Company: Agricultural supply and rural retail organisation
Role: EHS Lead – Regional
Location: Cumbria
Salary: £55,000 per annum - £60,000 per annum + £6,000 car allowance or company car + wider benefits.
Seeking dynamic and hands on, EHS Lead, on behalf of a profitable sales and agricultural organisation, who have a multitude of small complex facilities - all local to Cumbria. The sites are fast paced, high hazard with a high risk profile.
This role is to focusing on championing continuous improvement for EHS compliance, bridging the gap between work as imagined vs work is done; helping them raise the bar when it comes to Environment, Health and Safety standards.
Taking the workforce on a cultural journey where they are empowered, confident to take ownership and accountability for EHS themselves.
The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping a strong safety culture - empowering and coaching teams to take ownership, build confidence, and drive accountability for EHS at every level. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a meaningful cultural transformation and leave a lasting legacy in how EHS is embedded across the organisation.
Overview:
- Act as the subject matter specialist for the sites, offering advice and support to line managers and leaders, on all Environment, Health & Safety matters
- Working collaboratively on central projects, within a well-supported team, led by a and hands on Head of EHS.
- Coach and mentor an EHS apprentice, providing regular appraisals, supervisions and providing development opportunities as appropriate
- To manage and support delivery of the operational EHS plans for all sites, ensuring the Head of EHS is updated as required and the work is aligned with the environmental initiatives.
- To maintain an active role in supporting managers to promote, embed and reflect a culture of safety, responsibility, and awareness. And challenging attitudes and behaviours that do not support this, and escalating appropriately.
- To lead, and deliver, a rolling programme of monthly EHS Inspections for all sites, with scheduled follow up on actions required to ensure remediation within agreed timescales.
- To drive continuous improvement EHS projects, ensuring colleagues are engaged, communicated with, and developed to enable sustainable change.
- To support and coach managers with the training, general advice and upskilling of all company and site operatives to promote safer working practices, and lead In-house training with managers and employees regarding environmental, health and safety issues and risks.
- To support managers in ensuring that all risk assessments are completed, regularly reviewed, and appropriately recorded. Where risks are identified, provide advice on control measures to reduce risk and ensure any operational plans are updated to reflect this.
- To support managers to ensure that all accidents and near misses are suitably investigated, recorded, and control measures identified in response to incidents are implemented.
- To collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including regulatory bodies, to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.
- To work with managers to identify relevant training for their teams and individual colleagues, developing a training plan and sourcing and recommending potential providers.
- To ensure all relevant legislation and approved codes of practice, are adhered to in respect of ongoing compliance
- Chair regular EHS Committee meetings and ensure minutes and actions are recorded.
- To develop and maintain emergency response plans and to conduct regular emergency drills to monitor and ensure preparedness.
- To adhere to business and Group policies and procedures, including but not limited to those relating to Environmental Health and Safety.
Ideal personality traits:
- Hands on, roll sleeves up and get stuck in
- Be proactive and solutions focused
- People centric, engaging and empowering
- Self motivated Coach and mentor
Ideal background and education:
- Sales/ retail, agricultural, foundry, mining, metals, manufacturing experience
- NEBOSH Certificate as a minimum or IOSH LV 3
- Experience of coaching/ mentoring others
- Prior EHS experience, across multiple sites/ facilities
Interested? For more information, please reach out to Sophia directly at HSE Recruitment Network. Sophia.darwin@hserecrutimentnetwork.co.uk or on 0121 454 5000