Health & Safety Advisor in Edithmead, Somerset

Abatec are recruiting a Health & Safety Advisor for a local manufacturing business. Reporting to the Quality Manager, you’ll help drive health, safety and environmental standards across four manufacturing sites and site teams, ensuring compliance, improving safety and building a proactive safety culture.

• £38,000 - £45,000 per annum, depending on experience
• Based in Highbridge, with regular travel to Weston Super Mare
• Monday – Friday, 0900-1700

About the role

• Support and coordinate health, safety and working environment activities across a multi-site manufacturing operation
• Maintain compliance with UK health & safety legislation, HSE guidance, industry standards and insurance requirements, keeping policies, systems and documentation up to date.
• Support managers in developing, implementing and reviewing risk assessments, Safe Systems of Work and site safety standards, providing guidance to help keep them suitable and effective.
• Coordinate accident, incident and near-miss reporting, carrying out investigations and root cause analysis and following up on actions.
• Prepare reports for management and the board covering safety performance, trends, incidents and improvement actions.
• Maintain safety action plans, coordinating improvements with managers and tracking progress.
• Support H&S training / inductions and staff, contractor and visitor authorisation processes.

What we need from you

• Driving licence and access to own vehicle, to facilitate the commute between sites in Highbridge and Weston
• Background in a health & safety role within manufacturing or similar high-risk environment
• NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, or equivalent occupational H&S  qualification.
• Experience supporting behavioural safety initiatives and driving lasting culture improvements through employee engagement and management guidance.
• Excellent communication, engagement and influencing skills at operational and senior management level.
• Confident user of Microsoft Office / Microsoft 365.

If you’re ready to put your H&S expertise into practice and make a real difference across a multi-site manufacturing business, we want to hear from you

Apply online, or for further information contact the Abatec Engineering team and speak to Laura Lilley or Janine Robinson

Abatec Ltd is acting as an employment agency on behalf of our client.