Job Title
Health and Safety Advisor
Location
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Full-time, site-based
07:30 - 17:00
Salary / Rate
£300 - £330 per day
Outside IR35
LTD / CIS / Self-Employed
About the Role
We are recruiting for an experienced Health and Safety Advisor to join a live earthworks package on a new-build commercial project for a large-scale industrial unit in Lincoln.
This is a 12-week contract starting ASAP, with a clear brief: provide visible, practical, day-to-day health and safety leadership on site during a key phase of mobilisation and delivery.
You will act as the dedicated H&S presence on site, working closely with site management, project leadership and the wider delivery team to maintain standards, monitor compliance, and support safe project execution across an active earthworks environment.
This role will suit someone who is comfortable in a site-based construction or civil engineering setting, can build credibility with operational teams, and is confident balancing compliance, audit readiness and practical problem-solving on a live project.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the dedicated on-site Health and Safety Advisor for the earthworks package
- Support the safe delivery of works on a live construction site
- Oversee day-to-day health and safety compliance across site activities
- Carry out regular site inspections, observations and safety monitoring
- Ensure safe systems of work are understood and followed by site teams
- Maintain health and safety documentation, records and reporting
- Support incident prevention, corrective actions and continuous improvement
- Liaise with site management, supervisors and the Safety Director
- Provide practical H&S guidance within a fast-moving earthworks and industrial build environment
- Support client-facing safety matters where required
- Assist with audit, compliance and CDM-related activities
- Help maintain standards throughout the full programme
Requirements
- Previous experience in a site-based Health and Safety Advisor or similar H&S role
- Strong background in construction, civil engineering or earthworks environments
- Experience supporting safety on live projects
- Good working knowledge of CDM
- Able to work closely with operational teams and site leadership
- NEBOSH
- CSCS
Desirable / Nice-to-Have Background
- Experience on groundworks, bulk earthworks, remediation, civils or infrastructure-led projects
- Background on industrial, commercial build or large-scale site development schemes
- Experience with contractor management, inspections, audits and compliance reporting
- Comfortable dealing with both internal teams and client representatives on site
- Experience reporting into senior H&S leadership or regional/group safety functions
About the Employer / Environment
You will be joining an earthworks contractor delivering works on a large-scale new-build industrial unit. This is a hands-on, site-led contract where the successful person will have genuine ownership of day-to-day H&S standards and will be expected to operate as the main safety point of contact on site, reporting into the Safety Director.
Best-Fit Candidates
This role is likely to suit candidates currently working as:
- Health and Safety Advisor
- Site Safety Advisor
- HSE Advisor
- SHE Advisor
- Health and Safety Officer
- Construction Safety Advisor
- Civils HSE Advisor
- Project H&S Advisor
Useful background contexts for strong matches include:
- Earthworks contractors
- Groundworks contractors
- Civil engineering contractors
- Infrastructure contractors
- Industrial build contractors
- Commercial build main contractors
- Enabling works contractors
- Remediation or site preparation specialists
Candidates may also come from adjacent project environments such as:
- Roads and highways
- Utilities civils
- Rail civils
- Industrial sheds and logistics developments
- Large distribution centres
- Heavy commercial build projects
- Site development and external works packages
Transferable profiles may include people who have delivered H&S support across:
- Bulk excavation
- Cut and fill operations
- Temporary haul roads
- Plant-heavy construction sites
- Principal contractor or subcontractor environments
- CDM-led construction programmes
- Audit, inspection and compliance-led site safety roles
This is likely to be a strong fit for someone who enjoys being visible on site, working closely with delivery teams, and taking ownership of safety standards during a busy live programme.