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K.A.G. Recruitment are representing our client one of Europes leading privately-owned food processors at their site in Shrewsbury on an exclusive basis to recruit a Health Safety & Environmental Officer to join their existing team.
Job Title: Health, Safety & Environmental Officer
Location: Shrewsbury
Salary: £35k to £45k DOE
Hours of work: Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm (flexibility required as per business needs)
Purpose of the role:
You will be responsible for assisting in the management of the site HSE systems, working proactively with both employees and management to establish and maintain safe and environmentally sustainable systems of work across all areas of the site.
* Maintain the Health & safety Management System
* Responsible for ensuring compliance with current legislation, industry standards and company procedures.
* Daily site inspections of all departments to proactively ensure compliance and establish a healthy cultural attitude towards health, safety and environmental related issues throughout the workforce.
* Assist in Investigations of all accidents/incidents that occur and collate all information, complete and action outcomes from accident investigations.
* Collate, input, review, action and supply feedback on near misses.
* Give assistance with all audits, internal and external. Update matrices in relation to audit reports.
* Risk Assessments review and update risk assessments with departments to ensure that all areas of the factory are assessed and accurate.
* Safe Working Procedures assist departments in writing and implementing new processes.
* Assess all new equipment.
* Help and coordinate any emergency situations.
* Assist in the management of ad-hoc departments such as; Hygiene, Site Aesthetics and Security.
* Assist when required in the daily maintenance of the Environmental Management System and ISO 14001
* Must be proactive in on-going carbon reduction and sustainability projects.
* Assist in the collation of water and energy meters usage, review and report findings.
* Ensure daily/weekly compliance by collecting water samples, conducting odour and brook monitoring.
You will ideally have previous experience within a similar position and be a strong communicator both verbally and written with a confident manner and approach. You will have an excellent attention to detail and work with a motivated and collaborative approach and able to deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
NEBOSH qualifications and a background within Health & Safety in the Manufacturing industry would be highly advantageous but are not essential as our client is looking for an individual who really wants to continue to pursue their career within this industry