
Health and Safety Advisor
- Ireland Blyth, Northumberland
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provision of timely, practical and professional occupational H&S advice
- Develop and further promote a positive H&S culture.
- Assist in promotion, development and review of accredited safety management system (ISO 45001). Including generation of H&S policies, procedures etc.
- Facilitate the generation and review of risk assessments.
- Delivery internal H&S training courses.
- Undertake H&S inspections independantly and in conjunction with line management.
- Assist with the incident investigation process i.e. Receive and investigate reports of adverse events and work with managment to determine their causes and make recommendations for to prevent reoccurence
- Maintain the tracking system for recording, reporting, investigating and actioning; adverse events, risk assessments; inspections and tours.
- Maintain H&S Intranet site and generate periodic reports and presentations on performance.
- Deputise for the Head of H&S as necessary.
- to comply with the Integrated Management System (IMS) and minimise any impact on the environment whilst carrying out their duties.
- to ensure and promote safe working conditions for all employees, visitors and contractors by implementing, monitoring and complying with occupational health & safety provisions
- to embed our WeLEAD competencies - I build trust, I create value for the customer, I enable others, I provide direction, I embrace diversity, I deliver results
- NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent (essential)
- NEBOSH Diploma (desirable)
- IT literate and good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite particularly Excel
- Knowledge of Power BI (desirable)
- Ideally Industrial background in an H&S advisory role
- Experience in the major H&S topics:
- Risk assessment e.g. task, machine and hazardous substances
- Inspection e.g. workplace, fire
- Audit e.g. systems, process, legislation, compliance
- Systems management e.g. policy development, implementation and review.
- Good written skills for example drafting reports and safety procedures
- Generate presentations and training materials using Microsoft Powerpoint
- Use Microsoft Excel to interpret, interrogate data
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to persuade and influence others at all levels within the company
- Capacity for analytical thought
- Project Management skills
- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with option to purchase up to 3 additional days
- Flexi scheme (check whether role has this benefit)
- Hybrid working available (check whether role has this benefit)
- Company car or monthly car payment allowance (check whether role has this benefit)
- Private medical (check whether role has this benefit)
- Discounted critical illness cover, dental cover and partner life assurance
- Healthcare cash plan
- Subsidised canteen (check whether role has this benefit)
- Discounted shopping & leisure vouchers
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Cycle to Work
- Gym membership discounts - up to 25%
- Charity Giving scheme
We look forward to receiving your application.