Health & Safety Officer

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Health & Safety Officer to join a highly respected and well-established warehousing and storage business with a strong presence across the UK.

With further expansion planned, this is an excellent opportunity to join a stable and growing business where health and safety is a key operational priority. The successful candidate will play a vital role in maintaining, improving, and embedding best in class health and safety standards across the organisation.

This is a site based role, which will include travel to other UK sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Reporting to the General Manager, the Health & Safety Officer will be responsible for coordinating, supporting and advising the business on all aspects of Health and Safety compliance and best practice.
• Developing, implementing and reviewing Health & Safety policies and procedures.
• Conducting regular site audits across the network of sites in the UK.
• Carry out investigations of incidents, accidents and near misses.
• Produce reports and make recommendations for corrective actions.
• Help to drive a strong culture of safety and continuous improvement across the business.

Person Specification

• Previous experience in excess of 2 years in a Health & Safety role, preferably gained within warehousing, distribution or similar.
• Possess NEBOSH qualifications or equivalent and also COSHH trained.
• Experience in developing and implementing Health & Safety policies and procedures.
• Previously carried out regular safety audits, inspections and risk assessments.
• Used to working closely with managers and supporting them with Health & Safety issues and delivering training.

All applicants must have an unrestricted right to work in the UK as our client will not support visa sponsorship for this role.