HSE Officer - United Kingdom - Baltic Recruitment Limited

Description

Our client are an established, expanding manufacturing business currently looking to recruit a HSE Officer to join their team.

Overall Purpose:

• To ensure the compliance of Health & Safety policies throughout the site.
• This includes updating and maintaining the H&S manuals and ensuring employees/managers/suppliers comply and work to the standards throughout the site.

Key Duties:

• Ensure a safe workplace environment without risk to health.
• Ensure Health & Safety policies, procedures, rules and regulations are adhered to and are regularly reviewed, updated and communicated.
• Ensure the company meets its statutory obligations in all areas pertaining to health, safety, environment, welfare at work.
• Ensure the completion and regular review of risk assessments for all work equipment and operations.
• Ensure that all accidents are documented, fully investigated and recommended improvements implemented.
• Ensure that safety inspections are carried out, fire drills and fire alarms are correctly reported, safety inspections, risk assessments and lone working procedures are managed and employees are aware of their responsibilities.
• Lead in-house training with managers and employees about health and safety issues and risks.
• Amend and update health and safety policies, safe systems of working and procedures.
• Ensure training records are updated with all health and safety training.
• Establish a full programme of documented health and safety inspections, audits and checks.
• Liaise with external training consultants where appropriate in the provision of training required.
• Manage, chair and devise agenda for health and safety meetings, ensuring minutes are circulated and actions carried out.
• Keep up-to-date with changes in legislation and amend and communicate all relevant policies/information.
• Update current environmental policy and ensure it is communicated to all relevant employees.
• Make recommendations for new environmental practices that will assist the company in meeting customer expectations.
• Keep up-to-date with legislation and amend and communicate all relevant policies/information, ensure the board are aware of any new changes that could impact dramatically on current procedures or where substantial costs may be incurred.

Key Skills, Experience & Qualifications Required:

• NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety.
• Environmental qualification would be an advantage but not essential.
• Experience within a manufacturing environment.
• excellent written and spoken communication skills in order to explain health and safety processes to a range of people and to give presentations to groups.
• Negotiating skills to convince managers of the need to implement and maintain safety standards that may compromise speed or efficiency in the organisation.
• Patience and diplomacy because the profession requires a collaborative approach.
• The ability to understand and analyse complex information and present it simply and accurately.
• A flexible approach to work.
• An interest in the law and the ability to understand regulations.
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