Job Description:

Freelance Health & Safety Advisor – HS2 Birmingham

Birmingham | Up to £550 per day | Inside IR35 | 6-month contract

We are looking for an experienced freelance Health & Safety Advisor to support a specialist subcontractor working on HS2 in Birmingham.

This is a hands-on, site-based role working closely with operational teams and project management across a major infrastructure and tunnelling environment.

The role would particularly suit someone with experience in HS2, tunnelling, major civils, rail, utilities or another high-risk construction environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out regular site inspections and identify H&S issues before they develop into formal non-conformances

• Review RAMS, permits, briefings, plant records and training documentation

• Support updates to RAMS where methodology, access, plant or site conditions change

• Monitor compliance with project, client and company H&S requirements

• Manage plant and labour compliance, including certification, competency and inductions

• Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses and support corrective actions

• Close out H&S observations and maintain action tracking

• Support audits, inspections and weekly HSEQ reviews

• Review upcoming works and identify H&S requirements in advance

• Support higher-risk activities including lifting operations, temporary works and plant movements

• Carry out tunnel-specific compliance checks including access, emergency arrangements, ventilation and rescue

• Monitor traffic management, plant-person segregation and occupational health risks

• Support environmental compliance and site controls

• Deliver toolbox talks and support workforce safety engagement

• Attend planning and coordination meetings to ensure H&S risks are identified early

Experience Required

• Previous H&S experience within construction, civils, infrastructure, rail or tunnelling

• Strong experience with RAMS, inspections, incident investigation and site compliance

• Good understanding of plant, lifting operations and site logistics

• Confident working directly with operational teams and site management

• NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent

• Full UK driving licence

Previous HS2 or tunnelling experience would be highly desirable.

This is a 6-month, site-based contract in Birmingham paying up to £550 per day inside IR35.

If you are an experienced freelance Health & Safety Advisor and available for a six-month project in Birmingham, apply with your CV and current availability.