Health and Safety Officer

We are actively recruiting a Health & Safety Officer to join our clients manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Pontefract

To effectively lead all aspects of health and safety on their sites. To be proactive and suggest improvements across all sites in relation to process and safety, assist with training in the form of Toolbox Talks, Risk Assessments, SSOW and procedure compliance. Guide the Site Managers with all aspects of HSE requirements. Manage PPE requirements and associated budgets.

Health and Safety Officer Duties & Responsibilities

• Audit sites looking for compliance legislation and lead from the front. Support employees to understand why we do tasks in a certain way

• Promote a safety culture on site, understand the manufacturing processes, look for areas of improvement in Health, Safety and Environmental practices

• Maintain the calibration system, arrange for internal and external calibration to be completed

• Analyse data, statistics, incidents, and accident rates across all sites

• Work closely with the Site Managers, help them to continuously improve in all aspects of HSE systems and processes

• Manage and motivate members of the team continuously. Review methods, procedures and Safe Systems of Work (SSOW). Have the ability to train these out in a simple, but effective way

• Ability to manage employees and be assertive where employees are breaching any site rules. Work to change people’s thought processes

• Produce meaningful reports, remaining customer focused at all times

• Review and update all H&S documentation in line with our Business Management System and in compliance with all ISO standards

• Assist or lead as required with accident investigations and post-accident interviews / data gathering

• Complete various inductions, Health & Safety permits and Lock & Tag procedure paperwork as required

• Carry out Health, Safety & Environmental inspections as required

• Write and review internal specifications, analyse data and provide justifications

• The ability to complete Non-conformance reports and generate real robust root causes and actions to prevent re-occurrence

• Liaise with the team in south with HSE related issues, assist to resolve the issues in a timely manner

• Feed data and stats to the Head of Compliance for Management Review

• Manage the PPE budget for all sites

• Support the Environmental & Sustainability Lead as required

Key Skills and Competencies of the Health and Safety Officer

• A good knowledge of Health, Safety and Environmental practices

• IOSH essential. Aspiration to progress to NEBOSH

• A good working knowledge of ISO

• Experience in implementing ISO

• Understanding of current HSE laws and legislation

• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing

• Ability to manage multiple workloads simultaneously

• Have the ability to work across all sites and be flexible

• Process driven and the ability to challenge people at all levels of the business

• System focused, ability to create new procedures and documents

• The ability to be the key person during 3rd party audits

• Experience of RIDDOR reporting and investigating

On offer is a salary of up to £60k DOE plus a car allowance and fuel card