Principal People are exclusively supporting a International Manufacturing Company to recruit for a Head of Health and Safety Position.
The role is a National role covering sites around the Country with a great deal of flexibility and autonomy. You will operate a full hybrid policy involving site visits and working from home to aid a positive work life balance.
You will be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team and will be a big part in developing and implementing a positive Health and Safety Strategy throughout the site operational teams. The role is available due to an internal so it’s great time to join the team!
You will have the opportunity to work alongside other safety professionals who are all supportive of one another and the business are incredibly supportive towards Health and Safety and have invested heavily into new technology and processes to increase the safety standards.
The role reports into an experienced Health and Safety Director who is there to help guide your safety career and he wants this role to have a great deal of autonomy.
The key duties include:
Offering appropriate advice and support to the site teams within Health and Safety matters Creating and Implementing practical and effective methods to promote awareness to Health and Safety requirements To work closely with the safety and operational teams regarding implementing a positive safety strategy Creating positive relationships with the sites to help improve the Health and Safety Culture across the business Working closely with underperforming sites and forming strategies to help them improve and improve upon safety standards Management of the ISO Accreditations across the business Being a key member of the team to help feed into and develop a positive safety strategy
Why you should apply for the role?:
You will be working within a high risk industry which will help test your safety experience and skillset The business are very supportive towards HSE and take safety very seriously The company have always had a focus upon personal development and progression within the safety department and beyond The company are the market leader in their field with long standing contracts with highly reputable companies You will be a key member of the strategic senior leadership team with an opportunity to make improvements throughout the business They are a large organisation who can provide direction and support to progress into different markets and provide internal growth potential
We would love to see CV’s from people who have:
A Health and Safety Diploma Qualification A Chemical / Chemistry Background will be incredibly advantageous Experience of developing and implementing a Health and Safety Strategy Experience managing a team within Health and Safety Full UK Driving License & Experience of managing multiple locations within a previous role
If the opportunity is of interest, please apply today!
Please note due to the high volume of applicants if you have not heard back within 10 working days unfortunately your application has not been successful