Job Description: Field Health & Safety Coordinator
Location: Head Office, Units 1-6, Old Station, Higham, Bury St Edmunds
Reporting to: Accreditations Manager
Direct Reports: None
The Company
The Company Aran Insulation, part of AgilityEco, is an award-winning, industry leading organisation striving to improve energy efficiency of homes throughout the UK. Passionate about improving quality of life and cost of living, the company’s goal is to reduce carbon emissions of UK households. A dynamic company going through a growth and development period. Aran Insulation is committed to developing its staff through training and progression, giving them the tools and opportunities to excel.
Job Role
The Field Health & Safety Coordinator plays a key role in ensuring health and safety standards are consistently implemented across Aran’s operational delivery.
The role is primarily site-based, working closely with operational teams, supervisors and subcontractors to monitor safe working practices and promote a strong safety culture across all installations.
The coordinator will conduct site inspections, safety observations and compliance checks, ensuring field teams are operating in accordance with company procedures, legal requirements and client safety expectations.
A key element of the role is engaging directly with installers and site supervisors to deliver toolbox talks, training sessions and safety briefings, helping to continuously improve health and safety awareness across the workforce.
The role works closely with the Technical Quality Manager, Contracts Managers and operational leadership to identify risks, resolve safety concerns and support continuous improvement.
Site Health & Safety Monitoring
· Conduct regular site safety inspections and monitoring visits across company projects
· Observe working practices to ensure compliance with company safety procedures and statutory requirements
· Ensure field teams are operating in line with RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements)
· Identify unsafe behaviours or conditions and ensure corrective actions are implemented
· Provide practical guidance to field teams to improve safe working practices
· Work with field teams to ensure wider monitoring and compliance.
Compliance & Documentation
Review and verify site documentation including:
· Risk Assessments
· Method Statements
· COSHH assessments
· Equipment and PPE compliance
· Ensure safety documentation is accurate, up to date and available on site
· Maintain clear records of inspections, safety observations and actions raised
Toolbox Talks & Training
Deliver regular toolbox talks and safety briefings to field teams and subcontractors
Provide practical guidance on key safety risks associated with retrofit works, including:
· Working at height
· Manual handling
· Ladder and scaffold use
· Dust and respiratory hazards
· Electrical safety
· Use of power tools and equipment
Support the development of safety training materials and improvement initiatives
Promote a positive and proactive safety culture across operational teams
Incident & Risk Management
· Assist in the investigation of accidents, incidents and near misses
· Support root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions
· Identify trends in incidents or safety concerns and recommend improvement measures
Continuous Improvement
· Work with operational teams to identify opportunities to improve safety processes.
· Support the development of practical safety procedures and best practice guidance
· Assist in improving safety engagement and awareness across all field teams
Collaboration with Operational Teams
· Work closely with Contracts Managers, Supervisors and operational leadership to ensure safety standards are maintained
· Support site mobilisation and ensure appropriate safety arrangements are in place
· Provide feedback to the team on operational risks and safety performance
What We’re Looking For
· Experience working in construction, retrofit or field-based operational environments
· Strong understanding of construction health and safety practices
· Ability to engage effectively with installers and site teams
· Experience conducting site inspections and safety observations
· Strong communication skills and a proactive, practical approach to safety management
· Ability to influence behaviour and promote a strong safety culture
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
1. NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (or equivalent)
2. CSCS card or relevant construction safety card
3. Full UK driving licence
Desirable
1. IOSH Managing Safely or IOSH Working Safely
2. SSSTS (Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme)
3. Experience delivering toolbox talks or safety training
4. Knowledge of retrofit installation activities (insulation, ventilation, heating or renewable technologies)
Note:
This is a description of the job as it is constituted at the date shown. It is the practice of Aran Insulation Limited to periodically review Job Descriptions to ensure they relate to the job performed, or to incorporate any proposed changes.
Aran Insulation Limited is fully committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in all areas of our business including the appointment of staff. We ensure that applicants who meet our shortlisting criteria are invited to our recruitment process.
Due to the nature of our work, we undertake criminal record checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service for all successful applicants, and periodically thereafter. Should an applicant not satisfy our background checks any conditional offer of employment or employment may be withdrawn.
Schedule
The Field Health & Safety Coordinator will be based at the Aran Insulation Head office but will be mainly based in the field and will work normal site hours Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm, however on occasions it will be required to work outside these hours and away from the head office. Staff are required to attend occasional training courses, conferences and meetings that may necessitate staying away from home overnight.
Salary
£35,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
This is a description of the job as it is constituted at the date shown. It is the practice of Aran Insulation Limited to periodically examine Job Descriptions, update them and ensure that they relate to the job performed, or to incorporate any proposed changes. The MD, and management team of Aran Insulation Limited will conduct this procedure in consultation with the post holder. In these circumstances it will be the aim to reach agreement on reasonable changes, but if agreement is not possible, management reserves the right to make changes to your job description following consultation.
Aran Insulation Limited is fully committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in all areas of our business including the appointment of staff. We ensure that applicants who meet our shortlisting criteria are invited to our recruitment process.
Due to the nature of our work, we undertake criminal record checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service for all successful applicants, and periodically thereafter. Should an applicant not satisfy our background checks any conditional offer of employment or employment may be withdrawn. the nature of our work, we undertake criminal record checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service for all successful applicants, and periodically thereafter. Should an applicant not satisfy our background checks any conditional offer of employment or employment may be withdrawn.
Description prepared by: Mark Randall (Managing Director)