Health and Safety Advisor

Health and Safety Advisor

Edinburgh | £55,000 + Car Allowance and Excellent Benefits

Are you passionate about making a real impact on health and safety within construction? This is your opportunity to join a leading Principal Contractor as their new Health and Safety Advisor across a strong portfolio of projects in Edinburgh. The role will involve driving safety standards across several major projects in the area.

We are partnering with an industry leader dedicated to delivering excellence across the region. With ambitious growth plans and a strong commitment to health and safety, this role is perfect for someone looking to shape their career while fostering safer work environments.

Responsibilities of the Health and Safety Advisor will include:

Working with site teams and contractors, coaching and implementing Health and Safety policies and procedures on site, ensuring compliance and keeping updated with key changes to legislation
Visiting site and engaging with managers, ensuring responsibilities are clear and answering technical Health and Safety related enquires
Conducting audits, inspections, and accident investigations.
Constantly seeking areas for improvement and development in Health and Safety performance
Engaging with the client and other external stakeholders, acting as a key point of contact The successful Health and Safety Advisor will have:

Experience in a similar role ideally within construction
Hold a NEBOSH Certificate and ideally a member of IOSH
Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
Good communication skills with the ability to communicate with a broad range of stakeholders This position will require a self-starter who can lead by example and hit the ground running. Contact Luke O'Driscoll on or (phone number removed). Job Ref: LOD4667.

Irwin and Colton are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company, based in the South East of England we recruit across the UK. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and safety Director through to Health and Safety Advisor positions.

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