Health and Safety Advisor Energy from Waste

Location: Forth, near Lanark, South Lanarkshire, ML11 8TSSalary: Competitive, dependent on experienceContract: Permanent, full-timeWorking arrangement: Site-basedAre 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 sites 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 requirementsActing as the site lead for behavioural safety, compliance and continuous improvementProviding practical health and safety advice to employees, managers and contractorsDeveloping, implementing and reviewing site health and safety proceduresSupporting the implementation and continued development of ISO 45001Maintaining the health and safety elements of the Integrated Business Management SystemMonitoring site health and safety performance and identifying areas for improvementLeading and supporting incident and near-miss investigationsCompleting root-cause analysis and ensuring lessons learned are embeddedMonitoring corrective actions arising from incidents, audits and inspectionsProducing detailed incident reports and weekly health and safety reportsActing as a super-user for the incident-reporting systemDelivering guidance and training to system usersConducting regular workplace inspections and safety observationsDeveloping and managing the site audit and inspection programmeSupporting contractor management and safe systems of workAdvising on operational risk, permits, risk assessments and method statementsRepresenting the site at Group and UK health and safety forumsSupporting the Plant Manager when dealing with clients, regulators and external bodiesPlanned outage responsibilities 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 planSupporting CDM compliance and contractor-management arrangementsAgreeing appropriate out-of-hours health and safety coverageAuditing permits, risk assessments and method statementsConducting safety inspections, surveillance and compliance auditsSupporting incident investigations during outage activityAttending outage-planning and operational meetingsAdvising managers, engineers and contractors on safe working practicesProducing detailed health and safety summaries for outage reportsSkills 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 SafetyPrevious health and safety experience within energy from waste, biomass, power generation, utilities, process manufacturing or heavy industryStrong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and recognised best practiceExperience working within a live operational, engineering or industrial environmentExperience conducting health and safety audits and workplace inspectionsPractical incident-investigation and root-cause-analysis experienceWorking knowledge of ISO management systems, ideally including ISO 45001The confidence to challenge unsafe practices constructivelyThe ability to influence employees, managers and contractors at all levelsStrong organisational and communication skillsExcellent written reporting skillsGood IT skillsMembership of a relevant professional health and safety bodyAn 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 roleDirect access to senior operational and health and safety leadersResponsibility for site safety performance and continuous improvementInvolvement in major planned plant outagesThe opportunity to shape behavioural safety and site standardsA technically challenging heavy-industrial working environmentA permanent role within an established UK energy businessApply today to be considered for this Health and Safety Advisor opportunity in Forth, near LanarkTPBN1_UKTJ