Health and Safety Advisor

Are you a hands-on Health & Safety professional looking for a role where you can genuinely shape and improve safety standards on a growing pharmaceutical manufacturing site?

Our client is an innovative organisation operating in a regulated pharmaceutical environment. They're seeking a proactive Health & Safety Advisor to strengthen and continually improve its onsite SHE systems.

This is a practical, operational role suited to someone who enjoys being visible on the shop floor, embedding safe systems of work, and driving positive safety behaviours.

The Role
As the Health & Safety Advisor, you will support the safe, compliant, and efficient operation of a specialist manufacturing facility. You'll be responsible for developing, implementing, and sustaining Safety, Health, and Environmental systems across the site.

This is not a people management role; instead, you will take full ownership of SHE processes and deliver improvements directly.

Key Responsibilities

Provide competent H&S advice, maintain the site SHE management system, identify risks, track legislative changes, and support incident investigations.
Create and maintain Risk Assessments, COSHH Assessments, Safe Systems of Work, Permit to Work arrangements, and LOTO procedures. Support safe management of maintenance, utilities, plant rooms, and contractor activities.
Participate in SHE inspections and audits, manage action tracking, support statutory compliance (fire safety, pressure systems, LEV, electrical), and assist during external audits or regulatory visits.
Produce and maintain SHE procedures, templates, registers, and controlled documentation. Ensure all records comply with Good Documentation Practice.
Deliver inductions, toolbox talks, and safety briefings. Provide practical guidance to staff and contractors and promote a positive safety culture.
Support contractor onboarding, RAMS review, Permits to Work, inductions, and onsite compliance monitoring. Ensure safe close-out of contractor activities.About you

Essential

NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent)
Experience in a Health & Safety advisory role
Strong knowledge of UK H&S legislation
Proven ability to produce risk assessments, COSHH, SSOW, PTW and LOTO systems
Experience supporting contractor safety
Strong communication skills and a practical, hands-on approach
Ability to work independently and manage workload effectivelyDesirable

Experience in manufacturing, engineering, pharmaceutical or regulated environments
Familiarity with GMP
NEBOSH Diploma (or working towards)
IOSH membership
Experience with audits and document-controlled systems

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy