Health and Safety Advisor

Location: Birmingham.

Salary / Benefits:

£45,000 - £50,000 plus car / car allowance, hybrid working & package

Company Information:

An experienced provider of infrastructure services and safety / training solutions are seeing to take on a Health & Safety Advisor to manage H&S processes, raise awareness and best practice in H&S operationally within the rail division.

The successful candidate will have:

• Previous experience of holding a similar role in the rail sector
• Confidence in interacting with staff across all departments within the Company, clients and third parties.
• Experience of working within a site-based environment on Rail/construction projects.
• Experience of internal auditing
• Hold a professional qualification ie. NEBOSH General / Construction Certificate (or equivalent)
• be a member of IOSH
• Holder of an Internal Auditing Qualification
• TopSet Investigation trained or equivalent

Desirable

• Working towards CMIOSH.
• Ideally hold NEBOSH Environmental Management Certificate or equivalent
• Experience of Environmental & Social Values and Sustainability & Carbon Footprint reporting

Responsibilities of the Role:

• Act as deputy to the Head of Health & Safety in representing the company at External, Client and Stakeholder meetings.
• Build and maintain professional relationships with clients, principal contractors and industry businesses to understand safety strategies.
• Supporting the management of KPIs, identifying trends and concerns.
• Proactively managing continuous improvement strategies to strengthen understanding of how we can be better.
• Provide a single point of contact for the client to feedback on safety and competency matters
• Take ownership of developing a programme of site visits, ensuring all sites are visited/audited
• Complete accident/incident investigations to include immediate, underlying and root causes accompanied by an appropriate remedial action plan.
• Conduct regular visits to depots to carry out inspections and deliver safety awareness briefings, standdowns and training.
• Ensure all site incidents/accidents are investigated and documented with reports, statements and evidence. Attendance on site where appropriate to conduct investigations and reports etc.
• Quick resolution of any safety issues/concerns on site if possible
• Provide feedback to all stakeholders on lessons learnt from incidents and accidents
• Work closely with the Head of Health and Safety in developing the company's policies, processes and procedures
• Check that the client has safe systems and working practices and highlight any concerns to the Head of Health and Safety.
• Knowledge and understanding of delivering a Behaviour Based Safety Programme
• For further information and to apply for this role get in touch with a copy of your CV

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