Health and Safety Advisor

Job Description

What you'll bring to the team

Health and Safety Advisor

Location: Chessington World of Adventures, Leatherhead Road, KT9 2NE

Contract Type: Permanent, salaried

We are recruiting for a Health and Safety Advisor to join our ROAR-some Health and Safety Team!

As a Health & Safety Advisor at Chessington World of Adventures Resort, you will play a key role in supporting a positive, practical safety culture that enables our teams to deliver exceptional guest experiences. You will provide specialist advice across the Resort, helping managers, team leaders and employees keep safety simple, relevant and effective.

The Health and Safety Advisor will work closely with resort managers from all departments to identify training needs, develop the Resort’s training schedule and deliver engaging, interactive Health and Safety sessions. You will also support the accident, incident and near‑miss reporting process, ensuring that investigations are thorough and appropriately handled.

In this role, you will develop and communicate key safety messaging, oversee risk assessments, and ensure safe systems of work are implemented and followed. You will also support fire safety management, from fire risk assessments to drills, training and follow‑up actions, and help maintain robust inspection processes across the Resort.

As a key Health and Safety site contact you will lead Health and Safety forums, answer queries, and support managers in day‑to‑day operational safety. You will understand and apply safety legislation pragmatically, assist with guest safety investigations, and provide safety input during the build and launch of new guest experiences. As the resort representative for Health and Safety compliance you will build excellent stakeholder relationships across all departments, with the ultimate goal of keeping our guests and staff safe which they enjoy their visit with us!

Qualifications & Experience

• Previous experience in a health & safety role within a visitor‑facing or operational environment is essential
• Experience and understanding of health and safety compliance and legislation
• Excellent communication and engagement skills, with the ability to influence others positively
• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) or current study toward qualification is required
• A collaborative, pragmatic approach with the ability to make safety accessible and practical for all stakeholders
• Commitment to following safe working procedures and supporting others to do the same

Benefits

• 40% discount off LEGO® sets and products on the online LEGO Store!

• Merlin Magic Pass: 20 free tickets for you, your family and friends to enjoy all of our Merlin Attractions across the world!
• 25% discount in Merlin retail shops and restaurants (a brilliant extra treat when you’re using your Magic Pass to visit!)
• Staff discount codes for Merlin Annual Passes to gift to loved ones!

• Private pension scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Access to Perks at Work which 30,000+ national & local employee discounts
• Ongoing training & development

About Merlin

A job with Merlin isn’t like a job anywhere else. With attractions around the world, from rollercoasters to wax figures, we don’t trade in suits, handshakes or briefcases. We trade in fun. In smiles, shrieks and spine-tingles. In Memories. In magic. But there are no tricks behind our magic. Instead, there are people like you. Passionate, dedicated people who are committed to making sure our worldwide attractions and guests’ experiences are the best they can be.

If you have any questions or if you require any reasonable adjustments, because of a disability or medical condition, please contact us by email at recruitment@merlinentertainments.biz and one of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.

Pay Range

Competitive