Health and Safety Consultant

Health & Safety Consultant - 3 Days Per Week

6 Months

400 per day (outside IR35)

Milton Keynes

Are you an experienced health and safety freelancer with a background in manufacturing, based near Milton Keynes?

If so, this short-term contract with a leading manufacturer in the automobile industry could be for you. As a Health and Safety Consultant, you'll have the chance to contribute to some of their most critical heavy engineering and high-risk operations on a key part of their site. You'll collaborate closely with the team, leading the development and refinement of essential risk assessments, PUWER assessments, and COSHH assessments.

This is a ~ 6-month contract, with potential for extension. Three days per week on site.

Responsibilities for the Health & Safety Consultant:

• Conducting and documenting comprehensive health and safety risk assessments, operating procedures, and developing training materials as part of a newly enhanced health and safety programme.
• Creating and managing detailed action plans based on risk assessments to ensure compliance and safety improvements.
• Assisting in the ongoing maintenance and continuous improvement of the health and safety management system.
• Collaborating closely with shop floor teams across the company, providing guidance and support to ensure timely delivery of projects.
• Promoting best practices across the facility, with a focus on the safe use and monitoring of heavy and high-risk machinery

The successful Health & Safety Consultant / Risk Assessor will have:

• Proven experience in a similar a consultancy role, ideally from within the manufacturing, chemicals heavy engineering, or a mechanical industry
• PUWER AND COSHH experience and knowledge
• Relevant health and safety qualifications (eg. NEBOSH or NCRQ qualified)
• Experience with writing risk assessments, policies and procedures
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail

This is an excellent contract opportunity, working on a range of interesting initiatives aiming to improve safety and compliance. For more information and to apply please contact Tom Hewat on or (phone number removed)

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