Health & Safety Officer

Job title:

Health & Safety Officer

Company

Wincanton

Job description

Job Description:Health and Safety OfficerDuration of contract: PermanentHours: 37.50We are looking for a Health and Safety Officer to join our team based at our Middlewich Shared User Site. This is a key role to support the site by integrating effectively with the management team onsite ensuring H&S compliance & standards are achieved and maintained, through prominent levels of employee engagement. The successful candidate will play a role in the continuous improvement of the Contract’s Safety Plan that demonstrates a strong safety culture for employees, visitors, and contractors. They will report into and support the H&S Manager.How will you contribute?

• Manage site Health & Safety in accordance with Wincanton’s Safety Health Environmental Procedures.
• Ensure the site meets or exceeds the Health & Safety targets expected by Company / Client.
• Manage and maintain site training records and site training matrix.
• Co-ordination of all site Health & Safety activities including committees, training, and communications to ensure the site remains compliant.
• Assist/undertake risk assessments and create SSOWs as required.
• Using corporate IT systems to produce reports & support the delivery of Safety across the network.
• Ensure compliance when dealing with accident investigation and RIDDOR reports.
• Work in line with Company Process and Audit requirements.
• Support accident investigation and reporting to identify root cause and implementation of corrective action to prevent recurrence.
• Ensure all hazards, near misses, accidents and incidents are recorded correctly and escalated within a timely manner using the company safety database system.
• Act as necessary without supervision to get things done and organize people and activities effectively, knowing what to measure and how to measure it.
• Consult with the Health & Safety Manager and site management team.
• Define problems and devise effective solutions using rigorous logical and analytical tools.
• Be pro-active in decision making based on analysis, experience, judgement, and intuition.
• Conduct site inspections to analyse what exists and what needs to be done and arrange for appropriate actions to be taken.
• Ensure compliance with Regulations by making frequent, unannounced physical inspections and by auditing of written documentation/evidence.
• Hold Health & Safety meetings and oversee First Aiders on site again acting in accordance with site compliance and current legislation.
• Manage and drive safety plans across all network sites including advocating a H&S comes first culture.
• Support and liaise with the Facilities Management/Engineering function onsite.

What will you bring?

• Currently holds or are working towards NEBOSH qualification essential.
• Experience of a previous health and safety role within an operational environment. Warehousing operation would be desirable.
• Experience with Facilities Management preferred.
• Proactive, effective, and motivated team player who can demonstrate a strong capability of engaging with the workforce and be able to effectively communicate with colleagues and customers, both verbally and in writing
• Remains calm and works well under pressure in tight deadline situations, displaying exceptional organisational skills.
• Experience of working to ISO standards preferred.
• Must be able to demonstrate a keen interest in continually improving our Health, Safety and Environment performance.
• Self-driven to achieve continual improvement.
• Attention to detail.
• Current UK driving license.
• Experience of Microsoft Office applications and sound IT skills.

Our Culture & BenefitsIn addition to generous renumeration, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits include, online discount platform, onsite parking and much more.Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That’s why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.Be a part of our values; Excellence, Integrity, Passion, Proactivity, Togetherness & Trust.Our CommitmentWe are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. We strive for an environment where all colleagues feel included, supported, and valued, whilst feeling they can be their whole selves within our workplaces. We are proud that our colleagues represent us, and our successes and we welcome your application.About Us:Wincanton is a leading supply chain partner for British business, providing supply chain solutions up and down the country. Through a wealth of experience and knowledge Wincanton provides business critical services including storage, handling and distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer ‘dark stores’; two-person home delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of the UK’s best-known companies.

Expected salary

Location

Middlewich, Cheshire

Job date

Sat, 04 May 2024 03:57:35 GMT

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