Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor

Job Title: Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor

Location: Swindon

Department: Health, Safety and Environment (HSE)

Reports to: HSE Manager

Salary: Upto £55,000 per annum plus car allowance.

Job Purpose:

As a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor, you’ll help to develop, manage, and improve our health, safety, and environmental systems. You’ll support our teams to meet legal and company requirements, raise awareness about health and wellbeing, and contribute to building a strong safety culture across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Keep systems up to date: Help maintain and improve our Health, Safety and Environmental Management System by making updates when laws or best practices change.
• Support training: Assist in creating materials for HSE training sessions and awareness campaigns.
• Promote safe behaviours: Help roll out our behavioural safety programme ‘BRAVE’ to encourage safer working across all levels of the business.
• Carry out inspections: Conduct safety audits and site inspections with managers to ensure legal and company standards are met, and suggest ways to improve.
• Investigate incidents: Help investigate and record close calls, near misses, and other safety incidents to learn from them and reduce future risks.
• Act professionally: Carry out your duties honestly and responsibly, following the principles of health and safety professionalism.
• Monitor and analyse data: Help manage HSE data, spot trends, and support the team in developing actions to address any issues identified.
• Support wellbeing: Contribute to creating and delivering campaigns that promote occupational health and wellbeing across the company.
• Support tender work: Assist the HSE Manager by providing health and safety information for tenders and pre-qualification questionnaires.
• Deliver business strategy: Help put into action the health and safety aspects of the company’s overall business strategy.
• Follow professional standards: Fully cooperate with IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) and follow their rules and professional guidelines.

Who We’re Looking For:

• A motivated and proactive individual with a genuine interest in health, safety and wellbeing.
• Someone with experience in construction & Civil engineering background with a Tier 1 contractor
• Knowledge of UK health and safety legislation.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.
• Ideally, you will be working towards or already hold a NEBOSH qualification and be a member of IOSH.