Health and Safety Officer

Our client, who is an international manufacturer of goods based in Hull, is seeking an experienced Health and Safety Officer to join their forward thinking and safety focused business.

This Health and Safety Officer position is an exciting opportunity to work on a multi-site role. The job holder will internally take the lead on all matters Health and Safety with the support of the external Health & Safety Consultant, ensuring workplace safety and compliance with health and safety regulations, and promoting a positive safety culture.

Working towards adopting a zero-harm concept with a focus on eliminating workplace incidents and accidents.

The role will involve working with external and internal stakeholders across health and safety and environment.

THE ROLE:

• Risk assessments: Conducting thorough risk assessments to identify potential hazards and implementing appropriate control measures including but not limited to performing reviews.
• Contractor management: Ensuring contractors meet the company's and HSE's standards for routine maintenance and or projects, mitigating risks and promoting safety, this will include reviewing RAMS, issuing and closing out permit to work.
• Incident and accident management: Recording and thoroughly investigating any event that deviates from normal business operations including near misses, accidents, incidents and other safety or security concerns. Implementing control measures to prevent reoccurrence and ensuring compliance with legal requirements (RIDDOR).
• Training and awareness: Delivering in-house health and safety training to employees including inductions to new starters and contractors. This will also include toolbox talks.
• COSHH management: Identifying hazardous substances in the workplace, evaluating potential risks and complying with the hazardous management plan. Creating and reviewing COSHH assessments. Ensuring internal and third-party MSDS' are compliant.
• Compliance reporting: Managing and reporting on health and safety matters, ensuring adherence to regulations, which includes maintaining records, reviewing documents, ensuring they are in the correct format, relevant and are duly signed and dated.
• Providing internal KPI reporting for management.
• Reporting on any non-compliances in relation to any of the ISO standards and relevant legislation and regulations.
• Monitoring and health surveillance: Managing the process and third parties for monitoring exposure levels and health surveillances. This will include identifying business needs, number and type of assessments required communicating schedules to departmental managers reviewing reports and implementing corrective actions and control measures.
• Personal protective equipment (PPE): Managing company PPE ensuring the distribution of authorised PPE, monitoring internal user checks, organising third party inspections, and ensuring employees are trained on the safe use of any PPE issued to them and the reporting of any defects.
• Continuous improvement: Working with the wider team to develop a continuous improvement plan that focuses on enhancing business processes that eliminate inefficiencies, reduces health and safety risks and promotes zero harm in the workplace.
• Standard operating procedures (SOPs): Working with managers, team leaders, employees supporting the delivery of and reviews of standard operating procedures, ensuring they remain current and relevant at all times.
• Administration: Upkeep of internal registers that capture information pertaining to compliance records, employee PPE, COSHH assessments, COSHH register, MSDS etc. and disseminating as required. Carrying out other administrative tasks in a timely manner.
• Safety culture: Promoting a positive safety culture and encouraging a proactive approach to health and safety throughout the business across employees, visitors, and contractors.
• Overseeing all aspects of the facilities management from a HSE point of view.
• Working closely with our insurers on annual projects.
• Fire safety monitoring using external consultants.
• Understanding all the various side shops within the business, and the requirements for HSE.
• Machinery management from a health and safety perspective.
• Transport management.
• Ensuring public liability obligations are met at trade shows.

The candidate:

• NEBOSH
• Extensive manufacturing H&S role
• Strong Organisational Skills
• Multi-Tasker
• Customer Service Focus
• Good Interpersonal skills

THE BENEFITS:

• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme

THE CONSULTANCY:

Edwards & Pearce acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Edwards & Pearce is an Equal Opportunities Employer.