Job Title:
Health, Safety and Environmental Manager
Role Definition:
To champion and promote health, safety and environmental awareness, ensuring a safe working environment is created and maintained.
Key responsibilities:
Inform the General Manager of standards of compliance with Health and Safety legislation, Environmental legislation, and company procedures
Attendance at safety and environmental meetings and ensuring follow up actions are completed
Assist departmental managers in meeting their responsibilities under health, safety legislation and environmental legislation
Advise/support the Training Manager on general safety and environmental training requirements and assist with implementation as appropriate
Ensure accident records are maintained and that statutory reporting procedures are adhered to
Co-ordinate assessment of workplace hazards, formulating preventative measures including safe working procedures, monitoring conformance
Management of the structured near miss program
Liaise with enforcement authorities as required, and maintain an effective working relationship with them
Ensure the maintenance of all statutory records, and in particular the fire risk assessment, fire logbook, fire extinguisher checks and fire drill records
Assist as required with insurers' surveys and enquiries
Organize and control monthly health and safety inspection audits of all areas of the business, to record the results and ensure defects are actioned appropriately
Ensure communication with the group Health and Safety manager including developments and incidents as appropriate
Ensure that all departments are aware of the relevant sections of the SAI Global Health & Safety Standard and assist with implementation as appropriate
Complete weekly and monthly reports in relation to Health, Safety and Environmental site targets
Assistance during audits and external customer visits.
Maintain documentation and compile reports required by environmental legislation, including statutory requirements such as CCL, EPR Permits, packaging waste compliance.
Act as liaison with the Environment Agency, Yorkshire Water, and group environmental office
Ensure that arrangements are in place to manage removal of waste from site legally and following the waste hierarchy, and in a timely manner to minimise impact on site operations
Maintain and update site Environmental Management System as required