HSE Advisor - FTC

  • L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage Limited
  • Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
  • Jul 05, 2025
Full time

Job Description

Required in: London Depot (Hemel Hempstead)

Purpose: Working alongside the HSQE and Sustainability Team this role will lead the development, implementation and maintenance of compliant safety, health and environmental management systems across all depots and operations. You will be advising on legislation and best practice. Additionally, you will be supporting compliance auditing to identify areas of improvement and the implementation of the HSE management system.

Our vision is about ?being the best? and enabling our people to be the best they can be. To achieve this, we focus on delivering the highest service and getting things ?right first time?. We strive to attract the best people who share our values, our passion and are ready to make an impact.

The right candidate must be aligned with to our behaviours:

CAN DO - It?s our positive attitude that achieves our can-do approach. We work together as one team to deliver solutions to our challenges.

PASSION - We achieve right first time by having pride and enthusiasm. Being passionate empowers us to deliver an industry leading service to our customers.

ONE TEAM - We put the success of the team ahead of any personal gain. By communicating effectively, we support our colleagues and exceed our customers? expectations.

RESPECT - We trust and respect our colleagues, and our customers. We have integrity and create inclusive environments creating a healthy, safe, and fun workplace.

Reporting Lines:

You will report into the Head of HSQE Sustainability and Supply Chain

Focus areas of the role:

The success of the role will be measured against the effective implementation of the following focus areas:

Development of a proactive safety culture within all Lynch operations

Continually improve safety standards by supporting depot and department managers

Carry out risk assessments of hazards associated with the operation specific activities

Investigate significant incidents and accidents to ensure root causes are identified, and lessons learnt

Produce Safety, Health and Environmental (HSE) reports, advice and support

Produce and implement HSE management system procedures and other related documentation

Participate in HSE development projects on a business wide basis

Conduct and support HSE audits (in accordance with OHSAS45001/ISO 14001 or other competence audits) throughout the business and assist in the development of associated action plans

Provide support and guidance for external HSE audits as required including acting as a nominated point of contact for coordination of any internal activity required to support an external audit

Produce detailed audit reports highlighting deficiencies, areas of non-compliance, and areas of best practice communicating the results throughout the business

Support the auditees as required in the development of action plans to correct any deficiencies identified by external auditing bodies and monitor the progress of such action plans

Carry out informal reviews and monitoring of internal HSE control measures to ensure they are being adhered to.

Attend HSE meetings and workshops as required.

Assist in the production and delivery of briefing and training sessions in specialist HSE subjects to managers/employees

Support the investigation of claims and where necessary liaise with the Insurance Manager

In conjunction with the Environment Team - Support and advise teams on Environmental issues.

Success enablers:

To be successful in this role you will need the following skills, behaviours, and abilities:

ONE TEAM ? You will be a natural collaborator and have the skills to bring teams and departments together to achieve a common goal

RESPECT ? You will role model respect for yourself your colleagues, our customers, and our planet

CAN DO ? This is about how hungry you are for success and always having the energy to find the solution to our challenges

PASSION ? We want people who love their work, are passionate about making a difference and being the best, they can be

A proven 3-year track record of managing H&S systems and people on construction/civil infrastructure projects

NEBOSH General Certificate (preferably Construction)

Environmental experience (qualification preferred)

Excellent influencing and negotiation skills

Experience in culture and behavior change

HSE Leadership Qualification preferred (but not essential)

Ability to communicate effectively at appropriate levels within the organisation

Excellent knowledge of H&S legislation, best practice, and a desire to constantly improve

Attention to detail required, high standards, no compromise in safety standards

IT literate with thorough understanding of IT and how effective IT systems can support the efficiency of organisations

Ability to provide practical solutions in all areas of HSE

Why work for Lynch?

Welcome to our family, we appreciate you taking the time to consider joining our team. Our people are at the heart of our business, and you will be a vital in helping us to continually to grow and develop.

We have an exciting future, and our expectations are high. We pride ourselves on providing the highest standards of customer service, with a focus on getting things ?right first time?. We are excited to meet the best people who are aligned to our behaviours and will support us in achieving our vision.

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What?s our why:?

We are passionate about making the construction industry the industry of choice. We do this by creating the greatest people experience, which results in better performance for our customers, our society and our planet.?

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Our culture?

As a family-owned business we pride ourselves on our inclusive environments that drive fun, wellbeing and high performance across all that we do.?You really are joining a family and not just a business.

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

Flexible Working

You are welcome to ask about flexibility at interview stage.

Reasonable Adjustments

Please contact us if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.