Health And Safety Advisor

Job description

Health & Safety Advisor

Woking

Permanent

£50,000

We are recruiting a Health & Safety Advisor to join a purpose‑led organisation within its shared services division, operating across manufacturing, field services and retail environments. This is a highly visible role supporting multiple UK businesses and working closely with operational leadership to drive practical, proportionate and commercially minded health & safety improvements.

The Health & Safety Advisor will be responsible for:

• Providing professional H&S support across manufacturing sites, retail locations and field‑based operations, with a particular focus on driving uplift at developing sites.
• Advising, influencing and coaching managers and leaders to embed consistent, compliant and effective health & safety standards.
• Reviewing, developing and improving risk assessments, safe systems of work, policies and procedures, ensuring both compliance and practicality.
• Supporting incident investigation, reporting and performance metrics, with an emphasis on learning, action closure and continuous improvement.

The Health & Safety Advisor will have:

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) as a minimum.
• Proven experience in a hands‑on Health & Safety role across varied operational environments (e.g. Manufacturing, engineering, field services or similar).
• Strong communication skills, with the confidence and credibility to engage frontline teams and present effectively to senior leaders.
• Experience with Legionella management and control (desirable), alongside a proactive, collaborative mindset focused on improvement rather than blame.

Vacancy Reference: PR/029154

Vacancy Owner: Mike Roebuck | mike.roebuck@shirleyparsons.com | (+44) 1296 611328 | (+44) 7967 308455

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Woking

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

08-05-2026

Profession type

Retail

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English