Senior Health & Safety Advisor

Overview

In this role you support the HSE Manager to deliver on-site health, safety and environmental procedures in line with group standards. You build relationships with stakeholders to drive compliance and continuous improvement, focusing on risk assessment, training and safe working practices. You will promote behavioural safety, lead site safety walks and coordinate incident investigations to ensure lessons are embedded. The role offers the chance to influence safety culture and environmental practice across a leading drinks business.

Responsibilities

• Support HSE compliance and continuous improvement through stakeholder engagement
• Drive safety improvements via audits, incident trend analysis and non-conformance management
• Assist operational teams with implementing Group HSE standards and controls
• Deliver HSE training and promote safe working practices
• Facilitate risk assessments and implement control measures
• Promote behavioural safety and address unsafe acts and conditions
• Lead site safety walks and engagement activities to strengthen safety culture
• Support accident investigations and communicate lessons learned
• Assist in developing and testing emergency response plans
• Coordinate health surveillance programmes and follow-up actions
• Support contractor management, including permit-to-work requirements
• Promote environmental best practices (waste management, pollution prevention, recycling, sustainability initiatives)

Key requirements

• Experience implementing and maintaining HSE Management Systems
• Proven ability to deliver change through stakeholder engagement and relationship building
• Technical HSE qualification (e.g. NEBOSH, OTHM or equivalent)
• Affiliate membership of a recognised professional body, such as IOSH
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Collaborative approach with the ability to build effective working relationships
• Customer-focused mindset with a commitment to supporting operational teams
• Highly motivated, self-driven and able to work independently
• Positive, proactive and solution-focused attitude

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Proactive problem-solving
• Collaborative team player
• HSE Management Systems
• Risk assessment and control implementation
• Incident investigation and trend analysis

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