Head of Health, Safety and Facilities

Working hours are Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm. Please note regular travel to our Eurofins UK sites will be required.

As of Head of Health, Safety, and Facilities for Eurofins Food & Water Testing, you will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to ensure compliance with UK health and safety legislation, maintain safe working environments and oversee facilities management of our Food & Water Testing sites across the UK.

Develop, implement, and monitor the company’s health & safety strategy in line with UK legislation and industry specific requirements.
Review and develop as needed policies and procedures to ensure compliance with statutory requirements and other relevant regulations.
Lead and develop the health, safety, and facilities team.
Complete prevention inspections on a regular basis and ensure records maintained.
Investigate incidents and accidents, conducting root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
Promote a strong safety culture across all sites, ensuring proactive hazard identification.
Advise line management in laboratories, logistics, office on health, safety, quality and environmental matters.
Advise on implementation of new or existing SHEQ-related legislation, rules, and Company standards.
Deliver training and awareness programs to promote a strong safety culture across the company.
Oversee audits and risk assessments.
Monitor risk assessment compliance and reviews (general, manual handling, COSHH, fire prevention) and act as a final authority where a specialist response is required.
Oversee the facilities management and maintenance of all UK sites.
Manage contracts for cleaning and building services.
Ensure compliance with building regulations, fires safety standards and environmental requirements.
Manage budgets for the health, safety and facilities activity.

NEBOSH certification or equivalent qualification in Health & Safety
Strong H&S / FM management knowledge
Proven experience leading and managing Health, Safety and Facilities in a leadership role.
Strong knowledge of UK health & safety legislation, COSHH and ISO requirements.
Team management experience.
Computer literate.
If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins network.

We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.
Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
Company Pension Plan
Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
Health Cash Plan
Health and Wellbeing Programmes
Free parking
Worldwide career opportunities
We also have in place rewards recognising the great work out employees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

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