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.