Health, Safety & Compliance Manager in Melksham

Location: Melksham (regular travel between other sites in Wiltshire/Hampshire)

Salary: £41,500 plus company car (VW Golf, hybrid)

The Business: A significant division of Europe's largest book printer, operating from multiple sites in the UK that specialises in On Demand and Digital printing. This division forms a crucial part of overall output, which across the UK annually produces around 160 million books. The company has continued to invest in advanced digital printing technology, offering comprehensive services from single-copy print-on-demand to large-scale best-seller runs, along with integrated warehousing and distribution solutions for trade, academic, and self-publishers.

The Role: The role aims to ensure company compliance with health, safety, and environmental compliance, regulations, policies, and procedures. Responsibilities will include conducting site audits, risk assessments, implementing safety processes, and monitoring compliance. The Health, Safety, and Compliance Manager will collaborate with Operational and Senior Management and employees to create a safe work environment, ensuring compliance with legislation.

The Person: Most likely you will be working in a similar role in a manufacturing or industrial environment, either as a Health & Safety Advisor ready for the next step up or in a smaller business as Health & Safety Manager seeking a broader and larger remit. We would like to think that you are a meticulous and proactive individual with a genuine commitment to workplace safety and regulatory adherence. You would enjoy applying your expertise to contributing to a secure and efficient operation as well as delving into the specifics, building cooperative relationships at all levels, and be passionate about cultivating a strong culture of safety and compliance. You would be enthusiastic about playing a vital role in ensuring the operations consistently meet and exceed all health, safety, and regulatory standards, helping keep the team safe and processes running smoothly.

Responsibilities:

• Regular site inspections to ensure all sites are audit-ready
• Ensuring all assessments, as required by legislation, are conducted, reviewed and records maintained accordingly at relevant intervals
• Conducting and recording incident and accident investigations, with subsequent implementation of correction actions, recommended improvements or control measures
• Work with sites to manage major incidents that potentially involve RIDDOR and HSE involvement
• Responsible for H&S KPI reporting and displaying information across the STMA division
• Owning the organisation and completing the correct action resulting from audits
• Conduct risk assessments for new projects, operations, and tasks as required to ensure H&S is considered
• Ensure all risk assessments, COSHH folders, machine safety inspections are maintained and updated
• Chair site H&S committee meetings and manage the implementation of actions
• Deliver site H&S Inductions for new employees, contractors and any other parties working or visiting site that require an Induction
• Deliver training in accordance with the health, safety, and environment requirements
• Manage, order and carry out regular stock checks on First Aid and H&S equipment
• In the absence of Operations Management in Wiltshire, provide support to ensure day-to-day operations run smoothly
• Raise issues and problems to senior management for support
• Support Operations Managers with in-house projects and facilities management, i.e. machine installations, infrastructure change and improvements, building repairs, upgrades and servicing
• Other operational and H&S support as directed
• Continuous improvement in developing a positive H&SE culture

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Keep up-to-date with changes in health, safety, and environmental laws and regulations
• Detailed knowledge of health, safety, environmental regulations
• Familiar with risk management and hazard analysis with the ability to identify risks and propose practical solutions
• Understanding of accident investigation techniques and reporting
• Knowledge of emergency response protocols and first aid procedures
• Personable with good communication and relationship building capabilities across all levels of the business
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• A flexible approach to work and workload requirements with ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 2-5 years of experience in a health, safety, and compliance role, preferably in the printing industry
• Hold a NEBOSH General Certificate (Minimum) or equivalent