Health & Safety Advisor

Job Description

Are you an experienced Health & Safety professional looking for your next exciting move?

Do you want to drive a change in safety culture and help lead an organisation on its continuous improvement journey?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our HSEQ team as our new Health & Safety Advisor and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Your new role

As our new Health & Safety Advisor, you will support the Heath, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) Team at our offices across the UK, with a primary focus on Health and Safety.

Your key responsibilities will be:

Support the business to continue to strengthen its health and safety culture

Provide guidance and expertise to the business and project teams regarding H&S issues

Provide advice on a range of specialist areas; e.g. CDM regulations, risk assessments for engineering design projects

Provide H&S input to bids and tenders

Plan, carry out and report on internal H&S audits on office facilities and projects 

Provide expertise in the identification, evaluation and control of safety, health, environmental, CDM and operational risks.

Review and maintain H&S procedures and guidance

Investigate incidents and near misses; establish root causes and implement corrective/preventive measures

Assist with external audits where necessary

Keep up to date with legislation and other requirements and maintain an up to date legal register

Evaluation of suppliers from a H&S perspective

Collation and production of KPI reporting for HSEQ systems

Provide guidance and expertise to the business regarding ISO45001

Your new team

The HSEQ Team works across the whole of the UK business, and across all of our disciplines, ensuring that our HSEQ systems are implemented, monitored and continuously improved. This role is focused on H&S, and is ideal for someone with a few years experience looking for the next step in their career.

About you

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. Whilst we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success.

These include:

Experience as a Health and Safety Advisor

CDM knowledge in the context of a design consultancy is preferred

Internal audit experience essential (IRCA lead auditor certificate preferred)

Experience and understanding of implementing management systems to ISO45001

Available to travel across the UK (role involves frequent travel)

Educated to degree standard or equivalent

NEBOSH National General/Construction certificates essential

Member of a relevant professional body, eg. IOSH

What we can offer you

Investment in your development

Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles

Be valued for the unique person you are

Never be short of inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects

The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company

Work at the heart of sustainable change

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act. Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that looks for fresh, diverse, and innovative perspectives. We respect, embrace, and invite diversity in all forms to actively cultivate an environment where everyone can flourish and realise their full potential.