My client is a leading Railway Specialist that is looking to recruit a Permanent Health & Safety Advisor to join their team in providing professional Occupational Health and Safety assistance with a focus on workforce health & well-being in the South East area. You will work out of offices in Kent area and support operational sites in the South East.

My client is offering a salary in the region of £55,000 plus benefits for an experienced Health and Safety Advisor, ideally from the Rail industry though will look at Advisors from the Construction sector.

• Raise the profile of health, safety and well-being throughout the business & support accident/incident prevention initiatives.
• Assist with and undertake H&S surveillance where required of operational sites
• Provide professional advice and guidance on the maintenance of the business safety management system to ensure continual improvement and use of best practice.
• Engage with all employees & Contractors to promote health, well-being and fatigue awareness and an overall positive OHS culture.
• Monitor OHS performance and effectiveness for projects, ensure audit plans / targets are achieved. Undertake OHS inspections when required and co-ordinate thorough investigations into incidents and accidents.
• Promote awareness and learning through bulletins, training and workshops to improve staff engagement and the quality of fatigue management.
• Ensure that all accident, incidents and significant close-calls and near misses are reported, investigated and that all lessons learnt from investigations, surveillance and data analysis are disseminated, understood and embedded.
• Assist in developing, communicating and implementing OSH strategies & initiatives, with specific focus on Health & Well-being.
• Develop & deliver or coordinate delivery of H&S Training/Briefings to Staff as required.
• Support the management and maintenance of accurate data from monitoring systems and for reporting progress against agreed workplace Health & Safety KPI.

Experience Required

• NEBOSH General Certificate
• Experienced in OHS management including understanding of legislation, issues, policies, procedures and practicalities within the infrastructure or construction industry.
• Competent in assessment techniques such as fatigue, health & capability assessments.
• Experienced in Behavioural based safety, health & well-being techniques.
• Competent in development and delivering training and workshops for all levels of staff.

Desirable would be IOSH accredited