Location: Forth, near Lanark, South Lanarkshire, ML11 8TS
Salary: Up to £45, 000 per annum, dependent on experience
Are you an experienced Health and Safety Advisor with a background in energy from waste, biomass, power generation, utilities, process engineering or heavy industry?
We are recruiting for a proactive and practical Health and Safety Advisor to support operations at a live energy facility in Forth, near Lanark.
This is a highly visible, site-based role where you will work closely with the Plant Manager, operational teams, contractors and the Group Head of Health and Safety.
You will become the principal source of day-to-day health and safety guidance on site, helping to maintain legal compliance, improve safety performance and embed a positive, proactive safety culture.
The Health and Safety Advisor role
As Health and Safety Advisor, you will take ownership of site health and safety activity, providing practical advice and support within a busy operational plant environment.
You will lead behavioural safety initiatives, conduct audits and inspections, support incident investigations and help maintain the site’s health and safety management systems.
The role also includes significant involvement in planned plant outages, where you will form a key part of the outage-management team.
Your responsibilities will include:
Supporting the Plant Manager with legislative, Group and site health and safety requirements
Acting as the site lead for behavioural safety, compliance and continuous improvement
Providing practical health and safety advice to employees, managers and contractors
Developing, implementing and reviewing site health and safety procedures
Supporting the implementation and continued development of ISO 45001
Maintaining the health and safety elements of the Integrated Business Management System
Monitoring site health and safety performance and identifying areas for improvement
Leading and supporting incident and near-miss investigations
Completing root-cause analysis and ensuring lessons learned are embedded
Monitoring corrective actions arising from incidents, audits and inspections
Producing detailed incident reports and weekly health and safety reports
Acting as a super-user for the incident-reporting system
Delivering guidance and training to system users
Conducting regular workplace inspections and safety observations
Developing and managing the site audit and inspection programme
Supporting contractor management and safe systems of work
Advising on operational risk, permits, risk assessments and method statements
Representing the site at Group and UK health and safety forums
Supporting the Plant Manager when dealing with clients, regulators and external bodies
During planned plant outages, you will play a central role in ensuring work is completed safely and in line with site, Group and legal requirements.
This will include:
Developing the outage health and safety plan
Supporting CDM compliance and contractor-management arrangements
Agreeing appropriate out-of-hours health and safety coverage
Auditing permits, risk assessments and method statements
Conducting safety inspections, surveillance and compliance audits
Supporting incident investigations during outage activity
Attending outage-planning and operational meetings
Advising managers, engineers and contractors on safe working practices
Producing detailed health and safety summaries for outage reports
Skills and experience required
To be considered for this Health and Safety Advisor position, you should have:
A minimum NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
Previous health and safety experience within energy from waste, biomass, power generation, utilities, process manufacturing or heavy industry
Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and recognised best practice
Experience working within a live operational, engineering or industrial environment
Experience conducting health and safety audits and workplace inspections
Practical incident-investigation and root-cause-analysis experience
Working knowledge of ISO management systems, ideally including ISO 45001
The confidence to challenge unsafe practices constructively
The ability to influence employees, managers and contractors at all levels
Strong organisational and communication skills
Excellent written reporting skills
Good IT skills
Membership of a relevant professional health and safety body
An auditor qualification, formal incident-investigation training or previous experience acting as a lead investigator would be advantageous.
Why apply?
This is an excellent opportunity to join an established UK energy business and take genuine ownership of health and safety performance at an operational plant.
You will work closely with senior site leaders, influence safety culture and contribute directly to the continuing development of health and safety standards across the site and wider Group.
The position offers:
A highly visible and influential site-based role
Direct access to senior operational and health and safety leaders
Responsibility for site safety performance and continuous improvement
Involvement in major planned plant outages
The opportunity to shape behavioural safety and site standards
A technically challenging heavy-industrial working environment
A permanent role within an established UK energy business
Apply today to be considered for this Health and Safety Advisor opportunity in Forth, near Lanark
