Job Role: Health and Safety Advisor
Job Type: Permanent
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary:£36,000-£44,000 per annum
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Portsmouth
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Hythe Engineering for a Health and Safety Advisor to join our dynamic team during a period of significant growth. Hythe Engineering, operating within the marine engineering sector, is situated in Portsmouth Naval Base. This newly created role will play a crucial part in supporting the Facilities Function.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conducting new risk assessments for processes and review and update existing ones.
- To provide expert, professional health and safety advice, guidance, and support to all interested parties.
- Assist in accident investigation processes.
- To support the company in ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation.
- Work in collaboration with operational departments to ensure all activities have been adequately risk assessed, with safe systems of work been agreed, communicated, and understood.
- Support operational departments in ensuring COSHH compliance including the maintenance of the company COSHH register.
- Assist with and/or complete regular formal safety inspections and internal ISO audits as required across all locations and operations.
- Manage and maintain relevant documentation including audit reports, accident reports, etc.
- Deliver workplace Toolbox Talks
Skills and Experience:
- 4-10 years in a similar role, such as Health and Safety Advisor, H&S Officer or HSE Officer
- A good understanding of COSHH and GHS
- Strong communicator and the ability to positively influence others.
- Previous experience of working in a welding manufacturing or warehouse environment
- Solid experience conducting and reviewing risk assessments.
- Strong interpersonal skills, comfortable with training, conflict management and approaching challenging situations.
- NEBOSH General Certificate as a minimum.
- Computer literacy is essential, with good knowledge of Microsoft office packages.
- A self-starter, proactive, prepared to take the initiative and work without direct supervision.
- Passionate about building trust, working as part of a team, and driving results.
Requirements:
- Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). For our early careers roles, you must be able to achieve BPSS and many of them require you to be eligible for Security Clearance.
Benefits:
- Employer pension contributions
- Holiday entitlement plus bank holidays
- Company sick pay
Ready to submit your application?
Please send us a CV and cover letter explaining why you think you’d be a good fit to hr@hythegroup.com