Safety Specialist
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Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the role:
Furniture Manufacturing requires a detail-oriented and proactive Health & Safety Technician to support our on-site safety programs and ensure compliance with health safety and environmental regulations. The Health & Safety Technician will monitor safety conditions conduct audits and inspections and promote a safe working environment for all employees.
Key Responsibilities:
- Safety Inspections & Audits:
- Conduct regular safety inspections of work areas equipment and processes to identify hazards
- Assist in safety audits and ensure compliance with safety standards policies and procedures
- Incident Reporting & Investigation:
- Assist in the investigation of workplace incidents near-misses and accidents
- Prepare reports detailing the causes of incidents and recommend corrective actions to prevent recurrence
- Training & Awareness:
- Support the development and delivery of safety training programs for employees
- Promote safety awareness and best practices through workshops presentations and communications
- Regulatory Compliance:
- Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations.
- Maintain safety documentation including policies procedures inspection records and incident reports
- Emergency Preparedness:
- Assist in developing and maintaining emergency response plans
- Participate in emergency drills and ensure that employees are aware of emergency procedures
- PPE & Equipment Management:
- Ensure the proper use maintenance and availability of personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Inspect safety equipment regularly to ensure it is in good working condition
- Support with PUWER assessments for the operational equipment in use ensure that appropriate controls are implemented
- Environmental Monitoring:
- Assist in monitoring environmental factors such as air quality noise levels and chemical exposure to ensure a safe work environment
Health and Safety
Understand company policies and how these should be interpreted implemented and meet the performance standards in place covering all areas of the department. Assist and advise Managers in H&S issues (accident investigations risk assessments etc)
Documentation
Available and ready for Auditing purposes.
Periodically reviewed revised as necessary and approved for adequacy where required.
Current versions of relevant documents and data are available for use.
Obsolete documents and data are promptly removed from all points of issue and points of use or otherwise assured against unintended use and archival documents and data are retained for legal or knowledge preservation purposes.
Process and coordinate all Employee Liability Claims documentation in line with NEXT procedures
Coordinate MAS & TMSS systems on site.
About you:
You must be PC literate and be able to produce data and reports using Google suite.
Knowledge of Health and Safety systems used at Next would be beneficial but full training will be provided.
NEBOSH qualification is essential.
You will be flexible in approach with some travel required to attend meetings across the Yorkshire Distribution Centres and must hold a full UK driving license.
Previous people management experience would be desirable.
- Strong knowledge of health and safety regulations and best practices.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Key Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Computer Skills
- Construction Experience
- Food Safety Experience
- Root cause Analysis
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- OSHA
- Child Protective Services
- EPA
- Unity
- EHS
- Manufacturing
About Company
You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now po ... View more
