Health & Safety Advisor

  • Job Reference: 1497279607-2
  • Date Posted: 14 November 2024
  • Recruiter: Liberty Gas Group
  • Location: Knowsley, Merseyside
  • Salary: £38,000
  • Bonus/Benefits: Company Car+Benefits
  • Sector: HSE Jobs
  • Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

Do you have experience of working for and acting as a Principal Contractor as duty holder. Practical experience of producing procedures, risk assessments, method statements, construction phase plans, construction-based HS&E documentation. Then Liberty has an exciting opportunity for a Health, Safety & Environmental Advisor to join our team.

The Health & Safety Advisor role offers agile working, permitting you to work from your home address or at a location that suits your needs and those of the business. You will however need to be within a reasonable commutable distance from the Salford office for training and meetings as and when required. You will be working on a full-time, permanent basis, working 40 hours per week and in return, you will receive a competitive salary circa of £38,000 per annum (Depending on experience) Plus Company Car & Excellent Benefits!

The Health & Safety Advisor will provide support to the Health & Safety Manager in all areas relating health, safety, and environment and specifically, will have responsibility for Liberty Repairs, Maintenance & Construction, however, may work in other areas of the group as risk evolves.

Responsibilities for this Health & Safety Advisor will include:

Your advice and support to Senior Managers, supervisors, operatives and colleagues will be instrumental to the improvement of the service the HSEQ department provides to all employees across Liberty.

By ensuring that sound health, safety, and environmental practices are identified, document and fully aligned to the key business drivers whilst ensuring these are understood and complied with throughout the organisation, you will support and enable Liberty Group to exceed its statutory and contractual obligations in managing all HSEQ aspects across a diverse risk landscape.

This role will also be responsible for supporting the maintenance and continual improvement of the Integrated Management System (IMS) covering ISO9001, ISO14001 & ISO45001, ensuring that our IMS is fully compliant against applicable standards and that it is fully embedded within the business unit.

What we are looking for in our ideal Health & Safety Advisor:

Relevant experience in a full time HS&E role, full working knowledge of IOS45001, ISO14001. NEBOSH General Certificate/ Construction Certificate. Ability to deliver presentations, competent report writing, experience in issuing, following up and closing corrective actions. Knowledge and experience of operational activities within a domestic, social housing setting, refurbishment, roofing, general building & grounds maintenance and electrical work. Experience of working for and acting as a Principal Contractor as duty holder. Practical experience of producing procedures, risk assessments, method statements, construction phase plans, waste management plants, construction-based HS&E documentation.

Microsoft Office applications experience & full UK driving license essential.

We offer a range of benefits for a rewarding career including though not limited to:

  • Pension scheme, 23 days Annual Leave, plus Bank Holidays
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Liberty Sense Awards employees are nominated by colleagues for living the Liberty values, those who win receive a high street voucher. YuLife, includes:
  • Life Insurance/Death in service benefit 2x annual salary value
  • Smart Health (including round the clock access to 24/7 UK-based GPs)
  • Best Doctors to provide a second opinion on complex cases or diagnosis
  • Mental Health Support, 4-6 sessions with a psychologist or psychotherapist
  • Online Health Check, Nutrition consultations and Online fitness program
  • YuMatter+ Employee Assistance Programme designed to support mental, financial & professional wellbeing including up to 5 confidential sessions with a counsellor, Free will writing
  • Reward scheme for healthy behaviors to earn YuCoin which can be redeemed on the app for vouchers/rewards
  • Exclusive membership and wellbeing product discounts

Medicash Health Cash Plan (optional to register, P11D tax value approx £11.60 per year however allows claims for up to £996 per year) includes:

  • Claiming eligible cash back on dental or optical treatments, specialist consultations, tests or scans
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Savings on cinema tickets, travel, holidays & retail

In addition to the above, at Liberty we look to invest in the up-skilling and development of our employees, ensuring competency and compliance to industry standards, in turn we will look to offer additional training where appropriate to give you the skills you need to deliver the service required.

Liberty strives to be a diverse and inclusive place where we can ALL be ourselves. We commit to achieving equal opportunities in employment for all suitably qualified candidates, through upholding our values of Passion, Openness, Respect and Trust, underpinned by Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement.

As part of our recruitment process all employees need to be vetted and undertake pre-employment checks. For this role you may need to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check, previously Criminal Records Bureau, prior to or upon commencing employment with Liberty.

Please note, only candidates who have the right to work in the UK will be considered for this vacancy.

If you have the desire to work in a busy and high performing team, if you re looking for an opportunity for development and to improve the high standards of technical safety within our business as we expand our footprint across the UK, why not join us as our Health & Safety Advisor, click apply below we want to hear from you!

Closing date for applications is 11th December 2024 (we do however reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier depending on number of applications received).