Health & Safety Advisor
7 days ago
Cowie
Escape Recruitment is working with a well-established heavy manufacturing business who are looking to appoint a proactive and hands-on Health & Safety Advisor to support their production operation. This is a visible, shop-floor-facing role reporting directly to the Production Manager. You will work closely with operational teams to drive practical safety improvements and help embed a strong safety culture across site. Key Responsibilities • Develop, review and update Safe Systems of Work (SSoW) * Lead and maintain Risk Assessments including COSHH, Manual Handling and DSEAR, • Ensure safety procedures are integrated into operational processes, • Deliver safety inductions for employees, contractors and visitors, • Coordinate and deliver specialist training including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), working at height and chemical safety, • Conduct site inspections and internal safety audits, • Track and report safety KPIs including near-misses and incident trends, • Support investigations and root cause analysis following incidents or near misses What We're Looking For • NEBOSH General Certificate (Level 3) or equivalent * Health & Safety experience within manufacturing or heavy industry, • Experience developing Safe Systems of Work and risk assessments, • Strong communication skills and ability to influence across operational teams, • Practical, approachable and comfortable working directly with shop-floor staff