Health & Safety Consultant / Health & Safety Advisor

Health & Safety Consultant required for an established UK, Health & Safety consultancy.

We are seeking a home-based Health and Safety Consultant. Ideal location for this role is West Midlands, covering West Midlands, Northwest (Cheshire / Lancashire) and down the western side of England as far as Bristol, with the need for some flexibility on an ad hoc basis to cover a few clients out with the area that may require a little extra travelling or overnight stay.

Job Title; Health & Safety Consultant

Package:A competitive package inclusive of a basic salary of circa £45k dependant on experience and qualifications plus potential commission available, car allowance, pension plus a range of other benefits.

Full time, Permanent role

Start date of asap.

Location:West Midlands, covering West Midlands, Northwest (Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria) and down the western side of England as far as Bristol

Product: Health & Safety consultancy.

Job description:

Health & Safety Consultant

You will work with clients across a broad range of business sectors in your allocated area delivering best-in-class health and safety advice and guidance to ensure their compliance with current UK legislation.

You should have a strong Health & Safety background with experience, appropriate technical and professional qualifications, as well as a strong knowledge of codes of practice / industry standards.

Have strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, organisational, and time management skills which are vital to the role.

Have a strong commitment to delivering exceptional customer service and build vital partnerships with our clients.

Be a strong ambassador, being able to build and maintain excellent and productive relationships with clients and colleagues alike.

You will be offering professional support to employers in many different industry sectors(SME’S, Commercial, Factories, Retail, Care Homes, Golf Courses etc) in the UK. Providing practical and commercial advice on H&S issues.

Key Responsibilities

• In accordance with their contracted services, accurately identify any failings in the client’s management of health and safety. This will be achieved by reviewing their current arrangements and producing an audit report to identify key areas of non-compliance and requiring management intervention with a suitable time framed action plan.
• Supporting each client in all elements of their ongoing compliance with current health and safety legislation and best practice by establishing a tailored safety management system.
• Build and develop good working relationship with your clients and become the first point of contact for any client interaction. As a minimum have a client care call every three months.
• Contributing to the design and development of new added value services, including health and safety training and fire risk assessments.
• Advising clients on standards and best practice affecting their business.
• Provide timely reports and feedback to clients following visits or support calls.
• To act as the health and safety advisor on a rotation basis, via our 24/7 helpline number.

Qualifications & Experience

You should have a strong H&S background with experience, appropriate technical and professional qualifications and a strong knowledge of codes of practice / industry standards.

We are looking for a well-qualified applicant. Ideally:

• Chartered IOSH (CMIOSH)
• ISO45001 lead auditor
• Accredited IOSH trainer
• Fire qualifications - certificate essential, diploma preferred.
• Any other specialisms such as environment, DSEAR, would also be desirable.

As a minimum;

• Be qualified at NEBOSH General/NCRQ/NVQ Level 3
• Hold TechIOSH and actively working towards or be willing to work towards Chartered status, to demonstrate your commitment and passion within your field.
• Ideally have a minimum of two years’ work experience within a front-line health and safety role.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft 365 and other H&S auditing software packages.

• Ideally you will have experience consulting/working in a wide range of industries, eg, SME’S, Commercial, Factories, Retail, Care Homes, Golf Courses etc.

Teamwork and Communication

• Proactively support your colleagues with changing workload and demands.
• To provide a positive and professional image to both internal and external organisations.
• Support our field sales team when requested to assist in securing new business. Proactively seek opportunities to highlight additional services to existing and new clients.
• To share relevant client information, skills, and knowledge with colleagues.
• To deliver training sessions for clients and internal colleagues as appropriate.

This role will require travel in your allocated area on a regular basis to client sites for review appointments. Flexibility to travel as required, some overnights stays will be necessary as on occasions you will be required to work outside your normal area.

Job Title; Health & Safety Consultant

Package:A competitive package inclusive of a basic salary of circa £45k dependant on experience and qualifications plus potential commission available, car allowance, pension plus a range of other benefits.

Full time, Permanent role

Start date of asap.

Location: West Midlands, covering West Midlands, Northwest (Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbia) and down the western side of England as far as Bristol

Product: Health & Safety consultancy.

If you are interested, then forward your CV as a word attachment to Frazer