Health and Safety Consultant in Birmingham, West Midlands

A reputable employee-owned health & safety consultancy is seeking a Health and Safety Consultant to conduct inspections, reports and risk assessments in relation to fire risk and DSEAR. The Health and Safety Consultant will have strong experience in health and safety management, have a thorough understanding of related legislation, and have excellent communication skills. In addition, the Health and Safety Consultant will ideally have previous experience with DSEAR, have NEBOSH or similar qualifications, and have excellent reporting and analytical skills. You must be willing to travel to customer sites. This is a hybrid role and can be based anywhere in the Midlands.

Applications from ex-military personnel are strongly encouraged

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivering a high-quality service which ensures that services meet our client’s requirements and health and safety obligations
• Visiting clients to introduce workloads and complete risk assessments for: DSEAR, ATEX, Fire and Legionella.
• There may be an opportunity to train further in Occupational Hygiene Consultancy including noise, air sampling and exposure monitoring.
• Writing detailed and comprehensive reports with Hazardous Area Classification calculations and Risk Assessments (please note full training will be given in this area).
• Developing action plans and talking these through with the client
• Confident to undertake needs analysis and safety management system audits
• Positively engaging with our client and developing, growing, and maintaining our relationships

Knowledge, skills and qualifications:

Essential:

• Have strong experience in health and safety management
• Thorough understanding of health and safety legislation
• Excellent communication skills both in written and verbal forms
• Good problem solving, IT, negotiating, financial, and numeracy management skills
• Willingness to travel

Desirables:

• NEBOSH Qualifications / IOSH Membership
• Have experience in DSEAR and Hazardous Areas
• Experience with Legionella, Fire Risk
• Noise, Air sampling and Exposure Monitoring

Salary: £45,000 to £50,000 DOE

Benefits: Training, car allowance, mileage, expenses covered, additional Employee Ownership Trust benefits