HSEQ Adviser

About the role

Be part of a team putting safety, sustainability and best practice at the heart of everything we do. At Thalia Waste Management, we’re looking for an HSEQ Adviser to join our site-based team at Allerton Waste Recovery Park, supporting a highly regulated, complex operational environment.

• Allerton Waste Recovery Park, North Yorkshire, HG5 0SD
• Permanent | Full time

Reporting into the Compliance Manager, you’ll be part of a small on‑site HSEQ team of three, supported by Thalia’s central HSEQ function. This is a hands‑on, visible role where you’ll work closely with operational teams to promote best practice, ensure compliance, and drive continuous improvement across Health, Safety, Environment and Quality.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys being on site, building strong relationships, and making a real difference day to day.

• Supporting the delivery of site HSEQ arrangements in a regulated environment
• Carrying out inspections, audits and safety tours, reporting findings and actions
• Investigating incidents, near misses and close calls
• Developing and reviewing Risk Assessments, RAMS and Safe Systems of Work
• Delivering toolbox talks and basic HSEQ training
• Supporting compliance with Environment Agency permits and ISO standards
• Promoting a positive safety culture and Thalia’s Zero Code
• Monitoring performance data and producing clear HSEQ reports

• NEBOSH General Certificate (completed or working towards)
• Experience in a regulated, operational or high‑risk environment
• Strong working knowledge of H&S legislation
• Confident communicator, able to influence and support teams at all levels
• Organised, proactive and comfortable working independently on site
• A collaborative team player with a practical, solutions‑focused mindset
• Experience in waste, energy, industrial or manufacturing environments is desirable but not essential

• Entry into Company bonus scheme – up to 5%
• Contributory pension up to 6%
• 24 days annual leave
• Annual opportunity to buy additional annual leave (up to 5 days)
• Life assurance: 4 × annual salary
• Flexible benefits:
  Access to a wide range of flexible benefits through Bravo Benefits, allowing you to tailor your package to suit your individual needs, including health, wellbeing, and lifestyle options
• Free parking

At Thalia Waste Management, we are creating a future to be proud of. We think differently, questioning everything, enabling us to develop progressive waste into energy solutions and services. Being motivated, tackling problems together, inspiring others to take responsibility, making a difference, being ambitious and contributing value.

We operate the best technology available across our four strategic sites in North Yorkshire, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Wight. Our technology includes everything from mechanical and biological treatment, traditional mass‑burn energy from waste and material recycling technologies to in‑vessel composting, advanced thermal treatment, innovative small‑scale energy from waste and anaerobic digestion. In a single year we process 300,000 tonnes of waste that is turned into energy.

This generates the same amount of energy as approximately 600 million solar panels. Similarly we recycle circa 95,000 tonnes of waste.

At Thalia Waste Management, we work hard to make sure we are an inclusive and diverse place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV, we’re focused on who you are, your skills and passion that can be brought to Thalia Waste Management. We know and understand that everyone is different and has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working and any adjustments that could be needed!

We’ll do all that we can to support everyone from their first contact with us. For any support or adjustments needed through our recruitment process, please speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

As a Disability Confident Employer
, we will make sure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.