At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide Health & Safety advice, conduct site inspections, and promote a safety culture.
- Company: Leading utilities contractor focused on essential infrastructure projects.
- Benefits: £42,000 salary, company car or allowance, ongoing training, and career progression.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for professional development and collaboration.
- Why this job: Join a supportive team making a real impact in the water sector across Scotland.
- Qualifications: NEBOSH-qualified with experience in health and safety within utilities.
The predicted salary is between 41000 - 41000 £ per year.
Are you a NEBOSH-qualified Health & Safety Advisor with utilities or water industry experience? Do you thrive in a hands-on role carrying out site inspections, audits and supporting teams on live projects?
Location: Perth/Dundee (covering sites across Scotland)
Salary: £42,000 + Company Car or Car Allowance
Job Type: Permanent
A leading utilities contractor is looking to appoint a Health & Safety Advisor to support operations across Scotland. Working predominantly within the water sector, you will play a key role in promoting a positive health and safety culture, ensuring legislative compliance and supporting operational teams across multiple sites. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Health & Safety professional looking to join a well-established business delivering essential infrastructure projects.
Key Responsibilities- Provide competent Health & Safety advice and support to operational teams across multiple sites.
- Carry out regular site inspections, audits and workplace assessments, identifying areas for improvement and ensuring corrective actions are implemented.
- Promote a proactive safety culture through coaching, mentoring and engagement with site personnel.
- Support incident investigations, producing reports and ensuring lessons learned are communicated across the business.
- Ensure compliance with current Health & Safety legislation, company policies and client requirements.
- Assist with the development and review of risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
- Monitor Health & Safety performance, identifying trends and recommending improvements.
- Liaise with managers, clients and subcontractors to maintain high standards of Health & Safety performance.
- Support internal and external audits where required.
To be considered, you should have:
- Experience working as a Health & Safety Advisor within utilities, ideally the water industry.
- A NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent).
- A valid CSCS Card.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
- Experience carrying out site inspections, audits and supporting operational teams on live construction or utilities projects.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- The ability to work independently while managing a regional workload across Scotland.
- Previous experience within the water sector.
- Experience within wider utilities or energy infrastructure.
- Experience delivering Health & Safety training.
- ISO 45001 Internal Auditor qualification.
- Membership of IOSH (or working towards).
- Company car or car allowance.
- Opportunity to work on essential utility infrastructure projects across Scotland.
- Ongoing training and professional development.
- Supportive and collaborative working environment with genuine career progression opportunities.
