Senior health and safety advisor

Senior health and safety advisor| 3 Month Contract | (Inside IR35) | Hybrid - Scotland Central Belt | Starting ASAP

Day Rate: DOE

Main Duties:

• To provide the clients Management and Staff with specialist advice and support on Health and Safety matters.
• To support the development of a recognised Health and Safety Management System.
• To support the development of health and safety audit plans to monitor health, safety and welfare arrangements
• To carry out incident investigations, provide incident reports, ensure actions and lessons learned are completed in a timely manner
• To liaise with portfolio leads to identify staff training needs in health and safety matters and assist with its provision directly or through training service providers
• To develop health, safety and welfare procedures and policies, and to support reviews of hazard and risk assessments for all activities in all workplaces.
• To lead on more complex H&S projects, liaising with colleagues in other parts of the business contributing to these projects, and ensuring timely completion of actions to keep project deadlines on track.
• To co-ordinate, collate and keep appropriate formal (statutory) and informal records (accidents, incidents, training, maintenance, etc.) review trends and provide reports as required.
• To provide specialist advice to relevant Safety Committee(s) and Senior Leaders groups.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Relevant H&S qualifications (min NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety) plus experience (min 3 years).
• Specialist knowledge of H&S legislation.
• Requires a good understanding of a range of techniques/processes relating to H&S and of the customer requirements and the related processes/procedures and methodologies.
• Good knowledge and understanding of one area of H&S application in particular, eg laboratories, marine etc.
• Communication skills: good written and oral communication, report writing, presentation skills.
• Technical skills: MS Office, MS 365.

This role has been deemed Inside IR35 by the client. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. Please click the link to apply.