Health and Safety Officer

The Company

Our client is a market leader in the engineering sector; a period of growth has led to their requirement for a Health and Safety Office

The Role

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• Will lead Safety and Health activity, ensuring the highest international standards are in place, maintained and reviewed for improvement.
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• Drive cultural change and behaviour, demonstrating best practice.
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• Improve the companies’ Safety and Health procedures, standards and processes.
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• Maintain compliance against latest legislative criteria.
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• Ensure a zero accident/incident culture within Safety, Health and Environmental matters.
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• Embrace methods to reduce accidents/incidents leading to increased health in the team leading naturally to improved productivity.
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• Define Safety, Health and Environmental procedures in conjunction with staff.
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• Set up and maintain controls and documentation procedures.
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• Compile and maintain COSHH register.
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• Monitor performance by gathering relevant data and produce statistical reports.
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• Review existing policies, ensuring that any changes/improvements are implemented.
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• Measure performance and identify any areas of weakness, recommending and implementing improvements.
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• Mentor and coach other managers and staff, providing training, tools and techniques to enable others to achieve the highest of standards.
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• Ongoing monitoring of KPIs to ensure the company is working as effectively as possible.
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The Person

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• Will have experience in a similar role.
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• Candidates are required to be the expert in their field, therefore should be qualified as a minimum to the NEBOSH or IOSH.
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• Experience of environmental, health and safety in a similar organisation.
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• Good understanding of health and safety legal obligations.
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• Have an ability to engage employees at all levels.
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The Benefits

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• You will be working for a well-established growing employer.
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• An excellent salary.
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• A company experiencing continued growth, expansion and investment.
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• The company are fully compliant with the latest health and safety requirements for current safe working practices.
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