Health And Safety Advisor

HSQE Advisor – North Region

Salary - £48,000-52,000 plus package

Expensed Vehicle and Fuel Card

Enhanced Pension scheme

34 days holiday (including bank holidays) – can increase with length of service

Death In service- up to 6 x salary

Flexi time (Up to 6 days per year)

Bonus

Development: Investment in personal development and support for professional institution memberships

37.5 hour working week

Are you passionate about creating safer roads and protecting the environment? Join our client as an HSQE Advisor and be part of a team that makes a real difference. They are the UK's #1 Intelligent Traffic Solutions (ITS) provider, maintaining over 40% of the UK’s ITS assets, and are looking for a dedicated professional to help lead the way in traffic solutions. This is a regional role looking after 6 depots 4 in Scotland one in Leeds and one in Manchester.

Why this opportunity?

• Impact: Their technology keeps millions of motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists moving safely every day.

• Innovation: They design and manufacture our own traffic control equipment and technology at their state-of-the-art facility in Poole, Dorset.

• Leadership: We’re the magic behind the scenes, responsible for installing and maintaining traffic controllers, signals, and other traffic products across the UK.

Your Role

As an HSQE Advisor, you’ll be based in Northern England or Central Scotland. You’ll support the management team and the wider HSQE team both locally and nationally, ensuring that health, safety, quality, and environmental standards are met and exceeded.

You will ideally be located in the Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle Region and able to travel within Northern England and Scotland and possibly the occasional visit to Belfast!

You will report in to the Group Head of H&S – you will be treated with respect and as an adult and will be trusted to get on with the job. You will have autonomy to organise your own diary and will be required to get to all depots in the region 1 or 2 times per month so travel is essential and you have to be prepared to do that. You will be supporting the Project Delivery Teams during their briefings from a H&S standpoint and must be on site and / or online to be able to do that. In reality you will be based from a regional depot / home 2 days per weeks and travelling around the region the remainder of the time.

• Location: Northern England or Central Scotland

• Travel: Regular travel across the region with occasional overnight stays

Key Responsibilities

• Risk Management: Support and facilitate effective and proportionate management of HSQE across the North Region.

• Relationship Building: Develop positive and proactive business relationships with all stakeholders.

• Technical Support: Provide technical advice, coaching, training, and support delivery of risk management programs.

• Continuous Improvement: Monitor and improve implementation of risk assessments, work instructions, and KPIs.

• Incident Management: Support accident, incident, and near-miss investigations, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.

• Compliance: Assist in maintaining ISO and FORS (Fleet Operators Recognition Scheme) accreditation and support internal and external audits.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience: Recent and demonstrable experience as an HSQE Advisor.

• Qualifications: Level 3 qualification in health and safety (essential); Level 6 (preferred).

• Skills: Excellent communication, proactive support, and ability to act as a role model.

• Expertise: Subject matter expert with specialist advice and support capabilities.

• Professional Membership: Membership of an appropriate professional body; Chartered membership (desirable).

How to Apply:

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