Are you a Construction H&S Advisor with a large amount of experience of developing and delivering bespoke, practical guidance and procedures, who is good at offering support and advice both on site and within a Head Office environment and who wants to move away from a consultant’s role to be part of a company’s in-house health & safety team or are fed up of having to stop away from home and want to get home every night, then Jelson could be the right next move for you.
The Jelson group of companies has a wide range of businesses with our main business being construction (new homes, industrial and commercial) including associated transport, plant & machinery, logistics and supply chain activities.
We are currently recruiting for a Health & Safety Advisor who is a construction specialist who can provide support to our construction operations, at site level and at Head Office (working with Designers, Engineers and the Land & Planning Team). Work closely with our Director of Health & Safety to develop, enhance and implement changes to the safety management system and additionally be an integral part of the Health & Safety Team.
Reporting to the Director of Health & Safety, this is a critical role in further enhancing the health and safety culture across the various construction related areas of the business. You will be the ‘go to’ person for construction health & safety support, advice and guidance in these areas of the business.
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for someone looking to take the next step in their career.
To be the candidate we are looking for, you will be:
- A self-starter with the initiative and motivation to manage their own workload (inc. prioritising multiple tasks) but also to be reactive to urgent issues at short notice.
You will be able to:
- Be the key person, actively promoting health and safety and developing an effective health and safety culture.
- Champion continuous improvement, innovation, and best practice
- Work with everyone, including sub-contractors ensuring they are aware of the health and safety policies and procedures in place and implement these in their work activities.
- Build strong relationships with site teams and Head Office staff, influencing and encouraging safe behaviours.
- Offer consistent, practical yet professional health & safety advice & guidance to management and operatives.
- Undertake reviews of sub-contractors RAMS and safe systems of work, providing feedback on areas for improvement and reviewing the improvements submitted.
- Carry out the regular monitoring of the effectiveness of existing health and safety arrangements through inspections and audits, feeding back your findings.
- Keep up to date with new or amended health and safety legislation, interpreting this information and from this initiating, developing, coaching and guiding the site-based teams and subcontractors in the necessary actions to achieve compliance.
- Be an integral part of regular health and safety meetings with senior managers and of a safety committee attended by a cross section of those working within the construction-based businesses.
- Lead on any incident/accidents which occur, investigate them and deliver your findings whilst ensuring the focus is of measures to prevent a reoccurrence.
- Review, monitor and administer the health & safety training for the businesses under your responsibility.
- Endeavour to be an active member of the Health & Safety Team, attending team meetings and events, and offering support and assistance to your Health & Safety colleagues
Qualifications and attributes of Candidate
You will ideally have:
- Minimum of 3 years’ credible experience of health & safety within the construction sector, ideally house building, either working directly for a construction company or for a construction health & safety consultancy
- NEBOSH Health & Safety Management for Construction Certificate
- NVQ Level 4 (or equivalent) in Health & Safety.
- Membership of IOSH (Tech IOSH) or higher
- Excellent working knowledge of CDM, construction practices, and current H&S legislation.
- Strong engagement and communication skills - able to coach, influence, and build trust.
- A self-starter with the initiative and motivation to manage their own workload but also to be reactive to urgent issues at short notice, prioritising the workload to meet deadlines
- Proven experience in developing and delivering practical health and safety solutions
- Ability to implement initiatives, procedures etc in a practical way
- Experience of accident investigation, statement taking and report writing
- Excellent IT skills (including word, excel, power-point, app-based systems etc.)
- Full driving License
Desirable
- Diploma in Health & Safety (i.e. NEBOSH, NVQ, NCRQ, or equivalent)
- Mental Health First Aider
- Behavioural Safety certificate
- Certificate or Diploma in Workplace / Occupational Health & Wellbeing
- Certificate or Diploma in Environmental Management
Pay: £45,000.00-£50,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
