification.
7. Strong understanding of health and safety legislation and its practical application across diverse settings.
8. Excellent communication skills. You'll have experience delivering training sessions to a variety of audiences.
9. Experience of applying health and safety standards in higher-risk environments, including on-site inspections
10. Confident and knowledgeable team players with the ability to manage their own workload, conduct site visits, adapt health and safety expertise to support managers across varied situations, and produce clear, professional reports.
If you would like an informal conversation about this role, please contact Jill Cornwell at