Senior Health and Safety Advisor
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Wakefield | Circa £60,000 + Car/Car Allowance
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing organisation within the energy and infrastructure sector as a Senior Health and Safety Advisor. The role involves overseeing safety, health, environment, and quality (SHEQ) across a diverse portfolio, including newly acquired divisions. You will be a key stakeholder at senior leadership level and support the integration of SHEQ standards across multiple sites.
The successful Senior Health and Safety Advisor will:
Manage stakeholder relationships, ensuring buy-in and compliance during ongoing acquisitions and projects.
Lead and support safety across civils, streetworks, and power-related activities, including an understanding of road closures.
Support the development of SHEQ strategies, policies, and improvements aligned with business objectives.The ideal candidate will have:
A NEBOSH qualification (or equivalent), with strong knowledge of health, safety, and environmental legislation.
Experience working within the power, civils, streetworks, or infrastructure sectors, with client-facing experience.
Proven stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
Flexibility to travel regionally and excellent communication skills.This is a unique chance to shape safety standards within a dynamic organisation with excellent long-term prospects. To find out more or to apply, please contact James Howard at or call (phone number removed).
Irwin and Colton are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company, based in the South East of England we recruit across the UK. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and Safety Director through to Health and Safety Advisor positions.
Irwin and Colton Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&Cs, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at our website (url removed). Irwin and Colton is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you
Wakefield | Circa £60,000 + Car/Car Allowance
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing organisation within the energy and infrastructure sector as a Senior Health and Safety Advisor. The role involves overseeing safety, health, environment, and quality (SHEQ) across a diverse portfolio, including newly acquired divisions. You will be a key stakeholder at senior leadership level and support the integration of SHEQ standards across multiple sites.
The successful Senior Health and Safety Advisor will:
Manage stakeholder relationships, ensuring buy-in and compliance during ongoing acquisitions and projects.
Lead and support safety across civils, streetworks, and power-related activities, including an understanding of road closures.
Support the development of SHEQ strategies, policies, and improvements aligned with business objectives.The ideal candidate will have:
A NEBOSH qualification (or equivalent), with strong knowledge of health, safety, and environmental legislation.
Experience working within the power, civils, streetworks, or infrastructure sectors, with client-facing experience.
Proven stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
Flexibility to travel regionally and excellent communication skills.This is a unique chance to shape safety standards within a dynamic organisation with excellent long-term prospects. To find out more or to apply, please contact James Howard at or call (phone number removed).
Irwin and Colton are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company, based in the South East of England we recruit across the UK. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and Safety Director through to Health and Safety Advisor positions.
Irwin and Colton Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&Cs, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at our website (url removed). Irwin and Colton is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you