Health And Safety Advisor - Field Based Midlands and South East of England

As a Health & Safety Advisor at Bensons for Beds, you will ensure that effective risk assessments and mitigations are in place and reviewed to the company policy, including SOPRA, COSHH, Manual Handing, Noise, DSE and other statutory requirements. As well as this, you will also:

• Ensuring company systems for reporting and responding to accidents, dangerous occurrences, near misses are implemented and embedded.
• Implementing testing arrangements for emergency response and fire systems
• Maintaining relevant KPIs and information on Health and Safety matters
• Liaising with internal management providing advice and guidance.
• Carrying out internal audits and inspections
• Ensuring the contractor management process is adhered to
• Championing a strong safety culture based on everyone going home safe every day
• Opportunity for development for the right candidate

We are looking for an experienced Health and Safety Adviser with the following skills, experience and attributes to be successful in this role:

• Experience of working within multisite distribution/retail or similar environment preferred
• NEBOSH Certificate (or equivalent) as a minimum
• Full, clean driving licence as this role will require travel to our various sites
• Confiedent in challenging behavious as well as leading by example.
• Excellent communicator with great influencing skills & able to build exceptional working relationships across all levels.
• Strong administrative and organisation skills as this role will require you to manage your own workload effectively

In return for your contribution to the team’s performance, we offer the opportunity to join a professional friendly and supportive team in a business committed to the safety and wellbeing of our colleagues, a competitive base salary of £45-50k p.a, plus
all these extra benefits:

• Car allowance of £6k p.a.
• Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
• *Medicash - cashback options for Health and Wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more)
• Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness
• *Pension scheme – provided by Legal & General
• *BUPA Private Healthcare
• *Discounted Gym membership
• *Cycle to Work scheme
• Annual leave buy & sell scheme – you can top up your 31* day holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you (*incl b/hols)
• *Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
• Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
• Career progression – access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds
• *Long service awards and ‘Love to Shop’ voucher rewards to spend as you like

(*qualifying periods apply)

We're Bensons for Beds! We put Sleep Wellness™ at the heart of everything we do. With 100 years of experience in sourcing the best quality beds, frames and mattresses, at Bensons we understand how to design the perfect, tailored sleep experience. We have 170+ locations and employ c 1800 colleagues. Under new ownership of Alteri Investors we have an ambitious 3 year plan to grow the business further and achieve our mission of becoming the market leading bed retailer with a strong omnichannel presence.

If you love working with a great team, engaging with a variety of challenges and sharing your expertise, then click now to apply to join us!