Health and Safety Manager

Meridian Business Support Limited

Posted a day ago, valid for a month

Rossendale, Lancashire BB4, England

£40,000 per annum

Full Time

Retirement Plan

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We are recruiting for a Health and Safety Manager who is NEBOSH qualified to join a very well established and successful chemical manufacturing company based in Haslingden. This is a permanent position working Monday to Friday 8am-4pm, offering a salary of between £35-45k per annum dependent on experience, plus excellent benefits!

In this standalone Health and Safety Manager role, you will be reporting into the Production Operations Manager, with responsibility for addressing potential hazards and promoting safe practices, reducing workplace injuries, illnesses and associated costs. This will include:

Carrying out risk assessments and making recommendations how risks could be reduced
Outlining safe operational procedures which identify and consider all relevant hazards
Carrying out regular site inspections to check policies and procedures are being properly implemented
Auditing working practices to ensure they are safe and comply with legislation
Investigating incidents and accidents and brief the Operations Manager on your findings
Compile statistics on accident and injuries, analyse and determine route causes and make recommendations to management accordingly
Engaging staff in a positive Health and Safety culture to include carrying out toolbox talks and other initiatives.
To have extensive knowledge in Health and Safety legislation and best practice to assist with compliance and continuous improvement
Developing and implementing Health and Safety policies
Developing and reviewing SSOW.
Developing Behavioural observation and correction procedures.

We are really keen to hear from applicants with the following skills and experience:

At least 5 years experience in a Health and Safety Manager role
NEBOSH Diploma qualification
Proven experience in investigating accidents, carrying out risk assessments, writing policies, auditing and reviewing performance
Ability to track performance and analyse data to identify trends
Excellent knowledge of Excel and Word
Any knowledge of chemical manufacturing would be advantageous

Benefits Include:

Onsite Free Parking
Pension Scheme 2% employee, 6% Company
25 Days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays

Please apply today or call us to discuss this Health and Safety Manager role in more detail.

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.