Health & Safety Advisor in Poole
Posted by Holt Engineering
Poole, Dorset
Health & Safety Advisor salary: £50,000 – £55,000
Please note: only applicants with the full-time, permanent right to work in the UK will be considered.
Health & Safety Advisor Overview:
✅ Take day-to-day ownership of H&S activity across two busy operational sites
✅ Maintain a visible site presence, identifying risks and improving standards
✅ Manage risk assessments, RAMS, COSHH, incidents, audits and H&S documentation
✅ Support fire safety, DSEAR, vehicle movements, lifting activity and ISO 45001 progression
✅ Join an established business with a structured handover and ongoing support
This Health & Safety Advisor role is with a long-established operational business in Poole, supporting a busy environment involving vehicle movements, forklifts, transport activity, lifting operations and hazardous substances. The Health & Safety Advisor will have a strong presence across the operation, working closely with employees and managers to identify risks, improve standards and develop a positive safety culture.
This is primarily a hands-on Health & Safety position rather than a wider compliance role. The Health & Safety Advisor will have autonomy over day-to-day H&S activity while reporting into the wider Compliance and Risk function.
The Health & Safety Advisor role
As Health & Safety Advisor, you’ll spend significant time out across the operation rather than working solely from a desk. You’ll carry out site walks, investigate incidents, review procedures, deliver inductions and work with teams to resolve issues before they become larger problems.
The business wants someone who can challenge unsafe practices when necessary while remaining approachable and practical. The Health & Safety Advisor will need to build trust across the workforce and help people understand why changes are needed rather than relying purely on enforcement.
Day-to-day responsibilities of a Health & Safety Advisor
- Carry out regular site walks, inspections and safety observations
- Review and maintain risk assessments, RAMS, COSHH assessments and safe working procedures
- Support DSEAR requirements and safe management of flammable or hazardous substances
- Take a leading role in fire prevention and wider fire safety activity
- Monitor H&S around forklifts, transport, workplace vehicles and lifting operations
- Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses and complete RIDDOR reporting where required
- Track actions following incidents, inspections and audits through to closure
- Deliver H&S inductions and support ongoing employee safety training
- Coordinate and contribute to regular H&S meetings
- Carry out internal audits and support progress towards ISO 45001
- Maintain awareness of ISO 14001 and wider management system requirements
- Review and improve H&S policies, procedures and supporting documentation
- Produce clear reports and provide updates to management on risks and improvement activity
- Previous Health & Safety or SHE experience within a busy operational environment
- Experience with risk assessments, RAMS and COSHH
- Confident investigating accidents, incidents and near misses
- Understanding of RIDDOR and formal incident reporting requirements
- Knowledge of fire safety and practical fire prevention measures
- Comfortable working around forklifts, transport, vehicle movements or lifting operations
- Experience carrying out internal audits and supporting management systems
- Knowledge of ISO 45001 or involvement in implementation activity
- Able to write and improve H&S policies and procedures
- Confident delivering inductions, toolbox talks or employee safety training
- Strong communicator who can work effectively with both operational staff and management
- DSEAR awareness or experience working around flammable substances
- ISO 14001 exposure
- Background in manufacturing, automotive, logistics, recycling, warehousing or similar
- Experience within mixed indoor/outdoor operational environments
- Formal H&S qualification such as NEBOSH or equivalent
- Experience supporting external audits or certification activity
What’s on offer - Health & Safety Advisor
Health & Safety Advisor salary: £50,000 – £55,000
- A 37.5-hour Monday to Friday working week with 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
Benefits include a health cashback plan, pension, and more. - A structured handover from the existing H&S professional, with face-to-face support during the first few months and ongoing guidance available afterwards.
- A Health & Safety Advisor role with real autonomy and the opportunity to influence safety standards across a busy, evolving operation.
How to apply for the Health & Safety Advisor position
If you’re interested in this Health & Safety Advisor role, get in touch to talk through the sites, working environment and H&S scope.
Call or message Hayden at Holt Engineering on (phone number removed).
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