HSE Advisor - South

Join us at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin): Where purpose comes to life. You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, where our purpose ‘to advance life around the world’ drives our entire global team. Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting the world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better. This is what we work for. How about you? At Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin), we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments.

We are currently looking for a HSE Advisor - South to join us at Chippenham. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.

The role:

• Lead, train, coach, and support site staff in the field of Health, Safety and Environmental improvement.
• Ensure the Company’s Health, Safety and Environmental policies are implemented consistently.
• Monitor, evaluate and review Health, Safety and Environmental policies, practice, and legal compliance.
• Make recommendations and implement new policies and procedures as required.
• Advise the Senior Management Team on the implications of current and emerging Health, Safety and Environmental legislation, including evaluating options for implementation.
• Support managers to maintain safe systems, providing specialist advice, coaching and practical support.
• Conduct audits, evaluate the effectiveness of Health, Safety and Environmental systems and procedures, identify, and implement improvements where necessary.
• Manage and maintain the accurate reporting of Health, Safety and Environmental Leading and Lagging performance indicators, providing dashboard reports where required.
• Proactively identify and present Health, Safety and Environmental improvement opportunities on Site, Territory and Business Unit levels.
• Proactively identify and share best practices with other Health, Safety and Environmental Team members across the organisation.
• Investigate, or where appropriate, assist others to investigate the circumstances and causes of accidents and events. Support actions to take necessary steps to prevent a recurrence, including the issuing of notifications where required to the Health & Safety Executive.

The profile:

• Leading the HSE agenda by example.
• Willingness to stand out and convince others of the business case underlying HSE improvements.
• The ability to plan, prioritise and organise own workload.
• Knowledge and a proven history of delivery of health, safety and environmental management systems and the provision of advice.
• Willingness to learn and to share knowledge.
• Excellent written and people skills and the ability to challenge constructively.
• Effective team working and networking skills and the ability to work independently using own initiative.
• Personal commitment to the corporate values and objectives of Wavin and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Willingness to travel across the region.
• Working knowledge of current Health, Safety and Environmental legislation and its application in a manufacturing environment.
• Relevant professional qualification e.g., IOSH certificate, NEBOSH Certificate / diploma.
• Desirable: A member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
• Desirable: Continuous Improvement knowledge and training (green belt level).

What Orbia Building & Infrastructure offers:

Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin)! Here we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Above all we encourage all our employees to develop their talents and to become the best version of themselves. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Orbia B&I is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.