HornerSalus Ltd has a new position available for a Senior Safety Advisor to join our leading event and fire safety organisation in Victoria, London.
The role requires an individual with varied event experience, a proactive approach to assisting our team and our clients with events and projects, sustained focus, and a great team-work ethic.
HornerSalus is a specialist event safety consultancy who provide expert advice and services to the event, design, fashion, hospitality, film, and creative industries.
Based in Victoria you can expect to be working with a very friendly and supportive team along with exposure to a wide variety of exciting projects here in London, across the UK, and overseas with many of our projects spanning Europe and the U.S. Add to this mix a fantastic selection of award winning clients, whom we help navigate complex safety considerations and deliver brave creative concepts.
Here’s a snapshot of some of the projects we worked across in May and June of this year.
Events during this period saw us working across a variety of London locations and further afield including:
Goodwood: Festival of Speed (8 events), Birmingham: NEC event, Cornwall: product launch, Silverstone: F1, Florence: private wedding, Miami: fashion show & after party, L.A: party, Cannes: Lions (16 events), and Peru: private event.
In total, we provided consultancy, support, site safety and specialist fire safety services to 58 live projects over a six-week period.
The Deal:
A full time permanent position (upon successful completion of a probationary period)
A competitive salary for the right candidate;
Package up to £55k, depending on experience
Overtime earnings for site work at competitive rates
Pension plan
Performance based annual bonus scheme
22 days + bank holidays + additional rota system time off at Christmas (circa 3 days)
Additional holiday entitlement for length of service (Up to 29 days)
Healthcare services
Opportunity for progression readily available within the company
Opportunities for career advancement and further training
Role:
Assisting in, composing, and implementing solutions to H&S challenges for live events and in the workplace
Conducting feasibility reports, capacity studies, audits, on-site inspections, and general reporting
Liaison with clients, contractors, suppliers, and venues to ensure management and implementation of safety procedures
Production of event safety plans, risk assessments, emergency procedures, fire safety plans, crisis planning and crowd management plans
Production of fire risk assessments
Working at live events as a safety advisor
Attendance at client and venue meetings, event inspections, SAG meetings, table top sessions
The Must Have’s:
NEBOSH General Certificate L3 or NCRQ Certificate in Applied Health and Safety, as a minimum
Excellent understanding of risk assessments, event safety plans and fire safety
3+ years experience in a similar safety role
Very good communicator with strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail
Very good written and spoken English language
Fire Safety qualification at L3 / L4
Proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
Ability to plan, prioritise and organise effectively
IT literacy and ability to present clearly and confidently to management
A conscientious and rule-bound individual with a strong sense of diplomacy
An excellent head for organisation and problem solving
An ability to work with sustained focus
Ability to treat high level information with the strictest of confidence at all times
Desired:
L5 or 6 qualification in Health, Safety or Fire; (or working towards this)
Applied knowledge of live events, venues and contractors
Tech IOSH Accreditation, working towards CMIOSH
Mac computer and software knowledge
If you feel that you are a good fit for the role based upon this criteria, please send your CV and a covering letter to [email protected].
No recruitment agencies thank you.
UK residents only.
Pay: Up to £55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Free flu jabs
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Victoria, Greater London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you have experience working in health and safety for events?
- Do you have a NEBOSH qualification?
Language:
- and write fluent English (required)
Work Location: In person
