Regional H&S Advisor

This will be a field-based position with your primary role being to support the Group Health & Safety Manager by assisting with the continued development, maintenance, monitoring and reviewing of our Safety Management arrangements. Due to multi-site responsibilities, this role may involve overnight stays, so the ability to be flexible is a must. What we offer: Benefits include onsite parking and staff discount at our Garden Centres and in our Restaurants as well as discount at our Leisure Park.,

• Encouraging and monitoring the compliance of our safety policies and procedures
• Updating and maintaining each site's location-based Management System
• Assisting with the development of risk assessments and associated safety information
• Providing support, advice, recommendations to sites on all matters relating to health and safety
• Completing site based health and safety audits
• Carrying out accident investigation
• Manage annual health and safety projects
• Ensuring emergency evacuation compliance
If you would like to join our family run business and bring your ideas and talents to our fast-growing company and forward thinking team, we want to hear from you.

Here at British Garden Centres, we are looking for someone with a genuine interest in health and safety who has the desire to forge a new career in this specialised field. The role is also ideally suited and open to those newly NEBOSH qualified.,
• Will be prepared to work towards gaining the NEBOSH General Certificate (if not already held)
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Good management and/or mentoring skills
• Exceptionally organised
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to provide timely and justifiable solutions to a range of health and safety issues
• Computer literate in MS Office suite
• Be trustworthy, reliable and able to consistently meet deadlines and commitments
• Hold a full UK Driving Licence as the role involves multi-site travel and as such, we are pleased to offer a car allowance