Safety and Sustainability Adviser - Southampton, United Kingdom - Freightliner

Freightliner

Verified Company

Southampton, United Kingdom

1 day ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our commitment to you, once you join our team, is to foster growth and provide developmental opportunities to ensure you reach your utmost potential.

Purpose of the Role:

Joining a rapidly evolving organisation, you will support implementation of a robust evidence led and industry leading safety and sustainability strategy that will underpin and enable growth and expansion of our business.

You will also champion a programme that will place proportionate and effective safety at the heart of everything we do.

You will support effective delivery through suppliers, service partners and internal functions, gathering and utilising high quality management information to drive ongoing continual improvement.

You will champion effective and proportionate management of safety, act as an expert adviser and critical friend to management and staff, and support colleagues in the safety and sustainability team to increase reach across the business.

You will also represent the company with external stakeholders including industry groups, regulators, and customers.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Support development and delivery of the business strategy for safety and sustainability. Engage in project activity and coordinate local implementation.
Collaborate with the management team to implement a business focussed safety plan to meet the needs of your allocated sites
Support effective engagement on safety and sustainability topics, and promote just culture to drive effective learning and continual improvement
Champion the safety agenda, and provide advice, support and guidance to internal stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of improvement plans and projects throughout the business.
Support competence development through training, assessment, coaching and knowledge transfer to support effective risk management and good quality engagement
Provide advice and support to ensure effective management, investigation and remediation of accidents, injuries and precursor incidents.
Develop monthly reports including KPIs to illustrate key trends and inform strategy and planning within the business
Support ongoing management and improvement of the business management systems to optimise implementation and effectiveness
Engage in assurance activity to drive the continual improvement cycle
Maintain up to date knowledge of legislation and best practice relating to health and wellbeing, safety, security environmental protection and sustainability, and engage actively in CPD as prescribed by professional body
Other tasks as required by the business

Key job requirements:

Membership of a relevant professional body
Experience of supporting safety in a high hazard environment, ideally within the rail, transport, or logistics sector
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Excellent influencing skills and the ability to engage others in a shared objective
The ability to produce clear and concise written documentation and to present technical detail in a concise, engaging and business focussed manner 7. Ability to prioritise workload and use experience and initiative to engage internal and external stakeholders
Willingness and ability to work flexibly and travel throughout the UK with occasional overnight stays

Behavioural Competencies:

Attacks tasks and objectives with drive, energy and enthusiasm;
Rolls their sleeves up and gets involved in a wide variety of tasks and activities;
Demonstrates a "can do" attitude and is seen as an ambassador for the Company;
Proactive approach to work and uses own initiative to implement process improvements;
Embraces new challenges and gets things done;
Sets high standards of work for self and consistently achieves these;
Seen as friendly and approachable, always willing to assist and get involved; 8. Good team player;
Exhibits and lives the Group's core values.
We are looking for the most committed and reliable individuals who possess the knowledge, skills and experience needed for their roles.
In return we can offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, a competitive pension scheme and a rewarding career in an awardwinning team