Meridian Business Support
Operational Safety Advisor
SP1 3TB
Key information
- Pay
- £35,000 to £40,000 a year
- Hours
- Full-time
- Contract
- Permanent
- Posted date
- 15 Oct 2026
- Closing date
- 13 Nov 2026
About this role
Operational Safety Advisor
Salary
£40,000- £50,000 and great benefits
Location
Salisbury
Hours
4.5-day working week (37.5 hrs)
Permanent | Full-time
Are you an experienced Health & Safety professional looking to take the next step within a high-hazard manufacturing environment?
We are recruiting for an Operational Safety Advisor to join an established manufacturing organisation in the Salisbury area. This is a hands-on role working closely with operational and manufacturing teams to identify hazards, reduce risk and promote a positive, proactive safety culture.
You will
- Support operational teams with hazard identification and risk assessment
- Maintain and improve process risk assessments
- Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses, identifying root causes and corrective actions
- Develop, implement and maintain HSE policies and procedures
- Produce HSE reports and key performance indicators
- Support internal and external HSE audits
- Develop and deliver HSE training
- Support emergency planning and emergency arrangements
- Work with stakeholders and regulatory bodies
- Apply UK Health & Safety legislation including CoSHH, DSEAR, PUWER and Fire Safety
- Help drive continuous improvement and a positive safety culture across the operation
To be considered, you will ideally have
- NEBOSH Certificate Level 3
- A minimum of 3 years' relevant HSE experience within a high-hazard process environment
- Experience conducting HSE audits
- Accident and incident investigation experience
- Strong working knowledge of UK HSE legislation
- Experience implementing HSE policies and legislation
- Experience supporting emergency planning
- Exposure to management systems certified to ISO 45001 and ISO 14001
- Good Microsoft Office skills
Interested? Apply today to find out more.
Please contact Gemma Lawrence at Meridian on 07876 250447 to apply and find out more or email glawrence@meridianbs.co.uk
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.