Job Summary
To successfully design, lead, deliver and maintain a health and safety programme ensuring best practice, compliance with Health, Safety and Environmental legislation and approved codes of practice; to engage with and work productively with leadership roles across all aspects of the business to embed and drive a positive safety culture across the organisation, establish and maintain safe systems of work and a safe environment for all employees and visitors; to deliver associated underpinning health and safety management action plans and operational programmes ensuring risk management and reduction across the organisation.
Accountabilities
The Health and Safety Manager will be responsible for:
1. Providing occupational health and safety professional leadership, support and advise to all levels of staff including management teams, employees, visitors and contractors.
2. Work inline with the Group Health & Safety Team, ensuring parity and compliance with set standards and contributing to continuous improvement over the group systems.
3. Leading, developing, informing, motivating and inspiring the Health, Safety and Environment team to deliver an excellent service for the business and achieve the highest standards of Health, Safety and Environmental management, ensuring the prioritisation of work for the team, whilst balancing the needs of the business against capacity and cost constraints.
4. Supporting the HR Team to manage and support health and wellbeing initiatives across the business.
5. Working with the Facilities Team to ensure the business has a site wide approach to safety and environmental issues and facilities compliance requirements are being controlled, documented and maintained in accordance with regulations and guidelines.
6. Ensure all appropriate communication is cascaded down to the teams and be the point of contact for the business for feedback of issues/concerns and any ad-hoc work requirements.
7. Ensure that serious issues and recommendations are escalated appropriately up to an including board level communication.
8. Lead the development of a Health, Safety, Environment strategy with a defined roadmap to achieve future state performance over a 3–5-year horizon, working and engaging with all business functions to align content, approaches and timelines.
9. Develop annual budgets and integrated improvement plans.
10. Establish and manage appropriate HS&E and Facilities performance measures, with targets, which form part of a performance management system for the business, flowing down the latest performance information, trends and actions to resolve performance gaps.
11. Monitor, evaluate and review existing, new and upcoming health, safety and environment legislation and ensure that the company has systems and procedures in place to meet legal compliance and other requirements and that these systems are identified, communicated and implemented in an effective and timely manner.
12. Review and develop all aspects of Health, Safety and Environmental policies and activity, and ensure that it is implemented consistently across the organisation, advising managers on how to develop and implement new policy and procedure documents as required.
13. Work proactively with managers and other key staff to establish and maintain a programme of continuous improvement in the management of health, safety and wellbeing within their areas of responsibility, ensuring all training needs for employees in relation to Health, Safety and Environment issues, risks and preventative actions are met and training records are maintained.
14. Support the site in defining and maintaining effective Health, Safety and Environment communications to the business, including frequent “toolbox talks” on a range of topics, visual management of Health, Safety and Environment performance, issues and actions, and appropriate use of resources to create focus and support behaviour change.
15. Oversee and undertake audits where appropriate and ensure an action plan with SMART objectives is established to address issues identified.
16. Work with the business to continually assess PPE needs and identify the most fit for purpose equipment. Ensure the availability and access to appropriate PPE.
17. Liaise with Health and Safety Executive and Environmental Agency inspectors when required to do so.
18. Ensure relevant reports are filed to Health and Safety Executive, as required by law.
19. Ensure the maintenance of the required fire safety documentation, regular completion of fire safety equipment inspections, and the regular completion of fire drills, liaising with emergency and support services, as necessary. Ensure fire safety requirements are communicated and understood throughout the business.
20. Ensure that there are adequate numbers of trained fire marshals and first aiders throughout the business.
21. Ensure that rigorous risk assessment, incident management systems and safe working practices are in place and followed across the organisation.
22. Escalate any serious and significant Health, Safety and Environment issues via the appropriate channels, ensuring the relevant board personnel are fully briefed where appropriate.
