Health & Safety Assistant

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Lancashire
Salary
Competitive
Posted
01 Jul 2022
Closes
29 Jul 2022
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Health & Safety Assistant

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Health & Safety Assistant

Clayton-Le-Moors, Accrington

Competitive + Benefits

About Studio Retail Limited

Now part of the Fraser Group, Studio Retail are one of the largest online value retailers in the UK, providing a personal shopping service to over 2 million customers each year through our award-winning App. And studio.co .uk and ace.co .uk websites.

Our product range is huge, with over 60,000 different products covering clothing & footwear, electrical, household, textile, bedding, furniture, nursery products, gifts and greeting cards.

We employ over 1500 colleagues in a wide variety of roles, many of whom have seen their careers grow with us. Our colleagues say they work here because of our people and customers, and we offer everyone the opportunity to develop and progress.

Our customers are at the heart of everything that we do. We re currently undertaking a digital transformation program that will deliver the best service to our customers and our colleagues, to make us the leading online value retailer in the UK.

About the Opportunity

We re looking to appoint an experienced NEBOSH qualified Health & Safety Assistant, to be responsible for assisting the Health & Safety Manager in providing day to day health, safety and wellbeing across multiple sites and assist with the development, implementation and communication of all relevant H&S policies.

Working in a busy and exciting retail organisation. You ll implement the health, safety and wellbeing policies and procedures ensuring legal compliance with all relevant legislation. You will act as a point of contact and provide operational advice and support to the Health & Safety Manager and internal stakeholders, as well as undertake audits and inspections identifying areas for improvement and report on the findings. You ll also assist the business on accident / Incident & Claims management and ensure that accident investigations are completed, and action plans are implemented to prevent reoccurrence.

Support the Health and Safety Manager

Accident Management by collating, filing reports and accurately investigating accidents

Risk Management by assisting in the compiling of Risk Assessments and review annually.

Supporting insurers in the collation of claims information

Identifying and ordering personal protective equipment (PPE)

Providing administration support for Board reports and mandatory HSE training

What are we looking for?

This is a great opportunity for an individual, keen to join a business going through significant transformation. The ideal candidate will have:

NEBOSH General Certificate (Essential)

Min of 2yrs H&S experience (essential) within a warehouse (Desirable)

Full Driving Licence with the ability to travel between our sites within the NW

NVQ Level 2 Business and Administration (Desirable)

NEBOSH HSE Introduction to Incident Investigation (Desirable)

IOSH (Desirable)

NEBOSH Fire Safety (Desirable)

Excellent attention to detail

Self-motivated

Good communication skills

Excellent IT skils

Analytical and methodical in approach

Demonstrates resilience, tenacity, persistence and diplomacy

Excellent team worker and collaborates with others

Experienced in record keeping

Has a proven track record in consolidation information into meaningful reports

Why Studio?

We have many experienced colleagues who ll tell you they love working at Studio because of the people and the opportunities to develop. It s a fast-paced environment and the offices have a friendly and informal feel to them, no suits required to do a great job here!

Through the pandemic we have adopted home working, where possible but expect to return to a hybrid model as soon as is practical and safe. It is key, therefore, that you can get to and from our offices in Accrington and are happy to commute, should requirements ever necessitate.

We offer a great benefits package including flexible working hours and free parking and would love to hear from you if you think we could be the right company for you.