Health & Safety Advisor

Job description

Do you thrive in environments where safety truly comes first? Are you motivated by making a tangible impact on large‑scale, critical infrastructure? Ready to play a key role in one of the UK’s most significant engineering projects? At Hinkley Point C , we’re helping to build Britain’s first new nuclear power station in a generation—providing zero‑carbon electricity for around six million homes. As a Tier One partner, GXO delivers essential warehousing and transport services to support the project. Here at GXO, we’re looking for a Health & Safety Advisor at our Brockworth site to champion safety standards, drive a proactive safety culture, and support our teams across a complex and highly regulated environment. This is a full-time permanent position. You’ll be working Monday to Friday, between the hours of 8am to 4pm . However, some flexibility is required, this is logistics after all! Pay, benefits and more: We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £40,000 , depending on experience and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme. What you’ll do on a typical day: Developing, leading and maintaining Management Plans, Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) Delivering and recording colleague safety training while identifying and escalating any gaps Inputting, analysing and reporting Health, Safety and Environment data into both GXO and Client systems Chairing and presenting at HSE meetings, ensuring actions are tracked, closed and escalated where required Managing contractors end‑to‑end—from permit checks and inductions to compliance, pass control and exit requirements What you need to succeed at GXO: NEBOSH General Certificate or NVQ Level 3 in Health & Safety (plus evidence of ongoing CPD) Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation and proven experience promoting a safety‑first culture Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships at all levels Experience within construction, infrastructure or defence environments (ideal but not essential) Confidence in auditing, risk assessment, incident investigation and driving continuous improvement We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains. GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.