Health and Safety Advisor

Wickford, United Kingdom | Posted on 09/24/2025

Join Our Team at Plantexpand – Health andSafety Advisor Wanted!

Are you ready to take your career to the next level witha forward-thinking, innovative company? Plantexpand is your gateway to anexciting career in vehicle and plant repairs, maintenance, and fleetmanagement. As a trusted partner to some of the UK’s most recognised names,including Thames Water, Openreach, UKPN, Cadent, SGN, Enterprise, and the AA,we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional service, fostering lastingrelationships, and ensuring customer satisfaction.

We are looking for a Health and Safety Advisor to joinourteam on a full-time, permanent basis.

Requirements

Responsibilities Include:

• Supportdevelopment, review, and continual improvement of the company’s H&Sand environmental management systems, ensuring alignment with ISO 45001,ISO 14001, ISO 9001 and relevant legislation.
• Assistin defining H&S strategy, objectives and key performance indicators(KPIs), and contribute to management reviews.
• Participatein benchmarking exercises to compare safety performance with industrypeers and apply lessons learnt.
• Providetechnical input to tenders, bids and client proposals from a health &safety compliance perspective.
• Conductand maintain risk assessments, method statements (RAMS), safe systems ofwork, job hazard analyses, and permit-to-work schemes, especially forworkshop, field, and mobile operations.
• Undertakeroutine inspections (workshops, plant, vehicle maintenance depots,mobile/in-field sites) and safety walkabouts to identify hazards,non-conformities, and propose corrective/preventive measures.
• Monitorlegislative and standards changes (HSE, UK law, industry best practice)and ensure company policies, procedures and training are updatedaccordingly.
• Ensurelegal registers and compliance matrices are current, including machinerysafety, hazardous substances (COSHH), manual handling, noise, vibration,etc.
• Lead/co-leadinvestigations into accidents, incidents, near misses, and dangerousoccurrences; perform root cause analysis and recommend robust correctiveand follow-up actions.
• OverseeRIDDOR and other statutory reporting obligations, liaising with HSE orother regulatory bodies where required.
• Maintainincident databases, extract trend data and produce analysis to informmanagement and drive continuous improvement.

Audit, Monitoring& Assurance

• Plan,execute and manage internal and third-party audits of H&S complianceacross operations, including client site audits.
• Trackaudit findings, non-conformities, corrective action implementation, andmaintain closure.
• Prepareregular management reporting (dashboards, KPI reports, trend analysis) forsenior leadership, clients, and audit reviews.

Training,Communication & Culture

• Develop,deliver and coordinate H&S training programmes (induction, toolboxtalks, refresher, specialist topics) tailored to workshop, field, andmobile staff.
• Buildawareness campaigns, safety communication (newsletters, bulletin boards,intranet), promoting a culture of safety ownership.
• Serveas a point of contact for H&S queries from employees, clients,contractors, and engineers.
• Engage,support, and coordinate with safety representatives, site supervisors, andsubcontractors to embed safety practices.

StakeholderEngagement & External Liaison

• RepresentPlantexpand in health & safety forums, client audits, regulatoryinspections, and external stakeholder meetings (e.g. HSE, clients,industry bodies).
• Collaboratewith other functions (operations, HR, technical) to ensure H&S isintegrated into business planning, projects, maintenance, and procurementdecisions.
• Providetechnical advice in contracts and works packages (e.g. on safe working,site conditions, access, temporary works).

Travel & FieldSupport

• Regulartravel to client, workshop, and remote sites to support site safetyreviews, inspections, investigations, and audits.
• Occasionallyaccompany client or regulatory visits and act as the company’srepresentative on H&S matters.

Other Duties

• Performad hoc H&S tasks as required or assigned by H&S Manager or seniorleadership.
• Maintainown professional development (CPD), attend industry forums, seminars, andcontribute to knowledge-sharing within the business.

PersonSpecification :

• Strong analytical, problem-solving anddecision-making skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentationand communication skills (able to convey technical matters to variedaudiences).
• Influencing skills and the ability topersuade stakeholders at all levels.
• Resilience, assertiveness and ability tomanage resistance or conflict.
• Strong organisational skills, able toprioritise, manage multiple initiatives and meet deadlines.
• IT literacy: Microsoft Office (Excel,Word, PowerPoint), data analysis, H&S software/systems.
• Ability to work independently as well ascollaboratively within a team.
• Self-motivated, proactive, with a“can-do” attitude and an eye for detail.
• Full valid UK driving licence (as travelbetween sites is required).

Experience& Knowledge

• Substantial experience in health &safety / EHS (environment, health & safety) roles, ideally in heavyengineering, maintenance, plant/vehicle, or similar sectors.
• Proven track record in conducting riskassessments, audits, incident investigation, safety training, compliancemanagement.
• Good understanding of UK health &safety legislation, HSE regulations and industry codes of practice
• Experience in managing relationshipswith regulators, clients, sub-contractors and third parties.
• Exposure to safety management inmobile/field operations, workshops, mechanical/engineering environment.
• Experience in preparing safety reports,dashboards, KPIs and communicating performance to senior management.

Qualifications& Certifications

• NEBOSH National/International Diploma(or equivalent) or other comparable advanced health & safetyqualification.
• IOSH Chartered or working towardchartered status (or equivalent membership in relevant professional body).

Perks and Benefits:

• Competitivesalary with a discretionary annual bonus.
• Ongoingtraining to support your career growth.
• Referralprogram and stand-out benefits for standout performance.
• Dayshifts (Monday to Friday) for work-life balance.
• Comprehensivetraining programs fully funded by the company.
• Company-sponsoredsocial events to foster team engagement.
• Freeflu jabs.

Hours of this role are Monday to Friday, 08:00-17:30pm.

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