Posted By morgan
Hello everyone

Working as assistant health and safety advisor for a medium sized construction company annual turnover £15m employing around 50 workers. I have been with the company for nine months I have NEBOSH General and Construction and no other health and safety experience apart from these nine months.

My salary is to be re negotiated soon how much should I expect? I am currently on £18k and work 35 hour week.

Posted By Steve Butler
It all depends on what your employer has recognised as your key skills and what they will benefit in the coming months and years.

I would expect you to get at least a raise to £20K salary. Experience cannot be bought, won or found, it has to be earnt, as does respect. This takes time.

My advice to you is work hard, think about making sensible, commercially sound decisions that bring benefit to the whole company. Listen to others and you will pick up a lot of information that you take with you throughout your career.

The Construction industry is great and you will be rewarded for your performance.

Good luck.

Posted By TBC
You say that you are an assistant - does your immediate boss have anything to do with awarding pay increases? You could sound him/her out. You don't say how old you are.

It also depends on your performance with the company - if all is well and given your status a realistic figure would be around £20k at this stage. Saying that you could possibly get more elsewhere. If they are happy with you then I'm sure they would rather pay the £20k and keep you - otherwise they would have to search for a replacement and might not get someone as good as you.

Posted By Andrew Meiklejohn
Hi Morgan

I would agree with the others 18 is a bit low
given that average UK salary is 25k according to last census. However, it may depend on other benefits benefits you recieve.

I think 20 - 25 would be fair but again depends on experience qualifications, transferable skills etc. Sometimes only way to get a raise is a new job.

If they are not willing to give you a raise you could also ask for funding for CPD (ie. you become a more valuable asset to the company) - once trained they may think twice if you ask for a rise after investing the time, money and effort in you.

If not another employer might....

Posted By Mick154
For what it’s worth my 2 penneth

Look at whether you are happy working for what you have, and did the company pay for your training

Then think about what you bring to the company and the benefits they get from your labours
Look at the area and the going rate for that area (agree with Ian Hutchings)

Last but not least look at your responsibility, and what you put into the 35hour week.

Then sit down put a list together then start the negotiations

Me I’m happy with what I get but if I can get a bit more without leaving I would try as they say “every little helps”

My assistant gets 23k + expenses + car allowance (all site work), adviser gets 25k + expenses + car (site and office)