Health & Saftey Officer

At Adaptable Recruitment we have an Excellent Opportunity for an Experienced Health & Saftey Officer to join a world leading manufacturer in the Cheshire area..

Salary: up to £45,000 Depending On Experience
Holidays: 25 days + Bank Holidays
Location: Cheshire - Fully Office Based
Working Hours: Monday - Thursday 7am - 3.30pm Friday 7am - 2.30pm
Benefits: Enhanced Benefits Package

Main Responsibilities to include:

• Provide guidance and technical support to the production management and supervisory teams to ensure legal compliance with OHS acts, regulations, and best practice.
• Mentoring the supervisory and management team members to achieve OSH excellence in support of the OSH road map.
• Implementing OHS systems and processes.
• Support the management and supervisory teams to investigate incidents and the identification of root causes.
• Undertake weekly OHS audits and produce accurate reports of those audits.
• Undertake new employee, contractor and visitor inductions.
• Identify equipment requiring repair and quarantine pending repair.
• Liaise with procurement to identify Personal Protective Equipment opportunities.
• Respond to fire alarm activations and coordinate emergency response on the factory floor.
• Deputise for the Head of Head & Safety during leave or absence.
• Provide weekly OHS reports for the management team.
• Execute planned and breakdown maintenance on mobile equipment and overhead cranes.
• Execute statutory inspections on cranes, lifting accessories and mobile equipment.
• Manage maintenance service providers to provide the most cost-effective service.
• Produce monthly reports on maintenance costs.
• Manage the protective coverall service provider.
• Draft purchase orders for maintenance activities

The Ideal Candidate:

• Must be a confident individual able to develop relationships and influence factory floor managers, supervisors, and employees.
• Previous factory floor experience in a similar role in the Heavy Engineering sector is desirable.
• Ability to work under pressure and respond to dynamic and time sensitive demands is required.
• Detailed understanding and experience of simultaneous crane operations would be highly desirable.
• A member of a recognised Safety Institution, with evidence of CPD is required.
• Must have an OSH qualification, recognised by IOSH and post qualification experience in an OSH role.
• Detailed knowledge and application of LOLER & PUWER legislation & MEWP operations.
• An adult teaching qualification such as PTTLLS is desirable.
• Must be able to produce documentation, such as risk assessments and safe systems of work to a high standard and right first time.
• Appointed person for lifting qualification desirable.
• Experience of construction projects and managing construction contractors would be advantageous. Must be confident with understanding and implement CDM 2015 in the role of client and principle contractor.
• Experience of implementing HAVS reduction measures desirable.

Benefits to include:

• Competitive salary
• Contributory pension scheme
• Holiday purchase scheme (buy 5 days per year)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Earlier finish on Fridays
• On-site parking with electric/plug-in charging points
• Subsidised onsite canteen
• Free fruit, free birthday breakfast & free cake Fridays

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