Health & Safety Advisor

Role Responsibilities

• Carry out H&S monitoring in all areas of the site:
• Supporting Managers/Team-leaders/Supervisors on HSE good practice and principles
• Follow up on reports of anomalies, incidents, accidents, keep records of inspection findings and produce reports that suggest improvements
• Record incidents and accidents and produce statistics for managers
• Produce management reports, newsletters and bulletins
• Carry out risk assessments and consider how risks could be reduced supporting others in the creation of Risk Assessments
• Create FSPTs (Workstation Safety Data Sheets)
• Lead CSOs (Operational Safety Committee)
• Analysing work accidents/Incidents/trends
• Update the single occupational risk assessment document
• Ensure working practices are safe and comply with legislation
• Advise on a range of specialist areas, e.g. fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery, Environmental and occupational diseases.
• Update HSE KPI’s/Indicators
• Follow up action plan completion
• Analyse the ergonomics of workstations
• DSE Compliance Track the chemicals used on the site:
• Update chemical hazards in the database
• Record and process requests to use new products, create related documentation
• Organize and monitor employee exposure measures.
• Review COSHH records and compliance
• Carry out regular site inspections to check policies and procedures are being properly implemented
• Keep up to date with new legislation and maintain a working knowledge of all Health and Safety Executive (HSE) legislation and any developments that affect the employer’s industry
• Updating the Impacts /Aspects register
• Overseeing ISO14001/Sustainability compliance
• Site Fire Officer responsibilities
• Emergency planning and Disaster recovery support/planning
• Testing/audit of emergency systems
• Foster a collaborative approach to HSE management across all business units.
• Monitor and report on HSE KPIs to measure performance and drive continuous improvement

Person Specification

• Degree/NVQ Level 5/NEBOSH Diploma/NEBOSH General Certificate
• 3 Years’ demonstrable UK experience in HSE Advisory level role
• Industry experience in manufacturing, engineering, production or similar
• Knowledge of ISO 45001, ISO 14001 & ISO 9001
• Competency in root-cause analysis (5 Why’s, Fishbone, Fault Tree)

Further Information

• Salary: £50,000-£52,000 per annum
• Full-time, Permanent
• Greenwich, SE London
• 4 days onsite, 1 day hybrid working per week

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