At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead health and safety initiatives, ensuring compliance and promoting a proactive safety culture.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to health, safety, and sustainability.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a supportive work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth and to influence company culture.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in workplace safety and environmental sustainability.
- Qualifications: NEBOSH General Certificate and 5 years' experience in health and safety.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
Reports to
- Managing Director / Commercial Director
- Job Purpose
The Health, Safety & Compliance Manager is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining the company's Health & Safety Management System while ensuring compliance with all relevant UK legislation, customer requirements and internationally recognised standards.
The role is responsible for driving a proactive safety culture, reducing business risk, maintaining statutory compliance, supporting operational excellence, and ensuring the organisation continually improves its environmental, sustainability and governance performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Health & Safety
- Lead the company's Health & Safety strategy.
- Ensure compliance with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
- Maintain compliance with all relevant HSE legislation.
- Develop, review and implement Health & Safety policies and procedures.
- Produce and review Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work (RAMS).
- Conduct regular workplace inspections and audits.
- Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses.
- Complete root cause investigations.
- Implement corrective and preventative actions.
- Manage accident reporting including RIDDOR where applicable.
- Maintain accident and incident statistics.
- Ensure adequate First Aid and Fire Warden provision.
- Coordinate annual Fire Risk Assessments.
- Organise fire drills and emergency planning.
- Manage COSHH assessments.
- Manage LEV inspections.
- Oversee PPE selection and compliance.
- Ensure machinery is compliant with PUWER.
- Coordinate LOLER inspections where required.
- Ensure statutory inspections remain in date.
- Manage contractor safety.
- Conduct inductions for employees, visitors and contractors.
- Maintain Health & Safety training matrix.
- Compliance
Manage and maintain compliance with
- ISO Management Systems
- FSC® Chain of Custody
- Eco Vadis
- CDP Reporting
- Sedex
- Safe Contractor
- CHAS
- Modern Slavery Act
- UK GDPR (where operationally required)
- Packaging Regulations
- PPWR requirements
- EUDR requirements (where applicable)
- Insurance compliance requirement
- Audits
Lead all compliance audits including
- Internal audits
- Corrective action management
- Environmental & Sustainability
- Support carbon reduction initiatives.
- Maintain Carbon Footprint reporting.
- Coordinate sustainability reporting.
- Improve waste reduction initiatives.
- Promote recycling programmes.
- Assist with ESG reporting.
- Training
Develop and deliver training including
- Health & Safety induction
- COSHH
- DSE
- PPE
- Working at Height
- Contractor Management
- Toolbox Talks
- Environmental Awareness
- Documentation
- Procedures
- Method Statements
- Emergency Plans
- Inspection records
- Training records
- Audit reports
- Compliance registers
- Legal register
- Monitoring & Reporting
Produce monthly reports covering
- Near misses
- Audit scores
- Corrective actions
- Training compliance
- Compliance status
- Outstanding actions
- Business risks
- Present reports to the Senior Leadership Team.
- Assess contractor competence.
- Review RAMS.
- Monitor contractor performance.
- Maintain Approved Contractor List.
- Develop a positive safety culture.
- Identify business risks.
- Recommend improvements.
- Benchmark against industry best practice.
- Support Lean Manufacturing initiatives.
- Reduce accidents and compliance risks
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Near Miss Reporting Rate
- Audit Completion %
- Corrective Action Closure Rate
- Training Compliance %
- Fire Drill Completion
- PPE Compliance
- Customer Audit Scores
- Certification Retention
- Insurance Claims Reduction
- Knowledge & Experience
- NEBOSH General Certificate (minimum)
- Minimum 5 years' Health & Safety experience
- Manufacturing environment experience
- Strong understanding of UK H&S legislation
- Competent Microsoft Office user
- NEBOSH Diploma
- IOSH Membership
- Chartered IOSH (CMIOSH)
Skills
- Leadership
- Organisation
- Communication
- Problem solving
- Data analysis
- Decision making
- Time management
- Project management
- Personal Attributes
- Professional
- Approachable
- Highly organised
- Proactive
- Calm under pressure
- Ethical
- Commercially aware
- Authority
The Health, Safety & Compliance Manager has authority to
- Stop unsafe work.
- Remove unsafe equipment from service.
- Suspend contractor activities.
- Recommend disciplinary action for serious safety breaches.
- Escalate compliance risks directly to Directors.
- Implement immediate control measures where serious risks are identified.
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Health, Safety & Compliance Manager in Chelmsford employer: Wenbar
As a Health, Safety & Compliance Manager at our company, you will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to fostering a proactive safety culture and ensuring compliance with UK legislation and international standards. We pride ourselves on our commitment to employee growth, offering extensive training opportunities and a supportive work environment that values innovation and sustainability. Located in a vibrant area, our workplace encourages collaboration and provides unique advantages such as access to local resources and community engagement initiatives.
