EHS Manager in Newton Aycliffe

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Overall Purpose

• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Manager will be responsible for overseeing and managing EHS programs, policies, and procedures at the Newton Aycliffe site.
• A passionate, energetic and engaging leader in EHS, that promotes safety as a core value and partners with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Will be responsible for promoting and driving continuous EHS improvements that will engage staff, promote a positive safety culture and will result in the reduction of injuries and assures regulatory compliance.
• Whilst the role is based at Newton Aycliffe, it will require additional UK travel to other sites and occasional overseas travel as required to fulfill the role.
• The role will provide direct support and assistance to other UK site. There will be a direct team member based there. Therefore, annual target setting, regular appraisals and management of this individual will be required.

Key Duties

• Provide the necessary support, advice and management to deliver exceptional EHS standards.
• Establish annual safety objectives in line with business strategy to drive key safety metrics and KPI\’s to support the company\’s safety targets and report these metrics monthly.
• Serve as the technical resource for incident investigation and causal factor/root cause analysis; lead investigations and work with plant leadership to implement an action plan following root cause analysis.
• Implement systems, programmes and standards that will help enhance the existing positive safety culture.
• Assist in the development (and testing) of Business Continuity and Crisis Management Plans.
• Develop and update EHS policies and procedures whilst supporting cross-functional teams with policy implementation.
• Implement a behavioural safety programme as designed and required.
• Proactively identify EHS hazards and risks then develop plans to eliminate, minimize and control risks.
• Help maintain, support and implement of ISO Standards where applicable.
• Sharing of, and implementation of, best practices.
• Facilitate and support the implementation of health and safety software systems.

EHS Training & Development

• Educate, train and provide mentoring to staff in all areas of EHS.
• Develop and maintain training materials to help manage key risks within the business.

EHS Audits

• Lead or participate in EHS audits (internally and externally) as required.
• Ensure timely closure of audit actions relating to UK sites.

Regulatory Support

• Monitor regulatory changes; recommend adjustments to programs/procedures accordingly.
• Partner with legal counsel to support any relevant claims (i.e. employers liability claims).
• Ensure legal (and best practice) compliance with any relevant EHS permits and standards.

Key Requirements

• Possess suitable EHS qualifications for example NEBOSH Diploma and IEMA Diploma.
• Ideally possess 5 years of experience in a similar Health & Safety, Environmental or combined role.
• Manufacturing or chemical experience.
• Experience with ISO management systems and regulatory compliance audits.
• Experience in environmental compliance.
• Excellent MS Office Suite skills, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

The Package

• £48,000 – £58,000 per annum depending on experience.
• Pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• EAP.
• Additional.