Environmental Health & Safety Officer
Join an established manufacturing organisation and play a key role in promoting a proactive safety culture, protecting employees and supporting compliance across the site. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact through risk management, training, auditing and continuous improvement.
Salary / Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Pension with matched contribution
- Quarterly Gain share bonus, subject to terms and conditions
- Annual leave above the statutory entitlement, plus bank holidays
- On-site parking
- Health Shield Cashback Plan and Employee Assistance Programme
- Death in Service benefit
- Learning, development and e-learning opportunities
About your next employer
You will join a regulated manufacturing environment where the Environmental Health & Safety Officer will work with employees, managers, regulators and senior leadership to support environmental, health and safety compliance. The role involves regular site activity, employee engagement and ongoing development in line with industry standards and legislative requirements.
About you
- NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, or a willingness to undertake the qualification
- IOSH Managing Safely, or a willingness to complete the training
- Three to five years’ safety experience within a manufacturing environment
- Experience working in a regulated or permitted industry
- Knowledge of BS/ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems and BS/ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
- Experience creating risk assessments and job safety analyses
- Experience auditing processes and work areas against EHS requirements
Desirable experience:
- Manual Handling Instructor qualification
- Train the Trainer experience
- Experience managing people, including involvement in behavioural safety programmes
- Working knowledge of SAP requisitions
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint
What you’ll do
- Promote a positive, proactive safety culture across the site
- Encourage employee and management ownership of environmental, health and safety responsibilities
- Complete risk assessments and job safety analyses, identifying opportunities to reduce workplace risks
- Develop safe operational procedures that account for relevant hazards
- Carry out regular site inspections and audits
- Support compliance with environmental, health and safety legislation
- Deliver training and guidance to employees and managers
- Engage with regulators and management regarding compliance and regulatory developments
For further information on this job, apply via the link or contact the VANRATH office for a confidential chat today.
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VANRATH acts as an agency and employment business for permanent recruitment and the supply of temporary workers. Successful applicants may be required to satisfactorily complete pre-employment checks, including references and right-to-work checks, in line with the client or agency’s recruitment policy.
Skills:EHS Officer Health and Safety Officer NEBOSH IOSH ISO 14001 ISO 45001 Manufacturing Safety
Benefits:DOE + Competitive Benefits
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