Health and Safety Advisor

  • Principal People Recruitment
  • Chadwell Heath, Essex
  • Jun 08, 2026
Full time Construction

Job Description

Live highways environments are fast-paced, high-risk and constantly changing. With traffic management, public interface, surfacing and street works all part of the day-to-day, effective HSEQ support needs to be practical, visible and operationally focused.

This is an opportunity to join a growing highways and civil engineering contractor delivering secured framework works across North London.

The business is expanding its HSEQ team and is looking for a Health & Safety Advisor to support operational teams across live highways maintenance, surfacing, civils, street works and depot-based activity.

What you will be doing:

  • Provide practical health and safety advice to site teams and management
  • Conduct site inspections, audits and investigations
  • Review and improve RAMS and safe systems of work
  • Lead on service strike investigations, actions and learnings
  • Support compliance with CDM Regulations 2015
  • Engage with temporary works processes and associated risks
  • Deliver toolbox talks and safety communications
  • Work closely with contract managers, supervisors and operational teams

What is in it for you:

  • £55,000 - £60,000 salary
  • £5,000 car allowance plus mileage at 55p per mile
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Company pension scheme
  • Health Shield cover
  • Life and accident cover
  • Ongoing training and development support

What they are looking for:

  • NEBOSH General, NEBOSH Construction or equivalent
  • Experience in highways, civil engineering, utilities, street works, surfacing or a similar environment

This role would suit someone who enjoys being close to the work, building relationships with site teams and making a practical impact across a busy highways environment.

If you are interested in joining a growing business with a secured pipeline of work for the next 10 years, please apply toda