Health & Safety Coordinator
Location
Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | United Kingdom
Job description
We are currently recruiting for a site based Health & Safety Coordinator to work in our busy food manufacturing company in Merthyr Tydfil.
This is a full time position working 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday with a salary of £30,000 per annum.
The Health & Safety Coordinator will be mainly responsible for coordination, administration and implementation of a variety of health and safety projects and system within the Site.
Requirements
Systems, Policies and Procedures:
- Provide technical and administrative support for H&S project coordination, maintenance and management.
- Assist in ongoing development and implementation of effective health and safety systems, policies and procedures on the site.
- Assist in enforcing the effective implementation of health and safety practices.
Safety Personnel:
- Facilitate, support the health and safety risk management teams on site.
- Train site personnel in a department’s software applications that are vital in order to fulfil their functions (Risk management applications and spreadsheets).
Risk Assessments:
- Assist Site H&S Manager to undertake and review relevant assessments for operations on site.
Accident Investigations:
- Liaising with safety personnel regarding site accident, incident and near misses reporting and investigations ensuring corrective and preventative actions are formulated and implemented.
- Gathering evidence such as documentation and photographs.
- Assist in updating and uploading accident investigations reports.
Review and Assist:
- ·Assist in carrying out analysis on site data in order to facilitate site benchmarking, internal auditing and determine improvement recommendations for potential areas of increased risk.
- Preparing presentations and reports for site and meetings with the safety teams and assist in developing H&S strategic plans as required for site.
Key Performance Indicators (KPI's):
- Meeting Reporting Deadlines %.
- KPI's will be set out and reviewed by the Site H&S Manager for each period defined (month/quarter/year) reflecting achievement of agreed objectives and initiatives.
Key Competencies for Role:
- Ideally should hold a NEBOSH certificate or NVQ diploma in Safety and Health however this can also be facilitated by the business.
- Fire Safety Awareness Beneficial.
- Environmental Awareness Beneficial.
- H&S Professional membership advantageous.
- Background in safety and health ideally food and / or manufacturing environments.
- 1 year’s post qualification experience.
- Strong communicator with well-developed interpersonal skills.
- Organized, energetic and self-motivated.
- Demonstrate the ability to work on your own initiative without immediate hands-on support.
- Ability to identify continuous improvement initiatives and ability to challenge status quo.
- Strong IT sills and familiarity with Microsoft Office, Excel, Power Point and other common software tools.
Job tags
Salary
£30k per annum
