Senior Health & Safety Advisor

Job Description

HornerSalus Ltd has a new position available for a Senior Safety Advisor to join our leading event and fire safety organisation in Victoria, London.

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The role requires an individual with varied event experience, a proactive approach to assisting our team and our clients with events and projects, sustained focus, and a great team-work ethic.

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HornerSalus is a specialist event safety consultancy who provide expert advice and services to the event, design, fashion, hospitality, film, and creative industries.

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Based in Victoria you can expect to be working with a very friendly and supportive team along with exposure to a wide variety of exciting projects here in London, across the UK, and overseas with many of our projects spanning Europe and the U.S. Add to this mix a fantastic selection of award winning clients, whom we help navigate complex safety considerations and deliver brave creative concepts. Here’s a snapshot of some of the projects we worked across in May and June of this year.

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Events during this period saw us working across a variety of London locations and further afield including: Goodwood: Festival of Speed (8 events), Birmingham: NEC event, Cornwall: product launch, Silverstone: F1, Florence: private wedding, Miami: fashion show & after party, L.A: party, Cannes: Lions (16 events), and Peru: private event.

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In total, we provided consultancy, support, site safety and specialist fire safety services to 58 live projects over a six-week period.

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The Deal:

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A full time permanent position (upon successful completion of a probationary period)

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A competitive salary for the right candidate;

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Package up to £55k, depending on experience

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Overtime earnings for site work at competitive rates

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Pension plan

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Performance based annual bonus scheme

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22 days + bank holidays + additional rota system time off at Christmas (circa 3 days)

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Additional holiday entitlement for length of service (Up to 29 days)

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Healthcare services

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Opportunity for progression readily available within the company

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Opportunities for career advancement and further training

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Role:

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Assisting in, composing, and implementing solutions to H&S challenges for live events and in the workplace

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Conducting feasibility reports, capacity studies, audits, on-site inspections, and general reporting

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Liaison with clients, contractors, suppliers, and venues to ensure management and implementation of safety procedures

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Production of event safety plans, risk assessments, emergency procedures, fire safety plans, crisis planning and crowd management plans

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Production of fire risk assessments

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Working at live events as a safety advisor

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Attendance at client and venue meetings, event inspections, SAG meetings, table top sessions

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The Must Have’s:

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NEBOSH General Certificate L3 or NCRQ Certificate in Applied Health and Safety, as a minimum

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Excellent understanding of risk assessments, event safety plans and fire safety

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3+ years experience in a similar safety role

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Very good communicator with strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail

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Very good written and spoken English language

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Fire Safety qualification at L3 / L4

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Proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

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Ability to plan, prioritise and organise effectively

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IT literacy and ability to present clearly and confidently to management

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A conscientious and rule-bound individual with a strong sense of diplomacy

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An excellent head for organisation and problem solving

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An ability to work with sustained focus

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Ability to treat high level information with the strictest of confidence at all times

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Desired:

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L5 or 6 qualification in Health, Safety or Fire; (or working towards this)

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Applied knowledge of live events, venues and contractors

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Tech IOSH Accreditation, working towards CMIOSH

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Mac computer and software knowledge

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If you feel that you are a good fit for the role based upon this criteria, please send your CV and a covering letter.

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No recruitment agencies thank you.

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UK residents only.