Health and Safety Advisor in Peterborough

Circa £50,000 Depending on skills and experience per annum + Car Allowance. Full time/37 hrs a week/permanent. Location: Can be based at one of our sites in either Lincoln, Grantham, Huntingdon, Norfolk, Peterborough or Cambridge. Anglian Water embraces a flexible working approach. This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working, with an average of 3 days per week being onsite across the Anglian Water region.

At Anglian Water we are readying ourselves to begin delivery of our biggest ever capital and operational maintenance programmes in AMP8. Across our region we'll see population growth of around 700,000 people and more demand than ever before from businesses. Anglian Water is at the forefront of enabling this growth - something we're excited about and proud to play such a fundamental role in. Central to our values at Anglian Water is safety. As we start this new chapter, we'll be working together with colleagues and partners to keep safety at the cornerstone of everything we do.

As a result of our continued growth, we are expanding our Safety Team and are looking for additional Safety Advisor to support the business with the role available based in Lincoln, Grantham, Huntingdon, Norfolk, Peterborough or Cambridge. In this role, you will provide professional and authoritative safety services, offering specialist advice across all areas of safety focusing on capital delivery and contractor engagement. Your expertise will be essential in enabling our managers, employees, and partner contractors to adhere to Anglian Water's comprehensive health and safety policies, procedures, and practices.

Join us in our mission to maintain the highest standards of safety and compliance across our operations.

As a valued employee you'll be entitled to:

• Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
• Personal private health care
• Annual bonus scheme
• 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion
• Life Cover at 8x your salary
• Personal Accident cover - up to 5x your salary
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
• Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme
• Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parks
• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paternity / partner pay. Opportunity for shared parental pay.

What you'll be doing:

• Support Capital Delivery teams to ensure all construction activities, including civil engineering works, are planned and delivered safely and in compliance with statutory and organisational health and safety requirements.
• Provide proactive health and safety leadership across Delivery Route construction teams.
• Drive continuous improvement in safety performance in the construction activities across Anglian Water and Partner Contractors.
• Promote a positive safety culture through visible presence, coaching, and engagement.
• Partner with Delivery Route Teams to ensure works are planned and delivered safely, compliantly, and in line with CDM and company standards.
• Identify, assess, and influence control of health and safety risks associated with complex and high-risk construction activities.
• Deliver assurance through inspections, audits, and contractor engagement, driving continuous improvement in safety outcomes.
• Provide appropriate expert, timely (reactive and proactive), cost effective and practicable advice and guidance to managers and employees on safety matters in order to comply with legal and moral health and safety standards.
• Support and influence front line managers & staff to ensure that they understand and adhere to appropriate practices consistent with current legislation and industry best practice.
• Resolve enquiries received from customers (both internal and external) and respond as necessary.
• Provide appropriate and targeted support on procedures and guidance to managers and employees.
• Work with other safety professionals to ensure a consistent approach to safety and share best practice across the business.
• Review business unit performance and provide support and direction to identify areas requiring development and improvement.
• Carry out detailed investigations and report on significant accidents, incidents and near misses.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with partner contractors to develop initiatives and common standards to raise H&S performance.

What does it take to be successful?

• Proven experience enforcing and improving safety standards within a construction, civil engineering or maintenance environment.
• Strong practical understanding of CDM Regulations, with the ability to drive compliance and improve safety outcomes.
• Proven expertise in providing H&S oversight on large scale capital projects and ongoing site maintenance operations.
• Exceptional capability in supporting contractor management systems, risk mitigation strategies (including CDM compliance / High-Risk Work Activities), and fostering a collaborative Safety culture across multidisciplinary contractor workforces.
• Full UK Driving Licence due to the regular travel across the region.
• Applicants must live within the Anglian Water Region due to the nature of the role and the travel required.
• Ideally NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent (or having embarked on/part way through the course).
• Member of IOSH (Tech IOSH/MIOSH or Grad IOSH).
• NEBOSH Certificate as a minimum.
• Flexible in responding to customer needs and safety team demands.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Inclusion at Anglian Water: Don't meet every requirement on the job advert? Please still apply! Having a wealth of people from different backgrounds and with different experiences introduces new ways of thinking which transforms how we work. Challenging our thinking and decision-making helps us to continually improve. It also better reflects our region and the customers and communities that we serve every single day. Even if you are not successful for this particular role, your application could open other opportunities.

Closing date: 10/08/2026