An opportunity has arisen for a meticulous and proactive Health & Safety Coordinator to join my client’s team. This role is central to ensuring that my client’s health, safety, and environmental (HSE) management systems are maintained at high standards and in full compliance with UK regulations. Working closely with the Group Operations Manager, you’ll be integral to embedding a culture of safety across the site.
Your contributions will be key in areas such as document control, regulatory compliance, training coordination, and incident reporting. The ideal candidate will have a strong attention to detail, organisational skills, and a proactive approach to safety management.
Primary Objectives:
*Maintain and continuously improve HSE systems: Oversee the smooth running of health, safety, and environmental systems, ensuring alignment with industry standards.
*Support site safety initiatives: Collaborate with the Group Operations Manager to uphold site safety standards.
*Ensure regulatory compliance: Keep the company in line with health and safety legislation.
*Oversee training and documentation: Manage safety documentation and training processes, including audits and risk assessments.
Key Responsibilities:
*Documentation Management: Regularly update health, safety, and environmental policies, procedures, risk assessments, and incident reports, ensuring accurate version control.
*Incident Reporting: Support the investigation of accidents, near misses, and safety observations, producing monthly reports on safety metrics.
*Risk Assessment: Assist in risk assessments for new equipment and processes, reviewing assessments annually or when significant changes occur.
*Site Audits: Conduct and support safety audits, ensuring follow-up actions are documented and executed.
*Training Coordination: Maintain the training matrix for employees, including induction and refresher courses, ensuring compliance with standards.
*PPE Management: Oversee the issuance, tracking, and maintenance records of personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety-critical equipment.
*COSHH Compliance: Manage the COSHH database, ensuring substances are properly documented and assessed, and maintain COSHH stations in relevant departments.
*Safety Reporting: Prepare monthly reports for management, covering safety indicators and compliance metrics.
Qualifications and Experience:
*Health & Safety Qualification: IOSH Managing Safely (minimum).
*Relevant Experience: Previous experience in a health and safety role, ideally within a manufacturing or industrial setting.
*Skills: Strong organisational and multitasking abilities, with an eye for detail.
Working Environment:
This role is based in an office environment with regular interaction across production and operational areas, working alongside different departments to support a safe working environment.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative, marketing leading firm during an exciting period of expansion. You will be a valued member of this friendly and supportive team, offering a flexible approach to work, study support where appropriate and genuine scope for career progression.