Health And Safety Advisor in Manchester

The Health, Safety and Wellbeing of all our colleagues, contractors, and visitors comes first in everything we do. "We Care" is one of our values and we want colleagues to go home as fit and healthy as they came to work.

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Health and Safety Advisor to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating and implementing health and safety policies and systems, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, and promoting a culture of safety within our organisation.

About Your Role

As the Health and Safety Advisor, you will be the go-to person for all things Health and Safety and will play an instrumental role in driving the ongoing overall Safety culture. Reporting into the Head of Property & Facilities, you will coordinate on all aspects of our Health and Safety framework across all our sites; including our HQ in Salford and Data Centres. We also have a team of Field Engineers who routinely work in telecom exchanges throughout the country. Working alongside our Health and Safety consultants, you will be someone who is enthusiastic about making a difference to the safety culture and build outstanding relationships within the business to facilitate this.

Key Responsibilities

• Health and Safety Policies and Systems: Review and implement our health and safety policy and procedures, risk assessments and systems to ensure compliance with legal requirements and best practices.
• Accident, near miss and incident response: Respond promptly to health and safety incidents, triaging investigations, implementing corrective actions and escalate as required.
• Liaison with Consultants: Work closely with external health and safety consultants to ensure compliance and address any issues.
• Communication with colleagues: Working closely with our Internal Communications team, ensure timely and engaging communications to influence and change safety behaviour.
• DSE Assessments and Reasonable Adjustments: Assess and review Display Screen Equipment (DSE) assessments and provide reasonable adjustments and support for colleagues.
• PEEPS and First Aid Support: Develop and implement Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPS) and provide support as needed.
• Coordination of First Aid and Fire Wardens: Schedule and manage training programs, maintain sufficient numbers for each site and coordinate communication.
• Training of for all colleagues: Ensure that training is carried out by colleagues and, as required, support teams to ensure additional training needs are met.
• Driver Licence and Safety Checks: Conduct regular driver licence and safety checks to ensure compliance with company policies and legal requirements.
• Coordination of occupational health assessments: Working alongside our Occupational Health Provider and People Services Team to schedule, coordinate and follow up on assessments.

What will make you successful in your role?

• Hold, or to working towards a current NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent.
• Proven experience in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of current health and safety legislation and best practices.
• A great relationship builder and able to influence safety behaviour across the business.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• A keen eye for detail and accuracy in work.
• Experience of working managing supplier relationships and performance.
• An understanding of and safety in electrical/telecoms installations.
• Proven experience on continuous process improvement.

How we look after our employees

• This role will be considered on a part-time or full time basis.
• Our brand new "Flex30" benefit, launched in January 2025, which gives you an additional 30 hours of leave every year for you to use how you wish.
• Our hybrid working policy offers you flexibility to work from home 40% of the time, with the other 60% connecting with your colleagues in one of our fantastic, accessible and collaborative office spaces.
• A starting holiday allowance of 25 days holiday and up to 10 extra days leave via our holiday purchase scheme.
• Free private healthcare for all employees, competitive pension scheme and the opportunity to earn bonus.
• Free broadband for all employees plus gifts for major life events such as marriages and births.
• Flexible salary sacrifice scheme including dental, gym and much more, plus a huge range of shopping and leisure discounts so you can save even more cash.
• A range of inclusive employee networks to help integrate employees into life at PXC.

At PXC, we know that diversity means success and innovation. We want our workplace to reflect the communities and customers we serve. Being inclusive is part of our DNA; we are all 100% human, and we create a culture where you can truly be yourself.

We are also not your usual 9-5. We are a dynamic workplace and we want to talk to you about how you like to work.

PXC is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. We are committed to providing a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment.