Our Client is a highly successful and well established manufacturer with over 150 years experience. This new position has been created to support their current experienced and professional team to ensure all Health & Safety issues are continuingly improving and moving forward in line with their own growth and manufacturing expectations.

What you'll be doing

• Work alongside the line management and operational teams to continually improve the safety of the working environment, appropriately identifying and assessing risk, and developing and delivering effective mitigation strategies.
• Drive a programme of works to create and advance of culture of safety management and positive interdependent safety behavior within all levels of the organisation
•  Support the development and delivery of the implementation of Group Safety Standards alongside the H&S Business Partner
•  Monitor the business’s compliance with Health and Safety Policy and procedures and formally advise managers on areas of non-compliance
• Working within the division’s health and safety management team, appropriately support all sites and teams within the business, and provide direction and development to team members
• Maintain and advance the division’s Health and Safety Management System, including policies, arrangements and procedures where required
• Manage and support health and safety training needs, covering behavioral, practical and managerial safety aspects, including direct delivery of training where applicable.
• Ensure that all accidents and near misses are reported and investigated in accordance with the company’s policies.
• Support health and safety committees and steer positive conversations surrounding safety topics
• Maintain and manage safety reporting to the Senior Management Team
• Conduct internal audits, work place inspections and health & safety tours.

What are we looking for:

Essential skills:

• NEBOSH General Certificate qualified
• Approachable & Personable manner
• Experience in investigating incidents
• Strong influencer
• Good communicator across all levels
• Ability to translate health & safety knowledge into actions
• Experience of developing and promoting a positive Health & Safety culture

Desirable skills;

• Technical Membership with IOSH (TechIOSH)
• Multiple site experience
• Manufacturing background
• Training/Workshop design and delivery
• Experience in developing, writing and leading on Mental Health and Wellbeing policies and procedures.

*Please note that there is no availability for Visa Sponsorship and therefore all candidates must be eligible to work in the UK and will not need Visa Sponsorship now or Post Study in the future