Senior Health and Safety Specialist

Full-time – Six month fixed term contract, with an opportunity to go permanent. We are recruiting for a Senior Health and Safety Specialist in the South Birmingham Area, they are to be responsible for the co-ordination of all Environment, Health & Safety programs and processes. This is role is for a food production company with a global brand the key responsibilities for this role are as follows;-          Provides Health & Safety expertise for the plant for all new projects and change management activities. -          Understands relevant technical requirements in Environment, Health & Safety and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and Company Policies.-          Ensures appropriate risk assessments are conducted and follow ups implemented to minimize or eliminate accidents or asset losses that might cause harm to one of the company’s employees, contractors or property.-          Facilitates implementation of corrective and preventative actions where required for EHS.-          Ensures the facility standards are in compliance with both Company and government regulations.-          Ensures training and coaching are taking place to drive a safety-perfect culture and to ensure Health & Safety standards and awareness are well understood throughout the plant organization. Be a lead for culture change and drive behavioural safety as a way of life. -          Be the lead in driving this behavior in all levels of the site – including PLT.A successful candidate will have the following qualifications;-          Demonstrates good process management and pragmatic business application of systems and functional principles and standards.-          Understands the importance of building a good safety culture, working with key stakeholders to drive engagement across both core and non-core populations. -          Dynamic, tenacious and courageous. -          Able to build relationships with key stakeholders and peers.-          Able to communicate, present and train others well.-          Excellent command of written and spoken English.-          Tech savvy with experience of Windows and an ability to adapt to other systems as and when required.-          Demonstrated ability create a motivational environment, driving good health and safety culture. -          Technical functional excellence in Health & Safety and demonstrated through leadership.The following is a list of preferable qualifications for this position; -          Demonstrated ability to develop passion, understanding and capability for functional agenda in others in the business.-          Strong change management skills.-          Understanding of CDM and some project management skills would be preferable. -          Experience in auditing on ISO 14001 and 18001 standards.-          Underlying knowledge of Process Safety Management (such as ATEX, Chemical and Fire Risk Management.)The hours of work for this role are 0800-1600, Monday to Friday paid at a competitive pay rate.If you would like to apply for this position please hit apply below or email a CV to ‘Jonny’ on