Job Title: Senior HSE Specialist
Location: Bournville, Birmingham
Rate: £24.04ph - £31.25ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35)
Employment Type: Contract (6 Months)
Hours: Standard 36 Hours Per Week
Reference: 1067
Job Description:
Main Responsibilities:
* Responsible for co-ordinating all Environment, Health & Safety programs and processes.
* Participates in investigations to facilitate closure of identified non-conformances and trains the teams on what a quality investigation looks like.
* Provides Health & Safety expertise for the plant for all new projects and change management activities.
* Follows up on non-conformances and develops systems to resolve them based on root cause analysis.
* 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 the company’s employees, contractors or property.
* Facilitates implementation of corrective and preventative actions where required for EHS.
* Ensures 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 Behavioral safety as a way of life.
* Be the lead in driving this behavior at all levels of the site – including PLT.
* Able to see gaps in the training agenda and develop courses as appropriate.
* Drive key elements of training to management level employees – e.g. Critical Safety Training, Incident Investigations, Permit to Work, Manual Handling etc.
* Ensures that Contractors permanently based on site have robust Environment, Health and Safety procedures and systems developed in line with our client's expectations.
* Know the ethical and legal compliance responsibilities of the position to lead ethically and model compliant behavior and maintain an environment where employees can speak up and raise issues without fear of retaliation.
* Act as deputy for the HSE Manager when he/she is not available, e.g. on Safety Tower and safety reviews with Senior Stakeholders and internally in DMS4.
* Able to coach less experienced team members and drive a pipeline of talent within the business.
* Budget holder for safety - ensure financial targets are met.
* Develop a pipeline of projects and develop them working alongside the engineering department and operations.
Candidate Requirements:
* Knowledge of Environmental Management Systems and some experience of working with Governing Bodies (such as the HSE, EA or Local Authorities).
* 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 required.
* Demonstrated ability to create a motivational environment, driving good health and safety culture.
* Technical functional excellence in Health & Safety demonstrated through leadership.
Preferred:
* 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).
Additional Information:
This role is INSIDE IR35.
Successful candidates will need to be on site full time until they are up to speed, then at the manager's discretion, there can be flexibility on start/finish times, with a possibility of 1 day home working. Manager will consider candidates with a maximum 4 week notice period.
Ideal candidates will have HSE experience in a manufacturing plant. This is a development position.
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