Health & Safety Advisor
Woking
Permanent
£50,000
We are recruiting a Health & Safety Advisor to join a purpose‑led organisation within its shared services division, operating across manufacturing, field services and retail environments. This is a highly visible role supporting multiple UK businesses and working closely with operational leadership to drive practical, proportionate and commercially minded health & safety improvements.
The Health & Safety Advisor will be responsible for:
- Providing professional H&S support across manufacturing sites, retail locations and field‑based operations, with a particular focus on driving uplift at developing sites.
- Advising, influencing and coaching managers and leaders to embed consistent, compliant and effective health & safety standards.
- Reviewing, developing and improving risk assessments, safe systems of work, policies and procedures, ensuring both compliance and practicality.
- Supporting incident investigation, reporting and performance metrics, with an emphasis on learning, action closure and continuous improvement.
The Health & Safety Advisor will have:
- NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) as a minimum.
- Proven experience in a hands‑on Health & Safety role across varied operational environments (e.g. manufacturing, engineering, field services or similar).
- Strong communication skills, with the confidence and credibility to engage frontline teams and present effectively to senior leaders.
- Experience with Legionella management and control (desirable), alongside a proactive, collaborative mindset focused on improvement rather than blame.
Vacancy Reference: PR/029154
Vacancy Owner: Mike Roebuck | mike.roebuck@shirleyparsons.com | (+44) 1296 611328 | (+44) 7967 308455