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Health and Safety Officer
The company are an Independent, family-owned company manufacturing organic intermediates for the Pharmaceutical, Agrochemical, Rubber, Polymer, Food & Beverage and allied industries. They operate from West Bromwich in the West Midlands and were established over 150 years ago.
The vacancy is for a Health and Safety Officer.
Reporting to the Safety Health & Environmental Manager the main duties of the Health and Safety Officer will be:
- Assist the Production and Engineering Management teams in developing risk assessments and safe systems of work.
- Assisting with the maintenance of the sites environmental management system
- Ensure suitable SHE inspection and auditing programmes are established, completed and implemented, including maintenance/follow up of corrective action databases.
- Support the development and delivery of Site Safety Meetings and other SHE communications
- Review, devise, write and implement suitable health, safety and environmental procedures
- Advise, coach and mentor employees on compliance with their legal health and safety duties.
- Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses, issuing reports and ensuring SHE Incident log is up to date and maintained.
- Support the delivery of SHE training and manage the competency matrix
- Maintenance of competent authority communication logs
- Emergency preparedness - Ensure Safety Data Sheets and COMAH Compliance
- Review area fire risk assessments
Skills and Experience
- Health and Safety experience gained from manufacturing, preferably high hazard industry, chemicals and CoMAH preferred.
- Risk assessment review and development experience
- Incident investigation, root cause analysis, auditing and report writing
- NEBOSH certificate essential
- Knowledge of current SHE legislation/regulation
- Knowledge of Process Safety, Human Factors and Behavioural Safety an advantage
Salary 32-36k, 36:25 hours per week, 08:45 - 16:30 Monday to Friday, 25 days holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays, free life assurance cover and generous paid sick scheme (both after a qualifying period). We also provide access to a stakeholder pension scheme, a voluntary employee medical cash benefit plan.
