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Job Description

Job title

Freelance Health & Safety Advisor

Location

Camborne, Cornwall | On-site

Salary / rate

£300 per day | Freelance contract

Outside IR35 / CIS / self-employed options available

About the role

We’re looking for a hands-on Health & Safety Advisor to support a major internal refurbishment project within a live logistics environment in Camborne. This is a site-based freelance role working via a consultancy on a client-side project for a major global brand.

You’ll take the lead on day-to-day H&S across a fast-paced, multi-contractor refurbishment programme, helping site teams maintain compliance, drive safe behaviours, and keep works progressing in a live operational setting. This role will suit someone confident on site, strong on CDM, and comfortable influencing everyone from operatives and subcontractors through to senior stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

Lead health and safety activity on a live refurbishment project involving multiple contractors Carry out site inspections, audits, and compliance checks, then report findings and drive close-out actions Review and support RAMS, risk assessments, method statements, and safe systems of work Deliver toolbox talks, site briefings, and behavioural safety engagement sessions Support site leadership with practical H&S advice and visible on-site presence Liaise with contractors, consultancy teams, and client-side stakeholders to maintain standards Investigate incidents and near misses, then implement corrective and preventative actions Maintain accurate site documentation, trackers, reports, and compliance evidence using digital systems

Requirements

Proven experience in a construction or refurbishment-focused Health & Safety role Around 7+ years’ CDM-related experience NEBOSH qualified, with General Certificate minimum Strong working knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015 Confident reviewing RAMS, risk assessments, method statements, and site compliance documentation Strong IT skills, including reporting, trackers, MS Office, and digital H&S systems Able to influence, coach, and challenge at all levels on site Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, high-compliance, multi-contractor environment

Desirable / nice-to-have background

Experience on client-side projects or within consultancy-led delivery teams Experience in live sites such as logistics, warehouse, industrial, manufacturing, distribution, retail, or other operational environments Background in internal refurbishment, fit-out, brownfield works, or phased construction in occupied buildings IOSH membership or higher-level H&S credentials would be useful but are not essential if site experience is strong

About the employer / environment

You’ll be joining a consultancy team supporting a major client-side refurbishment for a well-known global brand. The site is active, complex, and delivery-focused, so this role offers real autonomy and the chance to make a visible impact on standards, behaviours, and project performance.

Best-Fit Candidates

This role is likely to suit Health & Safety Advisors, HSE Advisors, CDM Advisors, Construction Safety Advisors, or Site Safety Advisors who have worked in:

Refurbishment and fit-out contractors Principal contractors delivering occupied-site works Industrial, warehouse, logistics, or manufacturing environments Facilities, building projects, or contractor management teams within live operational sites Consultancy-led H&S or CDM support roles on client-side construction programmes

Useful adjacent sectors and environments:

Distribution centres FMCG manufacturing sites Parcel hubs Industrial maintenance shutdowns Retail distribution or back-of-house refurbishment programmes Airport, rail depot, utilities, or pharmaceutical sites with live operations and strict compliance

Alternative job titles that may align well:

Health & Safety Advisor HSE Advisor Site Safety Advisor Construction Health & Safety Advisor CDM Advisor Health and Safety Consultant HSEQ Advisor SHE Advisor Project H&S Advisor EHS Advisor

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