Ready to use your expertise to make a real impact on safety across diverse, high-profile projects?
If you’re someone who thrives on making a tangible impact, enjoys working independently, and brings confidence and credibility when partnering with professionals, this role offers the perfect opportunity to apply and grow your expertise in a dynamic environment.
What’s the role all about?
As a Health and Safety Advisor, you will play a vital role in providing competent advice to a variety of services including Estates & Assets, Facilities Management, Highways Maintenance, Housing and Transport.
What will your day look like?
As part of your role, you will provide Health & Safety advice internally and to partners. You will support risk assessments across services. Investigate accidents, incidents and dangerous occurrences. Conduct spot site visits to ensure contractor compliance. Monitor Contractors, Site agents and internal project management processes. Develop monitoring/ reporting systems. Support contractor selection and vetting. Ensure Construction Design Management compliance throughout projects. Conduct periodic workplace inspections, statutory assessments. Assist lead/contribute to internal and external audits relating to health and safety. Contribute to policy and procedure development in line with legislation and best practice for service areas. Apply creativity and innovation to solve complex health and safety challenges.
Who are we looking for?
You will bring strong, hands-on experience across construction, project delivery, contractor management, and CDM regulations. The right candidate will be highly self-sufficient and able to quickly make an impact from day one. You will be confident and credible when collaborating with professional services stakeholders.
Why join us?
Joining us means becoming part of a proactive and forward-thinking team where your expertise will make a real difference across a diverse range of services, from Estates and Facilities Management to Highways, Housing and Transport. You’ll have the opportunity to work on varied and impactful projects, applying your knowledge of construction, contractor management and CDM regulations to shape safe and compliant environments. We value independence and initiative, giving you the autonomy to hit the ground running while also supporting your professional growth. With the chance to collaborate with experienced professionals, influence best practice, and bring innovative solutions to complex health and safety challenges, this role offers a rewarding platform to develop your career and make a tangible impact every day.
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Key Dates
We want you to have the best interview experience with us, so will provide candidates selected for interview their questions 24 hours in advance of meeting us.
We reserve the right to close our adverts early if we have received a significant volume of suitable applications.
As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.
You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform.
This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.
NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme.
Do you need support?
If you need any help applying for this position, please contact Wendy Trask on 07702 338542 (text or call). Wendy can support with digital access as well as offering advice and guidance about completing the different sections of the application form.
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