Health & Safety Advisor- Perthshire
The Role
Fantastic opportunity for a Health & Safety Advisor to join a project team to provide the support, advice, and information necessary for the operations team to deliver their services in a continually improving, safe and environmentally friendly manner. The role will involve working closely with the project team to manage the company’s ISO45001 safety management system, promoting a proactive
safety culture, engaging directly with the workforce, inspecting work operations, risk assessing levels of compliance against company and client standards, and working closely with, and reporting performance to the project Health and Safety Manager.
The role is suitable for any health & safety professional with a pre-existing background in construction or civil engineering. This will be a full-time permanent role.
Responsibilities
* Working under the guidance of the company Health & Safety Manager.
* Advising site management on day-to-day health & safety matters.
* Building up a good rapport with the client and the workforce.
* Ensuring compliance with UK Health & Safety Legislation/CDM Regs/Client’s standards.
* Promoting and encouraging best practice.
* Coordinating the completion of safety paperwork by supervisors (briefings/inspections).
* Carrying out daily and weekly site inspections.
* Delivering toolbox talks on health, safety and wellbeing themes.
* Attending and chairing safety meetings.
* Health and wellbeing promotional campaigns.
* Investigating accidents, incidents and near misses and sharing lessons learned.
* Reviewing documentation for appropriate health & safety content (method statements, etc).
* Managing the implementation of the project ISO 45001 Safety Management System.
Requirements
* 3 Years + experience in a Health & Safety advisory role within the construction/Civil Engineering industry.
* Recognised Qualification in Health & Safety.
* Valid CSCS Card.
* High standard of written English.
* IT Skills (Email, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc).
* Full valid driver’s licence.
Desirable but not essential
* Experience of working on civil engineering projects.
* IOSH/IIRSM or other professional Membership.
* Your CV will list other training qualifications you have accumulated over time.
* Experience of working within an OHSAS 18001 or ISO 45001 Safety Management System.
Salary- £45-55K
Permanent & Full-time