Health and Safety / Maintenance Officer
Andy File Associates Limited are working as a recruitment agency on behalf of our client with regards this permanent vacancy.
Summary
The role of the health and safety officer is largely dual-purpose and encompasses the accountability for reviewing health and safety and machinery maintenance. The Health and Safety Officer is also responsible for all site maintenance, to ensure all buildings and the equipment therein are maintained to the standards and legislation required. The Health and Safety Officer is responsible for the review, development, implementation and monitoring of the health and safety management system. For the safety of staff, contractors and visitors. The Health and Safety Officer is also responsible for keeping up to date with health and safety legislation and identifying areas of the business where there is a risk of non-compliance. Upon investigation liaising with the relevant management team to help develop and implement solutions to reduce the risk to a satisfactory level, enabling our client to discharge its duty of care. Promote a safety culture among management and staff whilst driving down accident rates through proactively identifying and eliminating risk.
Typical Job Functions and Duties
* To implement, control, maintain and police health and safety in line with company policy.
* Keep informed regarding pending industry changes, trends, and best practices.
* Manage the written policies and procedures related to health and safety.
* Monitor Health and Safety systems to ensure their effectiveness.
* Recognise and implement health and safety improvements through continuous monitoring.
* Recognise, investigate and report accidents, health and safety breaches, and near misses, present to SMT to implement actions.
* Responsible for providing health and safety training, development and mentoring for staff.
* Record accurate data for the departmental heads and management meeting.
* Attend departmental and company meetings to represent health and safety.
* Organise and minute health and safety meetings.
* Carry out safety procedures, risk assessments and safety inductions (including tool box talks).
* Monitor safe use of chemicals, ensure safety data sheets are available and assessments have been completed (COSHH).
* Conduct various weekly and monthly safety inspections (e.g. fire alarm, saws, ladders, forklift trucks).
* Co-ordinate the external servicing, calibration inspection and testing of various equipment and systems (e.g. torque wrenches, alarms, extinguishers, PAT, air conditioning, lifting equipment, lighting, Loler/Puwer).
* Be a fire warden and arrange an annual evacuation drill.
* Be the appointed person for co-ordinating the first aid response (kit maintenance, suitable trained first aiders available).
* Conduct regular building and site maintenance inspections.
* Conduct appropriate repairs and implement facility/health and safety improvements, where appropriate and within capabilities; otherwise manage external contractors to conduct the work.
* Assist in the co-ordination of waste management.
* Monitor energy use.
Skills and Attributes
Hold qualifications in engineering and Health and safety (IOSH and NEBOSH).
Have a good level of knowledge regarding compliance regulations and standards
Be self-motivated and proactive.
Have good organisational skills.
Have good inter personnel skills, including the ability to communicate verbal and written instruction, with the ability to listen and evaluate to achieve understanding and effective solutions.
Have effective communication skills.
Have good decision-making skills based on understanding the issue, legality, and the interest of the company.
Have the ability to recognise and solve problems through assessment and investigation, to identify and eliminate root causes.
Have a good level of IT, computer skills and relevant software packages.
Have good attention to detail.
Have the ability to handle pressure and meet targets / deadlines.
Standard Westfield health package
39 hours: Mon-Wed (Apply online only), Thurs (Apply online only)