Health & Safety Advisor

Recruiter
Anonymous
Location
Birmingham
Salary
25000.00 - 45000.00 GBP Annual + benefits
Posted
17 Aug 2017
Closes
14 Sep 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
H&S Advisor - Construction / Building

Company:

My client comes from a longstanding history in the construction field and have become one of the UK's most successful privately owned building contractors.

What sets this employer apart from the rest includes:

-Local West Midlands based projects.
-Professional and friendly team environment.
-Air of success in the office due to continued business growth and achievement.
-Personable employer, your a name not a number.
-Exciting times a head and plenty of opportunity for career progression.

As a result of securing further new projects, this employer is looking to strengthen their team further with the appointment of a Health & Safety Advisor to work on a range of Building Sector projects in the West Midlands.

Requirements:

To be considered for this Health and Safety Advisor role you must meet the following criteria:

- Knowledge of Building Sector.
- Previous employment as a Health & Safety Manager, Health & Safety Coordinator, Health and Safety Advisor, SHE Manager, HSE Manager, H&S Assistant or similar.
- Previous experience ideally in building sector projects such as Commercial, Mixed Use, Residential, Apartment Blocks, Student Accommodation, Hotels, Extra Care Housing, MOJ, Industrial, Retail, Education or Healthcare. Civils sector may also be considered.
- NEBOSH Certificate.
- Construction site safety knowledge and experience.
- Ideally Previous Main Contractor employment.
- High level of communication skills.

Role:

This position will involve a mixture of site monitoring and contribution towards strategic improvement in Health and Safety systems. The successful candidate will be expected to visit allocated sites to conduct surveillance Health and Safety inspections and to participate in forwarding planning of operations.
The company does not want the position to be viewed as a 'Safety Policeman,' rather a provider of advice on compliance. This is a difficult balance to achieve and requires a high level of technical competence as well as diplomatic skills.
Provision of specialist advice will require a thorough working knowledge of legislation/industry working practices relating to large construction projects. In providing advice to site teams the individual must be able to demonstrate an understanding of what industry best practice looks like and how to scale this to a wide spectrum of projects.

Other duties will include:
•Visit a wide variety of live construction projects.
•Ability to combine site safety tours with proactive advise and planning to site teams

Location: Birmingham / West Mids

Remuneration:

The successful Health & Safety Advisor / Coordinator will receive:

-GBP25,000 - GBP45,000 (Dependent on experience)
-Car / Allowance
-Pension
-Healthcare

To be considered for this vacancy or to find out more information please apply now.

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