Health Safety and Environmental Coordinator
Kentec Electronics Ltd, during the last 40 years, has expanded into a major worldwide manufacturer of independent fire control panels.
Over time, the Kentec brand has become known for its top-quality products, outstanding service, and exceptional support. Headquartered in Dartford, Kent, Kentec has established itself as a global leader, supplying control equipment to more than 90 countries across the world in multiple languages. As part of the Hochiki Corporation – one of the world’s most established and respected fire detection and life safety manufacturers, with over 100 years of history – Kentec is proud to have been a valued member of the Hochiki family for the past 13 years. This partnership has strengthened our position in the global market, enabling us to deliver world-class fire control panel solutions backed by decades of innovation, quality, and reliability. Our shared values and long-standing collaboration continue to drive progress, excellence, and customer trust across the industry.
Kentec is recruiting a HSE Co-ordinator to ensure a safe and suitable working environment which is compliant with current health, safety and environmental legislation. Reporting to the Compliance Director this person will be responsible for all health, safety and environmental matters across our manufacturing facility in Dartford and R & D centre in Rochester. We are looking for an enthusiastic professional to champion a health, safety, and environmental awareness culture throughout our company.
Responsibilities
* Maintaining the company’s health, safety and environmental policies and procedures, and ensuring these are reviewed and updated on a regular basis.
* Establish that the processes and procedures are in place to ensure a safe working environment.
* Monitoring and reporting on health, safety and environmental KPIs.
* Providing relevant training to employees regarding health, safety and environment.
* Performing risk assessments and presenting remedial and preventative actions to the Senior Management Team
* Keeping up to date with health, safety and environmental legislation and ensuring the company is compliant.
* Carrying out accident and incident investigation and managing safety initiatives.
* Performing environmental and safety audits and inspections on a regular basis.
* Maintaining the companies Environmental Management System certification (ISO14001).
Skills, Experience and Person Specification
* At minimum 3 years’ experience in the deployment of Health & Safety awareness.
* NEBOSH Qualification.
* Understanding of Environmental Management Systems (ISO14001)
* Good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
* Strong reporting and IT skills
Other Tasks:
* This is not a full and comprehensive list of duties of the job. The holder will be expected to perform other reasonable tasks in the interest of the job and company performance.
Job Specifics
* Working hours: Monday-Friday: 08:00-17:00.
* 24 days holiday, in addition to bank holidays, increasing with the years of service.
* Employee Assistance Programme (Wisdom)
* Unlimited access to 24/7 GP and wellbeing experts (Metlife)
* Financial well-being scheme (Salary Finance)
* Employee Referral Scheme
* Enhanced workplace pension
* Enhanced parental leave
* Free Mental Health First Aid courses (M.H.F.A.)
* Life Assurance
* Cycle to work scheme
* Internal Trainings
* Company Events
* Long Service Awards
* Employee benefits, discounts and perks (Kencheck)
* Volunteer with a charity of your choice for a day each year
* Get the latest tech at the best price and spread the payment over your salary, interest-free.
Ready to Apply?
To apply for the role, or to find out more, please email Juani.gomez@kentec.co.uk with a covering letter and a copy of your CV.
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