H&s Advisor

**About the Company**

Maldon Salt is a fourth-generation family-owned business. Our pyramid salt flakes have been skilfully made using the same traditional artisan methods in the coastal town of Maldon since 1882. Today, we’re not just custodians of an ancient culinary tradition but also creators of a highly successful and respected global brand. Maldon Salt is recognised the world over as the finest of sea salts and we are proud to have held the Royal Warrant for official purveyors of sea salt since 2012.

As a business, we take our corporate social responsibility to our customers, partners, and ourselves extremely seriously. We are always seeking ways to lessen our footprint and are currently working on a five-year plan to both increase the sustainability of all the packaging we use and make sure all our packaging is easily recyclable. In addition, with every Maldon salt box produced we will be supporting the World Land Trust and the fantastic work they do to protect threatened habitats and wildlife.

It’s all part of our commitment to global environmental sustainability.

**About the Role**:
As a member of the Quality, Safety and Environmental (QSE) team, reporting to the QSE Manager, this role helps Maldon Salt to fulfil its obligations for Health and Safety compliance and performance as part of the QSE agenda.

The role is hands on, with particular focus on health and safety initiatives across the manufacturing, packing and distribution sites. Day to day work will involve conducting compliance inspections including safety behaviour audits against all H&S risk assessment controls, legal requirements, and additional Maldon Salt specific compliance requirements.

The role includes working as part of the team to establish areas of improvement and closing gaps as part of continuous improvement in H&S performance.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Manage the H&S safety documentation for the business.
- Visiting the manufacturing sites and working with teams to raise compliance standards.
- Responsible for implementation and ongoing contractor management and the permits to work process, making sure contractors are managed effectively to achieve safe working areas for all.
- Carrying out or arranging health and safety training delivery (for example: H&S inductions for new starters, fire safety, manual handling, FLT, working from height) and compliance to legal and statutory requirements.
- Carrying out work-related task assessments with managers and operatives and ensuring training and procedures address any risk factors.
- Reviewing H&S policies and procedures and their implementation across the business based on gap analysis.
- Demonstrate performance in reports for ease of understanding and delivery of actions.
- If things go wrong, support accident investigations and monitor completion of corrective and preventive action plans.
- Ensure that certification registers are maintained.
- Define and co-ordinate safety requirements for emergency plans and fire drills.
- Keep abreast of and provide updates on H&S legal or best practice requirements.
- Working with the Quality, Safety and Environmental Manager to cover food safety and quality requirements in line with BRCGS standards.
- Deputise for Quality, Safety and Environmental Manager
- Any other reasonable duties as requested.

**Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required**

**Essential**:

- NEBOSH qualification (or equivalent) with the skills and knowledge to implement controls within a similar industry.
- Ability to support managers, supervisors, and staff to make improvements in health and safety knowledge.
- Experience of document control and record keeping.
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing on complex issues using graphs, tables, and text.
- Understanding of H&S legal requirements and their implementation in a practical setting.
- Strong MS Office and IT skills.
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills

**Highly Desirable**:

- Experience within FMCG business in H&S / QSE role.
- Experience in the implementation of digitalisation in documentation and process records.
- Lead auditing qualifications.
- ISO 14000 standards knowledge and experience
- ISO 45001 standards knowledge and experience
- Knowledge and experience of CDM (construction design management)

**Key Behaviours**:

- Team working.
- Open and honest communication.
- Challenge practices to benefit health and safety performance using a hands on approach.
- Pragmatic with a can-do attitude.
- Takes personal responsibility to ensure results are delivered on time and to a high standard.
- Always displays honesty, integrity, and maintains confidentiality.
- Takes pride in their approach to work.
- Remains calm and professional.
- Has a clear, consistent focus on improving ways of working.
- Supports a culture of continuous improvement.

**Qualifications**:

- NEBOSH is essential.
- A level, BTEC or equivalent.
- Good level of English and Maths.

**Benefits**:

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