Senior Health & Safety Advisor - Fawley

Application Deadline: 11 December 2026

Department: SHEQ

Location: Fawley

Description

Join Trant Engineering and play a key role in delivering our project at Fawley Refinery safely, responsibly and to the highest standards.

Trant Engineering is a leading EPC contractor with a strong reputation for delivering innovative engineering solutions across the UK and internationally. With over 1,000 employees and a £150m turnover, we're growing and are now looking for a Senior Health & Safety Advisor to provide hands-on, site-based support to our project team at Fawley Refinery.

The Role

The role is full-time and site-based at Fawley Refinery, Monday to Friday, 06:30 to 16:00.

The Senior Health & Safety Advisor will work closely with our site teams and the client to help develop and maintain a strong, positive safety culture, while ensuring compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation and project requirements.

Acting as a subject-matter expert, you will provide competent advice and guidance to management, project teams, supervisors and operatives on hazards, legislation, safe systems of work and the appropriate selection and use of safety equipment.

You will play an important role in ensuring the Trant Engineering project is delivered safely and responsibly, supporting everything from site inspections, audits and behavioural safety observations through to RAMS reviews, incident investigations, training and environmental compliance.

Previous experience working within the petrochemical, engineering or construction sectors would be highly advantageous.

What You’ll Be Doing

The Senior Health & Safety Advisor role typically encompasses the following activities:

• Contributing to the implementation and continual improvement of company SHE policies, procedures, safe systems of work and the wider H&S management system.
• Supporting project mobilisation, site set-up and demobilisation activities.
• Carrying out regular site inspections, audits and behavioural safety observations.
• Reviewing and approving risk assessments, method statements, permits and environmental plans.
• Promoting a proactive zero-harm culture and encouraging environmental responsibility across the project.
• Supporting and, where appropriate, leading investigations into incidents, near misses, unsafe acts and environmental events.
• Identifying root causes and supporting the implementation and verification of corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant UK SHEQ legislation, CDM Regulations 2015, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001, together with client-specific SHE standards.
• Supporting compliance with relevant environmental permits, consents and regulatory requirements.
• Supervising and participating in internal, client and contractor audits and performance reviews.
• Tracking non-conformities and ensuring corrective actions are effectively closed out.
• Delivering site inductions, toolbox talks, safety briefings, campaigns and other workforce engagement initiatives.
• Supporting competency management and identifying relevant training requirements for employees and contractors.
• Monitoring contractor performance and compliance on site.
• Reviewing and approving contractor RAMS for high-risk activities.
• Overseeing permit-to-work systems and helping ensure their technical accuracy and effective application.
• Developing and reviewing emergency response plans appropriate to complex or high-risk environments.
• Providing expert H&S advice during project planning, design and operational meetings.
• Ensuring RIDDOR and relevant environmental reporting requirements are met.
• Producing high-quality investigation and SHE performance reports for management and clients.
• Analysing trends across incidents, audits and observations to identify systemic issues and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Sharing lessons learned and safety improvements across the wider business.
• Mentoring and supporting Safety Advisors and operational supervisors.
• Engaging directly with the client to understand safety and compliance requirements, provide feedback on site performance and communicate investigation findings where appropriate.
• Upholding and promoting the Company's Core Values of Care, Trust, Respect and Sustainability.

You may be required to undertake additional duties, consistent with the responsibilities and level of this role, beyond those specified above.

What We’re Looking For

The successful candidate should ideally hold or be working towards the following:

Essential

• NEBOSH General Certificate, or equivalent Level 3 NVQ qualification in Health and Safety.
• Minimum 3 years' experience within a relevant Safety Advisor position.
• Strong knowledge of UK H&S legislation and CDM Regulations.
• Experience of risk management, auditing and compliance within an engineering or construction environment.

Desirable

• NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety or NVQ Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Practice, or currently working towards this level.
• IOSH membership at CertIOSH level or above.
• Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis training, such as TapRooT or equivalent.
• Previous health and safety experience within a petrochemical or similarly high-risk industrial environment.
• Experience supporting H&S across multiple sites or projects.

Why Join Trant ?

At Trant Engineering, we deliver complex, high-value engineering and construction projects across the UK. From process and water treatment to energy infrastructure upgrades, we play a key role in delivering and protecting critical national infrastructure – shaping the systems that communities and industries rely on every day.

Our teams design and deliver full EPC solutions, combining technical excellence with practical, hands-on delivery. We offer end-to-end capabilities – from concept and design through to manufacturing, construction and commissioning utilising a continually evolving in-house expertise. This means you’ll work on projects that are varied, challenging and genuinely impactful.

Our multi-disciplinary teams bring together specialists in civil, mechanical, electrical, process, instrumentation, and control & automation engineering, alongside our in-house manufacturing of control panels, MCCs, PLCs and SCADA systems. With over 1,000 people and a strong, growing pipeline of work, it’s an exciting time to join Trant. We are committed to helping our people succeed through our Career Development Association, providing structured support, mentoring and clear pathways to help you reach your full potential.

Whether you’re starting out or looking to take your next career step, Trant offers the chance to develop, progress and make a real difference.

Our company benefits package includes.

• Competitive salary.
• Company car or car allowance (some levels).
• Mentored support within our ‘Career Development Association’, to work towards chartership.
• 24 days holiday (increasing with service) + 8 bank holidays.
• Options to buy additional holiday via salary sacrifice.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Flexible working based on a ‘core hours’ system.
• 1 x Professional Membership paid annually.
• Hybrid working.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Free onsite parking.
• Bike to Work Scheme.
• Discretionary annual bonus.

Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now and be part of something bigger.