EHS Advisor

Job Role: EHS Advisor - Environmental Health & Safety Advisor
Location: Rotherham
Shift: Monday to Friday, Regular Days. Permanent.
Salary: Salary up to 55,000 per annum dependant on experience



Metalis are working in partnership with a busy Manufacturing business in Rotherham. The right candidate, will be joining a busy and expanding team at their site in Sheffield, on a permanent basis.

Their passionate commitment to EHS provides the successful candidate with an excellent environment in which to work and the leadership commitment and support to deliver results. The position provides an excellent platform for potential future growth to the successful candidate.



Job Duties:

• Assist with location fatality prevention efforts including helping to lead deployment and execution of key fatality prevention elements and coaching location leaders
• Develop and maintain processes and methods to ensure compliance to regulatory and company environmental requirements is achieved.
• Partner with location leadership to develop and implement injury prevention strategies and provide leadership and technical expertise to proactively address injury reduction efforts.
• Assist with the facility's industrial hygiene program including execution of IH sampling plans, the administration of IH databases and employee exposure records, hazardous material management, ergonomics oversight and serve as the radiation protection technical resource.
• Provide technical expertise and participate in injury/incident investigations to assist in identifying root cause analysis and provide recommendations to prevent recurrence.
• Lead location human performance process.
• Coach and counsel departmental leaders in the execution of their EHS accountabilities.
• Partner with location leadership to deliver EHS objectives.
• Lead and assist with other EHS accountabilities.
• Work closely with operational teams providing Health and Safety support.
• Drive a positive Health and Safety culture throughout the wider business.
• Maintaining Environmental compliance.
• Motivate the current leadership team and lead by example.
• Making changes to working practices that are safe and comply with legislation.
• Undertake incident investigations and implement preventative measures to avoid similar incidents repeating.
• Challenge unsafe practices and enforce Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) compliance at all levels.
• Assist in preparing and developing health, safety and environmental strategies and policies.
• Liaising with Regulatory bodies including the Local Authority and the HSE.
• Assisting managers in carrying out risk assessments and considering how risks could be reduced.
• Carrying out regular site audits and inspections to ensure compliance with standards and regulations.
• Keeping records of inspections findings and producing reports that suggest improvements.
• Keeping records of incidents and accidents and producing statistics for managers.
• Keeping up to date with new legislation and maintaining a working knowledge of all relevant legislation and any developments that affect the industry.
• Producing management reports, collating data, and updating weekly reports.
• Maintaining register of first aiders and ensuring that training is carried out as required.
• Liaising with the Occupational Health provider to ensure all employees attend the correct and required assessments and reviews.
• Coordinating emergency evacuation procedures in the event of fire or other emergency situations (including environmental).
• Ensuring that the collection, transport, and disposal of all waste streams is controlled in accordance with the relevant environmental regulations.
• In conjunction with the Engineering Department, ensuring that all new buildings, plant, processes or equipment and the re-siting of plant, processes or equipment conform to the relevant Health and Safety rules and regulations.
• Providing support to all leaders and operators as and when necessary.
• Undertake periodic risk assessment reviews of processes to drive risk reduction.

Salary, Benefits & Shifts:

• Monday to Friday, regular days
• Permanent Role
• Salary up to 55,000 per annum
• Death in Service Benefit (6x Salary)
• Discretionary Performance Bonus Scheme
• Company Sick Pay
• Enhanced Bereavement Leave
• Enhanced Holiday Entitlement (25 Days plus Bank Holidays)
• Employee Reward Recognition Schemes
• Service Awards
• Employee Referral Programme
• WPA Cash Back Health Scheme - Bronze Category is Complimentary
• Annual Health Surveillance
• Mental Health First Aiders on Site
• Employee Wellbeing Initiatives
• Regular health initiatives including flu vaccinations
• Occupational Health Support
• Celebration Events
• Free Parking
• Uniform/PPE

If you feel that you have the right background for the opportunity, then please apply with your CV. Any successful applicants will be contacted by a member of our recruitment team to run over the company and vacancy in greater detail.