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Wakefield - Normanton - Covering sites all over UK
Days, Monday to Friday
Up to 55,000
We are looking for a motivated Health and Safety Manager to join a market leader in their respective industry. Reporting to the Operations Director, the successful candidate will be entrusted to lead parts of the business right from the start with responsibility for key results and involve managing hard and soft services, site and facilities maintenance, HSE group and improvement projects for the site. The position will appeal to a strong HSEQ professional looking for their next challenging role within in a secure and stable company.
Role & Responsibilities:
- To ensure the company is at all times compliant with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and subsequent legislation and has in place and follows a compliant Health and Safety management system.
- To monitor, evaluate and review health and safety policy and practice and to develop and implement new policy and procedure documents as required.
- To work with department managers and staff to ensure all possible risk assessments are prepared and reviewed as necessary in a consistent and effective manner.
- To support all department managers to maintain safe systems of work and implement best practice, including providing specialist advice, coaching and practical support as needed.
- To consult employees on health and safety issues and to support and develop the role of the company's health and safety committee (HSC), including arranging and attending meetings. Co-ordinate the work of the HSC ensuring it meets regularly, identifies and reviews all relevant Health & Safety matters, minutes are taken and actions followed through
- To arrange for appropriate Health & Safety training
- To identify potential hazards, determining ways to reduce risk, planning safe working procedures and making necessary changes * To ensure that accidents and near misses are properly recorded, communicated to relevant authorities/managers, investigated, lessons learned and any changes to processes and procedures implemented to prevent reoccurrences.
- Professional qualification in Health and Safety (IOSH, NEBOSH)
- Experience of working within a H&S and/or Facilities team
- Commitment to a safety-aware culture and drive to implement new processes as appropriate.
- Experience of auditing, inspecting and surveying to identify problems and defects
- Experience in managing the health, safety and welfare of staff and contractors working in a complex, multi-site environment
- Experience working on fire safety, including fire risk assessments.
