Health & Safety Officer

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Health & Safety Manager, the key responsibilities and duties will include:

Maintaining an HSE management system in accordance with ISO 45001 requirements.
Conducting task based and management system audits and workplace inspections.
Coaching and mentoring to drive a positive health and safety culture.
Supporting / providing specialist advice, guidance in the development of policies and procedures to create safe systems of work to eliminate or adequately control risks.
Assisting with the development of health and safety strategic planning and associated KPI’s.
Overseeing compliance with company and statutory H&S requirements. Keep up to date with any proposed H&S legislative changes.
Involvement in incident investigations and developing actions to prevent recurrence.
Conducting incident analysis and trending.
Conducting training needs analysis / arranging training and subsequent record keeping.
Working with Engineering and Maintenance departments to oversee apprentice training and development.
Participation in the groups health and safety forums and initiatives to drive continuous improvement across the business.

Background

Knowledge and experience of power station operations or similar process working environments.
Experience of behavioural safety programmes.
Understanding and applying the development and growth of H&S best practices.
Experience of identifying continuous improvement opportunities in relation to H&S matters.
Sound understanding and application of UK H&S legislation requirements.
Understanding of hazardous area zoning and associated equipment requirements.
Awareness of functional safety applications.

Behaviours

Demonstrates personal commitment to the highest standards of safety through their own actions and attention.
Promoting health and safety initiatives and drives a positive safety culture to ensure zero harm.
Excellent analytical approach to problem solving to identify and develop effective solutions.
Excellent communication and face to face interactive skills.
Effective working independently or within a team.
Effective time management, planning and organisation skills.
Supporting a culture of continuous learning and development.
Being able to recognise unsafe behaviours and prepared to challenge those involved.

Qualifications