Safety Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety as a minimum.
• A minimum of 5 years relevant Health and Safety experience ideally in Energy from waste, power generation or related industry.
• A minimum of 5 years relevant health and safety experience ideally in power generation, processing plant, specialty chemical or related industry.
• Excellent English (verbal and written communication skills) along with proficiency in MS Office Suite.
• Ability to read, analyse, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures and governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Individual must feel comfortable with public speaking, as they will be responsible for providing effective health and safety training.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Nice To Haves

• Exceptional candidates without the above educational requirements, will also be considered.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Health & Safety performance of an ERF throughout commissioning, and into commercial take-over and the operation of the facility.
• Liaise with Supervisors and Team Leaders and the wider O&M teams to promote H&S initiatives, and delivery of the H&S strategy of the facility.
• Support the Head of Health, Safety and Compliance in driving the O&M teams to achieve an excellent Health and Safety culture at the facility.
• Develop safety initiatives and campaigns and partake in routine Health and Safety meetings and forums.
• Manage all communications with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and be the first point of contact for the same.
• Coordinate and participate in weekly Health and Safety inspections of the facility to identify unsafe acts and conditions, promoting and encouraging good behaviours.
• Monitor the performance and effectiveness of the plant’s Health and Safety as necessary to meet performance and improvement objectives.
• Participate in HSE and corporate safety inspections/audits. Formally document and report corrective actions to the leadership team.
• Investigate all near misses, accidents and incidents, ensuring that all reportable incidents are communicated to the HSE, as required under RIDDOR (where applicable).
• Support the development and continual review of safe operating procedures (SOPRA), RAMS and dynamic risk assessments.
• Assist and review with accident investigations and root cause analysis.
• Prepare risk assessments, as required, relating to speciality works.
• Co-ordinate and lead root cause analyses, ensuring that suitable recommendations for corrective action are identified and time bound.
• Direct, organise and/or administer all required Health and Safety related training for all employees.
• Prepare and maintain all Health and Safety documents pertaining to the facility according to Corporate and Statutory obligations, including best practices where applicable.
• Maintain all required record keeping for Health and Safety reporting.
• Review and coordinate with local authorities for all Health and Safety issues pertaining to wastes and residues.
• Attend necessary meetings, seminars and conferences to ensure continual development of the successful applicant, thus enhancing the overall safety efforts and continuous improvements of the facility and business.
• Coordinate and participate in emergency response training.
• Arrange and manage the annual Fire Risk Assessment.
• Oversee and nurture the plant’s safety committee.
• Schedule new starter and annual employee medicals.
• Support the Maintenance Manager during key events, with a focus to ensure that all general maintenance and project works are proactively managed from a moral and legal standpoint.
• Ensure that all aspects of Health and Safety Legal compliance are considered and are managed in a proactive manner.
• Review of the latest regulatory updates, feeding back into the site Management team, thus ensuring ongoing compliance.

Benefits

• fantastic benefits