23. Conduct business in an ethical and fair manner, protecting the Company’s best interests, at all times.
24. Attend training as required by the Company and take responsibility for own self-development.
25. Carry out any duties commensurate with the role and as deemed suitable by the Company.
Health & Safety
26. Ensure safe working practices are maintained and current legislation adhered to.
27. Comply with company health and safety policy and procedure.
28. Maintain good housekeeping standards and improve where necessary.
29. Carry out any duties commensurate with the role and as deemed suitable by the Company.
Diversity & Inclusion
30. Ensure services are delivered in accordance with the company equality and diversity policy.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS (INTERNAL)
KEY RELATIONSHIPS (EXTERNAL)
31. HS&E Administrator
32. Director of Manufacturing
33. All Heads of Department
34. Production Management
35. Production Team Leaders
36. Health, Safety and Environment Committee
37. Health and Safety Executive
38. Environment Agency
39. Insurers
40. Sub-contractors
Person Specification
Requirement
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
41. Educated to A’ level standard or relevant work experience
42. NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent
43. Full clean valid UK driving licence.
Experience and Knowledge
44. Significant relevant experience of leading Health, Safety and Environment teams, including people management
45. Good understanding and working knowledge of Health, Safety and Environment legal requirements
46. Experience or clear knowledge and understanding of undertaking health, safety & environment audits, inspections or reviews
47. Evidence of promoting a positive Health, Safety and Environment culture and resulting improved performance
48. Evidence outlining experience in developing effective solutions to resolve complex Health, Safety and Environment issues
49. Evidence of developing and maintaining procedures and systems for investigating, reporting and analysing risks, accidents, incidents, dangerous occurrences and other safety/environment matters and giving advice on preventative and remedial actions where appropriate to eliminate/minimise safety hazards.
50. Experience of effectively managing Health, Safety and Environment within a manufacturing environment
51. COSHH understanding and experience
52. Experience of delivering health, safety and environment training courses
53. People Management Qualification
Skills, Competencies and Abilities
54. Ability to identify risks and implement control strategies
55. Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex information up to senior management / board level
56. Able to manage conflicting priorities and meet deadlines to the satisfaction of all parties
57. Understanding internal and external environments and their impact on the work of the Health, Safety & Environment function
58. Evidence of effective analytical root cause problem solving and decision-making abilities under pressure
59. Ability to stay current with Health, Safety and Environment knowledge and legal requirements and changes and communicate them effectively to management
60. Understand the need for “attention to detail” within a Health, Safety and Environment function
61. The ability to undertake site inspections and audits etc, making sound business recommendations for improvements as necessary
62. An understanding of Fire risk and Legislation
63. Willingness to adopt a flexible approach to meet the requirements of the job
64. Self-disciplined and ability to manage own time, to respond to changing priorities and workload to achieve targets
65. Willingness to work under own initiative
66. Able to maintain positive working relationships by effectively communicating with internal and external departments
67. Engagement with workplace wellbeing initiatives and understanding of how they add value to an organisation
Personal Attributes
68. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
69. Excellent standards of numeracy and literacy
70. Ability and willingness to work autonomously and flexibly, responding to business needs and adapting to new methods and tasks
71. A confident and effective root cause problem solver and decision maker
72. Able to represent the Company positively, professionally and with credibility
73. Positively assertive
74. Excellent Health, Safety and Environment knowledge
75. Proactive and self-motivated
76. Good organisation skills
77. Be prepared to travel off site to conduct site work risk assessments
78. Training development and delivery skills
Values
79. Strong customer focus
80. Passionate and enthusiastic
81. Take responsibility and ownership
82. Deliver on commitments and accountabilities
83. Drive own personal development
84. Striving to be the best
85. Thinking and working smartly
86. Embrace inclusivity and diversity of others
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure this job description provides a comprehensive overview of the responsibilities of this role, all employees may be required to undertake other reasonable tasks as requested from time to time. Individual objectives will be agreed in addition to these responsibilities.
We are constantly striving to ensure that we remain an employer of choice within our industry and location. In addition to paying real living wage levels, we also look to develop our colleagues continuously. While working with us you will also:
87. Have the opportunity to learn and develop new skills
88. Benefit from our Pension Scheme
89. Have a salary that grows as you grow
Salary£50K - £55k Per AnnumHoursMonday - Friday 08:30 - 17:00BenefitsContributory Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, 5 Weeks Holiday, Skilled Based Progression, Health Cash Plan, Cycle to Work Scheme