Health & Safety Advisor

Position: Health & Safety Advisor (Permanent)
Escape Recruitment is working with a well-established heavy manufacturing business who are looking to appoint a proactive and hands-on Health & Safety Advisor to support their production operation.

This is a visible, shop-floor-facing role reporting directly to the Production Manager. You will work closely with operational teams to drive practical safety improvements and help embed a strong safety culture across site.

Key Responsibilities

* Develop, review and update Safe Systems of Work (SSoW)

* Lead and maintain Risk Assessments including COSHH, Manual Handling and DSEAR

* Ensure safety procedures are integrated into operational processes

* Deliver safety inductions for employees, contractors and visitors

* Coordinate and deliver specialist training including Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), working at height and chemical safety

* Conduct site inspections and internal safety audits

* Track and report safety KPIs including near-misses and incident trends

* Support investigations and root cause analysis following incidents or near misses

What We're Looking For

* NEBOSH General Certificate (Level
3) or equivalent

* Health & Safety experience within manufacturing or heavy industry

* Experience developing Safe Systems of Work and risk assessments

* Strong communication skills and ability to influence across operational teams

* Practical, approachable and comfortable working directly with shop-floor staff