Health & Safety Officer

Salary: £32,000 - £38,000 DOE + Excellent Benefits

Shape the Future of Health & Safety Across a Growing Business in Cardiff.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a successful and expanding multi-site organisation in a newly created Health & Safety Officer role. As the business continues to grow, health and safety is becoming increasingly important, creating the need for a dedicated specialist to lead and develop best practice across multiple locations.

This is a highly visible role where you'll have genuine influence, working closely with senior leadership to drive a positive safety culture, improve compliance, and ensure colleagues go home safe every day. You'll have the autonomy to make a real impact while receiving support from operational teams, local safety representatives, and external health and safety specialists.

The Role

As Health & Safety Officer, you will take ownership of day-to-day health and safety activities across multiple operational sites and customer-facing branches. You'll be responsible for turning risk assessments and audit findings into practical actions that improve safety standards throughout the organisation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as the primary point of contact for all health and safety matters across the business.
• Building strong relationships with site-based Health & Safety representatives and supporting them to implement improvements locally.
• Coordinating external health and safety audits and risk assessments.
• Managing and maintaining action plans, risk registers, and compliance documentation.
• Reviewing and updating health and safety policies, procedures, and risk assessments.
• Conducting regular site inspections, audits, and compliance checks.
• Investigating accidents, incidents, and near misses, including RIDDOR reporting where required.
• Delivering health and safety inductions, toolbox talks, and refresher training.
• Providing guidance on workplace risks including machinery, manual handling, COSHH, dust exposure, and customer-facing environments.
• Monitoring legislative changes and ensuring continued compliance with UK health and safety regulations.
• Producing reports and recommendations for senior management.
• Championing a positive and proactive safety culture across the organisation.

What We're Looking For

We're seeking a proactive and practical health and safety professional who enjoys working independently and building strong relationships across a business.

Essential:

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent).
• Experience in a Health & Safety role, ideally within manufacturing, production, engineering, retail, distribution, or another multi-site environment.
• Good understanding of UK health and safety legislation, including RIDDOR, COSHH, and Manual Handling Regulations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence and support non-specialists at all levels.
• Well-organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel between sites.

What's on Offer?

• Salary of £32,000 - £38,000 depending on experience.
• Mileage reimbursement for business travel.
• 28 days holiday including bank holidays, increasing with service.
• Health cash plan.
• Employee benefits platform offering hundreds of retail discounts.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Gym and wellbeing benefits.
• Ongoing training and funded professional development.
• The opportunity to build and shape the health and safety function within a growing organisation.

Why Apply?

This isn't just another compliance role. It's an opportunity to take ownership of health and safety across a diverse, multi-site business and make a tangible difference. You'll be joining at an exciting stage of growth, with the freedom to implement improvements, influence change, and help create a safer working environment for colleagues across the organisation.

Please Apply ASAP

Brook Street NMR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.