Middle Health & Safety Advisor

Health & Safety Advisor.

West Sussex/ full time / £35000 - £45000 per Year

Becky Yeates APPLY NOW BACK TO VACANCIES Our client is seeking a hands on Health & Safety Advisor to Support the business by maintaining practical, compliant safe systems of work; carrying out risk assessments, inspections and investigations; delivering H&S training and communications; and ensuring actions are closed out to continually improve performance. This would suit someone who is confident working in all areas including the shopfloor/factory and engaging with employees and managers, to drive practical safety improvements.

• Act as a competent point of contact for H&S matters across all the clients locations
• Carry out regular site inspections / safety tours; record findings, agree corrective actions with managers, and follow through to completion.
• Complete and review risk assessments, COSHH assessments and safe systems of work; ensure they are practical and used in day-to-day operations.
• Support incident / near miss investigations (including root cause analysis); produce clear written reports and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Deliver and coordinate H&S inductions, toolbox talks and briefings; develop clear training materials suited to factory and office colleagues.
• Support emergency preparedness (e.g., procedures, drills, fire and evacuation exercises) and document outcomes and actions.
• Maintain H&S records and performance data (e.g., inspections, actions, training, incidents) and provide updates for management reporting.
• Work closely with Production, Maintenance and other teams to improve safe working methods and equipment safety.

Support any additional reasonable H&S tasks and projects as required by the business. Experience

• Proven experience in a Health & Safety advisory role within a manufacturing / operational environment.
• Experience conducting risk assessments, COSHH assessments, inspections and incident investigations with clear written reporting.
• Experience delivering H&S inductions, toolbox talks and practical training to mixed workforces (factory and office).
• Confidence working with leaders and supervisors to influence safe behaviours and drive action closure.

Desirable:

• Explicit woodworking risk management (LEV, wood dust, DSEAR).
• Fire safety governance (Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005).
• Contractor & permit-to-work systems.
• Health surveillance programme coordination.
• ISO 45001 internal auditing.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) - essential; working towards NEBOSH Diploma - desirable.
• IOSH Managing Safely - desirable.
• Strong working knowledge of UK H&S legislation (e.g., HASAWA, Management Regs, PUWER, LOLER, COSHH, Fire Safety).
• Excellent communication skills: able to explain requirements in plain language and build rapport across all staff levels.
• Ability to make sound, real-time safety decisions and escalate appropriately.
• Organised and detail-focused with strong follow-up to ensure actions are completed.
• Competent in Microsoft Office; able to maintain logs, reports and basic performance dashboards.