Health and Safety Officer

A brand new exciting opening for a Health and Safety Officer who is looking for a challenging career where they can develop and progress with a leading multinational engineering company who currently design and develop futuristic factory automation products for covering various industries including: Automotive, Scientific, Renewable Energy, Space, Medical, Food Processing and Consumer Products.

Location: Milton Keynes

BENEFITS: Salary: £30,000 - £36,000 - depending on experience, superb career and technical progression available, Bonus Scheme, Pension, Private Medical Insurance, 25 days holiday, sports and social club and subsidised canteen, rewards and benefits portal including retail discounts

​The Role:

To create, develop, maintain & enhance the Health & Safety Management System ensuring ISO45001 compliance and conformance.

Working with operational functions to ensure the company complies with applicable Health & Safety legislation to create a safe working and healthy environment for all employees.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain the Health & Safety management system

• The management and the maintaining, accreditation, compliance and conformance of European and UK Legislation and Directives. Liaise with the approval bodies & Senior Management, prepare and distribute Health & Safety data and facilitate the approval body visits, when required

• Monitor the impact of new Health & Safety legislation and apply within the company, when required

• Responsible for co-ordinating and facilitating the Health & Safety committee and internal Health & Safety improvement projects, promoting H&S culture across the company

• Investigate any Health & Safety incidents, concerns and accidents/near misses/illnesses and drive the improvements

• Undertake wider QHSE audits as part of team, record findings and drive closure of non-conformances

• Assist with evaluation of contractor risk assessments and method statements

• Assist with risk assessments and safe systems of work within the company

• To carry out all required processes and functions in an accurate and timely manner

• Create H&S documentation, toolbox talks and deliver required training

• To provide customers, both internal and external, with a high standard of customer service

• To attend presentations, courses and exhibitions relevant to the responsibilities listed

Essential skills and experience:

• NEBOSH

• IOSH membership

• Computer literate

• Self-starter, reacts methodically to changes in UK Legislation and in addressing non-conformances

• Dynamic, seeks out opportunities for improvement, delivers solutions

• Evidence of driving H&S change at company wide level

• Strong communicator, influencing and persuasion, training and coaching

• Must hold the Right to Work within the UK

Desired skills and experience:

• Experience of delivering H&S management in a manufacturing and warehousing environment

• Knowledge of compressed air, fork lift trucks, CNC machining and H&S challenges of Company car Fleet

• REACH trained

• Use of SolutionHost system or similar system

The Company:

Imagine working for a global market leader in automation and pneumatic technology, where innovation and customer satisfaction is at the forefront of what they do.

This is a unique opportunity to become part of our Quality, Health and Safety and Environmental team, if you’re looking for a new challenge with a career development path, please apply now and we’ll be happy to recommend you!