Health and Safety Advisor - Tewkesbury, United Kingdom - WestRock

WestRock
WestRock
Verified Company
Tewkesbury, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description

The opportunity:
In your role as Health & Safety Advisor, you will be directly responsible for the coordination and execution of all Health & Safety responsibilities for the Tewkesbury site


Your main duties include:

  • Ensure that all safety legislation is adhered to, and best practice principles and policies are adopted throughout the sites by implementing and maintaining a robust Safety system in line with the WestRock Safety Excellence System.
  • Assist the sites in planning, implementing, monitoring, and reviewing the protective and preventative measures require to minimize operational losses, occupational health problems, accidents, and injuries.
  • Take the lead with any H&S issue at site and ensure that all staff are complying with the company procedures.

How you will impact WestRock:


  • Make changes to working practices that are safe and comply with legislation.
  • Lead the site H&S Committee meetings, listening and working collaboratively with employees at site.
  • Work with the Regional H&S Leader to deliver health and safety strategies and develop internal, site based policies.
  • Assist and provide guidance on carrying out risk assessments and considering how risks could be reduced.
  • Assist and provide guidance on carrying out COSHH assessments.
  • Provide site with support and guidance with operational learning events.
  • Outline safe operational procedures which identify and take account of all relevant hazards.
  • Assist with regular site and equipment inspections to check policies, procedures and working practices are being implemented correctly.
  • Provide internal and external audit support.
  • Assist the Group's/Division's efforts to improve H&S performance/standards by coordinating the reporting of injuries/incidents, ensuring there is a proper level of operational learning
  • Manage the Safety Excellence System.
  • Keep up to date with new legislation and maintaining a working knowledge of H&S legislation/developments and brief teams of any changes via workflow.
  • Advise teams on specialist areas such as fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, appropriate guarding of machinery and occupational diseases.
  • Ensure sites meets the Fire Safety Legal requirements
  • Support HR by providing expertise and knowledge on all Health and Safety activities.
  • Conducting internal audits and effectively plan to address any gaps noted.
  • Carry out other general administration activities as an when required.

What you need to succeed:


  • Organizational Skills: Plans, arranges and/or monitors work to ensure achievement of desired results; establishes a systematic course of action to accomplish objectives.
  • Customer-Oriented: Demonstrates concern for satisfying external and/or internal customers; resolves customer issues in a timely manner; communicates with customers to ensure alignment and satisfaction.
  • Communication: Excellent communication (verbal & written), presentation and public speaking skills spoken and written communication skills
  • Time Management: Plans, prioritizes, and manages time spent on accomplishing tasks to meet deadlines.
  • Problem-Solving: Identifies and analyses problems; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations; demonstrates tackling a problem by using a logical, systematic, or sequential approach.
  • Growth and

Results Oriented:
Demonstrates an interest, willingness, and drive to learn new things.

  • Collaboration: Works effectively with others to complete a task or achieve a common objective.
  • Knowledge of H&S legislation with the ability to understand and interpret legislation as appropriate to the site.
  • Proven experience as a trainer
  • Excellent computer skills
  • Minimum of 2 years' experience of working within H&S specialism
  • Required: NEBOSH General Certificate or NEBOSH Diploma or part qualified
  • Desired: ISO45001 and ISO14001 Internal Auditor

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