The role
Are you passionate about creating safer workplaces and helping people thrive?
As Health & Safety Supervisor, you will work closely with managers and frontline teams across SWISCo to promote a positive health and safety culture and ensure compliance with health and safety legislation. You will provide practical advice and support, investigate incidents, deliver training, conduct inspections and audits, and help develop safe systems of work that protect our employees, contractors and the communities we serve.
You
We're looking for someone who is passionate about helping people work safely and wants to develop their career in health and safety. You will be a confident communicator with strong organisational skills, a practical approach to problem-solving, and the ability to build positive working relationships with people at all levels of the organisation.
You don't need extensive health and safety experience, but you should have a good understanding of basic health and safety principles, a willingness to learn, and the confidence to engage with colleagues across a variety of operational environments. Most importantly, you'll be proactive, approachable, and committed to promoting a positive safety culture where everyone takes responsibility for keeping themselves and others safe.
Key Duties:
- Building positive relationships with colleagues, contractors and external partners to promote safe working practices.
- Providing health and safety advice and support to managers and employees.
- Conducting workplace inspections, audits and compliance checks.
- Investigating accidents, incidents and near misses, identifying improvements.
- Developing and reviewing risk assessments, safe systems of work and SOPs.
- Delivering inductions, toolbox talks and health & safety training.
- Monitoring health and safety performance and maintaining management systems.
- Supporting health surveillance, PPE management and training compliance.
Essential Skills, Knowledge, Experience and Qualifications for initial shortlisting:
- NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) or willingness to achieve it
- Excellent communication, influencing and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of health and safety legislation is an advantage
- Experience of risk assessments and health and safety compliance
- Full UK driving licence.
About Us
SWISCo Limited is responsible for the delivery of all functions and services associated with environmental and operational requirements:
- Waste & Recycling
- Highways
- Parks & Amenities
- Grounds Maintenance
- Streetscene
- Enforcement
- Business Commercial and Fleet
The Company also carries out work for other public and private organisations to provide added value and improve the cost effectiveness of universal service provided to all residents on behalf of Torbay Council.
We have the ambitious mission of ‘Proud to Make Torbay the best place to live, work and play’. This is why we exist and why we do what we do.
Mission and Values
Our mission is backed by our personality and values:
‘Proudly delivering outstanding services for our customers’.
Our People Ethos as an employer of choice, ensures that we:
have robust HR systems and processes in place that support our workforce, recruit, retain and reward great people, recognise talent, and support organisational development and continuous improvement
Application
If this has piqued your interest and you want more information or want to apply for our role, you can visit www.swisco.co.uk jobs and careers, to download a copy of the Job Description/Person specification and application form. Alternatively, you can email [email protected] to request copies by emailed to your chosen email address
Please send your application to the email address above by Friday, the 21 August 2026 at 4pm.
Please be aware that we short list applicants based on you meeting the essential criteria for the role, and we reserve the right to close the job advert early, so get your application in, if you want to be considered for our role.
SWISCo is a limited company wholly owned by, and providing services on behalf of, Torbay Council.
Pay: £35,412.00-£38,220.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
