Closing Date
2025-05-22
Job Title: Health and Safety Advisor
Location: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Region (with some travel to Falmer and Worthing)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37/ week
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 DOE
There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint!
Job Overview
To provide competent health and safety advice to our Operations and Facilities directorates; ensuring Southern Water personnel and contractors operate safely; comply with legal requirements and follow the health and safety policies and procedures set by Southern Water.
You will be responsible for delivering and monitoring performance against the Safety, Health, and Wellbeing strategy and objectives, system, standards, processes, and procedures.
Day To Day This Will Involve
- Proactively advising functional areas of business on all aspects of health and safety, including compliance with applicable legislation and industry best practice, liaising with enforcing authorities and professional groups to ensure currency.
- Overseeing the grading and management of hazards identified by employees or Contactors.
- Assisting in the review and agreement process of safe systems of work and risk assessments where there is a significant risk to safety and environment.
- Acting as the EcoOnline superuser and run localised training to stakeholders to ensure they can use the system. Be the first point of call for EcoOnline related queries.
- Managing investigations to ensure effective root cause analysis and effective implementation of preventative and corrective actions is conducted; reporting statistical information as required.
- Leading on and undertaking relevant inspections, site and assurance visits, focusing on high and medium risk sites. Writing reports for delivery to the H&S Manager of the relevant business area.
- Supporting managers with practical guidance and tuition to enable them to monitor compliance in their area of the business.
- Increasing health and safety competence of managers and staff in the business through coaching and guidance, highlighting training opportunities to ensure staff remain current and competent with health and safety practices.
- Where required advising on items, including;
- Technical guidance to site based and/or office-based staff and less experienced colleagues.
- Attending design/progress meetings and undertaking site audits/ inspections during construction works
- Providing technical advice on chemical storage/use, including toxic gas.
- Providing general security and wellbeing advice and enable liaison between HSSW Security and Wellbeing teams and operational staff where appropriate.
- Providing assurance reviews as a result of any incident, HiPo, Nr Miss (etc) as determined by HSSW Director or Health & Safety Manager. Would require evidence-based report writing of findings together with recommendations for delivery to Director level.
- Acting as an ambassador for safety and an advocate our 4th value (Working with Care).
- Contributing to the Red Incident out-of-hours rota to offer specialist advice, or to attend sites in the event of a serious HSSW incident (1 week out of 10).
Essential
About You
- In depth knowledge of HSW legislation, best practice and its practical application.
- Experience in an advisory capacity on Health & Safety matters, preferably in a utility, facilities, construction or critical national infrastructure environment, ideally with some process safety experience.
- Qualified to NEBOSH Diploma (level 6) or equivalent.
- CertIOSH minimum grading
- Must possess a full UK driving licence and have access to a reliable vehicle.
Desirable
- CMIOSH or CFIOSH, with at least 2 years post qualification experience.
- Technical knowledge of the water industry (experience of isolations/permits, manual handling, street works, legionella, asbestos, chemical, statutory inspections, machinery safety, and/or CDM).
- Specialist knowledge of the following disciplines: Fire Safety, Asbestos management, CDM, ATEX, DSEAR, Pressure Systems, LOLER & Lifting Systems and Oil Storage.
- Working knowledge of Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015.
- Experience of civil engineering construction projects in a health & safety consultancy role.
- Have an environmental awareness qualification.
Capability
- Excellent communication skills particularly regarding interviewing and written reports.
- The ability to coach and mentor other employees to lead them to take ownership of safety at every level of the business.
- A passion for safety and the ability to instil this passion in operational staff.
- Strong leadership skills to drive behavioural and business changes to ensure health and safety compliance whilst balancing business and financial needs and drivers
- Able to negotiate very effectively and be assertive when required, confident under pressure and be prepared to stand by their stated position on a topic
- Self-starter with an ability to work independently, with limited direction and guidance
- Robust approach with a high degree of integrity.
- Appetite and willingness to learn about the organisation and industry.
- Flexibility to work across SW region (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, or other sites as required).
Package
This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our operational sites in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight regions and home (2 days from home on average).
Benefits
We are offering a salary of up to £55,000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:
- Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
- 25 days annual leave
- Life assurance equal to 4x salary
- Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
- Health Cash Plan
- Full funded eye tests
- Two paid volunteering days a year
- Occupational health service
- Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
- Digital GP service
- Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
- Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
- Cycle to work scheme
Join our H&S team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.
Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?
If this role isn’t quite what you’re looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself (myworkdaysite.com)
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
Privacy Statement
Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.
All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.
