Health & Safety Advisor

HSE Recruitment · Walsall, West Midlands

Health & Safety Advisor at HSE Recruitment, based in Walsall, West Midlands, paying £45,000 per annum. This is a permanent role.

Salary
£45,000 per annum
Location
Walsall, West Midlands
Contract
Permanent
Posted
3 weeks ago
Closes
7 Aug 2026

Reference 268283909

About the role

Job Description

Company: Civil Engineering & Construction

Role: Health & Safety Advisor

Salary: up to £45,000 + car allowance, pension and comprehensive benefits

Location: West Midlands Region (multiple sites)

We are looking for a Health & Safety Advisor with hands on experience driving change and helping complex organisations develop a mature safety culture.

You will be a trusted expert working with management teams to elevate awareness of safety compliance, help build a culture of pro-active hazard identification and embed HSE best-practices at all levels. 


Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive positive HSE culture change through education, relationship & trust building
  • Conduct a thorough gap-analysis across multiple sites, each at differing levels of safety maturity, to identify where mis-alignments and areas for improvement exist
  • Ability to apply best-practice regulations, procedures and policies in the context of work "as done" rather than work "as imagined"
  • Improve processes and procedures and standardise these across multiple sites
  • Conduct accident investigations, with a deep understanding of how multiple factors contribute
  • Education around hazard identification and near-miss reporting 
  • Be the subject-matter expert in technical HSE and regulations

Essential criteria:

  • NEBOSH Certificate, with at least 4 years' experience in safety
    • Background in utilities, civil engineering, or a related industry
    • Ability to work in a complex, multi-site environment
    • Experience with RAMs, accident and incident investigations, implementation
Culture fit:
  • Hands-on and pro-active
    • A strong desire to educate, lead by example and build strong relationships at all levels
    • Pragmatic and down-to-earth approach, with strong interpersonal skills

For more details, please contact Siobhan at HSE Recruitment Network.

Reference: 268283909 · Posted 3 weeks ago · Closes 7 Aug 2026 · Listed via HSE Recruitment

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