Health & Safety Manager
- Recruiter
- Support Services Group
- Location
- England, Northamptonshire
- Salary
- £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
- Posted
- 19 Sep 2014
- Closes
- 17 Oct 2014
- Ref
- JO0000000378
- Contact
- Clare Moore
- Sectors
- Engineering
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Health, Safety & Environmental Manager
This clients aim is to create a culture of health & safety awareness in all employees, in all areas of the business. This is a challenging role which is key to the future development of the Company.
Person Specification
· The ability to plan and prioritise workload in order to meet required deadlines and performance standards.
· The ability to implement change management by working with teams to create robust processes.
· Effective communication skills that allows the individual to communicate internally and externally at all levels (including written and spoken communication, experience in delivering presentations to all levels).
· Ability to work under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines, with demonstrated ability to adapt in a fast paced environment.
· Excellent level of IT skills i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook etc.
Main Objectives
· Ensuring that all legislation relating to health, safety and the environment is adhered to and policies and practices developed.
· Assisting in planning, implementing, monitoring and reviewing the protective and preventative measures required to ensure health, safety and environmental issues are effectively managed.
· Through proactive action minimise occupational health problems, accidents and injuries sustained at work.
· To provide a comprehensive service to managers and employees, on all matters affecting health and safety at work.
Role and Responsibilities
· Preparing health safety and environmental strategies, developing and implementing appropriate policies and ensuring adherence.
· Conduct risk assessments which identify all relevant hazards, including improvements to PPE and document safe operational procedures.
· Liaise with all the regulatory authorities (HSE, Env Agency, Local Authority, and Fire Service) to ensure the organisation is compliant with mandatory regulations and lead any inspections by the above authorities.
· Ensure that personal knowledge is up to date in relation to new legislation and best practice.
· Carry out Health, Safety & Environmental inductions for new employees.
· Investigate incidents/accidents, maintaining records and producing statistics for managers with recommendations for improvement to prevent re-occurrence.
· Work with HR and managers to provide employees with regular training regarding health, safety and environmental issues.
· Ensure that all processes, products, equipment and substances are in accordance with relevant polices and legislation and relevant documentation is maintained.
· Produce monthly Health, Safety & Environmental board report, and 6 monthly best practice presentations to Group companies.
· Chair monthly Health & Safety improvement meetings to highlight issues and implement solutions.
· Ensure adequate numbers of Fire marshals and First Aiders exist on site and notices are kept up to date.
· Arrange annual audits and monitor procedures as required by company policy and HSE legislation, recording results producing reports recommending improvements.
· Ensure that the required standards of health, safety, environment and housekeeping are maintained.
· Undertake any other tasks or duties as required by your line manager.
Experience & Qualifications
· Level 3 NEBOSH Certificate in Health & Safety
· IEMA Environmental Management Certificate (Credit Award Gained)
· Associate Member of the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment
· MCERTS Level 1 Technician (Environment Agency's monitoring certification scheme for manual stack emission monitoring)
· IOSH Noise at Work Risk Assessment & Management
· COSHH practical air monitoring & risk assessment
· Asbestos awareness & management