About the Role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Health & Safety Officer to join our growing friendly team, at Niftylift. The role is based at our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Hoyland, Barnsley.
We offer competitive pay rates, excellent working conditions, business performance bonus, 25 days holiday which increases with service, plus bank holidays, healthcare & benefits scheme, 5% contributory pension, a death in service, life insurance scheme, profit related bonus scheme, and subsidised refreshments (lunch and drinks).
Niftylift Limited is one of the world's leading privately owned designers and manufacturers of mobile elevated work platforms. Our customer base is global, with products sold and locally supported in over 40 different countries. This success is comprehensively supported by a team of over 400 full-time members of staff across our three UK centres of excellence / manufacturing sites in the UK. Please see our website:
The Health & Safety Officer will develop the company's Health and Safety and Environmental standards, systems, processes, and procedures. Successfully maintain ISO45001 & ISO14001 standards. Effectively communicate, train and audit to maintain the standards.
Main Tasks of the Role:
* Structure, Develop, Maintain effective, Comprehensive, and compliant Health and Safety Management System ISO45001.
* Structure, Develop, Maintain effective, Comprehensive, and compliant Environmental Management System ISO14001.
* Co-ordinate and improve all Health, Safety and Environmental practices and controls, including structuring and maintaining COSHH assessments, Risk assessments, Manual handling
assessments, Accident reports, Near miss report investigation, RIDDOR, Fire risk assessments and maintenance of safety and environmental related equipment / plant etc.
* Assessment, financial justification and implementation / commissioning of health and safety, environmental
* Perform containment, investigation and mitigation of accidents, incidents and near misses in a timely manner.
* Chair HSE Committee meetings.
* Maintain HSE KPI's and drive improvements.
* Organising training of Health, Safety and Environmental Requirements.
* Creation and storage of permits to work, daily, weekly, monthly, annual audits and relevant visitor documentation.
* Flexibility to ensure targets are met.
* Perform any other reasonable managers request to ensure compliance and adherence to HSE Requirements.
* Perform, Document and Drive Daily, Weekly, Monthly HSE audits.
* Maintain, Train, Perform, Analyse and improve site risk assessments.
Qualifications & Experience:
* IOSH Safety Management qualification or equivalent essential
* NEBOSH qualification or equivalent essential
* Bachelor's degree in engineering or 5 year's experience desirable;
* Excellent analytical skills combined with good negotiation and conflict management skills with proficiency in computers would be beneficial.
* Computer literacy to a high standard in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Access
Characteristics:
* Strong organisation, planning and implementation skills;
* Demonstrates a can-do attitude to problem solving
* Strong oral and written communication skills;
* Self-driven and Result oriented.
* Hands on approach to resolving problems
* Able to facilitate a team to drive improvements
* Able to work in a methodical way to ensure standard processes are followed
* Able to manage their own time effectively with minimal supervision to meet targets
* Demonstrating a willingness to learn and develop within a rapidly changing environment
Working Hours & Salary:
* Working hours for the role are 40 per week (07:30 - 16:30, Monday - Thursday and 07:30 - 13:30 on Friday).
Benefits:
* 25 days annual leave + bank holiday (holiday entitlement increases with service)
* 5% Contributory Pension scheme
* Annual bonus
* Healthcare Scheme
* Death in Service Life Insurance Scheme
* Free Quarterly Company Lunches
* Subsidised lunch and drinks
* Free Company Family Days
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Referral Scheme