Health & Safety Officer

**Job Title**: Health & Safety Officer
**Location**: Abercarn
**Salary**: £11.00-£12.00 per hour

**Hours**: Full time temporary to permanent 40 hours. Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 16:30hrs. Subject to change to suit business and or individual requirements.
Here at The Recruitment Co we are recruiting a H&S officer to work for a client of ours based in Abercarn. This is a Temporary to Permanent position.
**Main job roles**:

- Reporting directly to the Health and Safety Manage
- Carrying out an array of administrative tasks, including taking and making phone calls (i.e. to contractors; suppliers); arranging appointments; maintaining both paper and computer records (check sheets, tool registration); taking meeting minutes as perany requiremen
- To actively promote a positive health and safety culture throughout the organisation
- Maintain management systems in relation to health and safety, including facilities
- Participate in audits, inspections, incident investigation (accidents, near misses), risk assessments, standard operating procedures.
- Supporting and developing the health, safety, and environmental strategy.
- Ensuring compliance with legislation in respect of both health and safety and facilities provisions. Incorporating any updates in law into the required documentation.
- Working closely with the maintenance operative (and others) to ensure that plant, machinery and tool requirements are met, as well as keeping an up-to-date facilities and compliance register.
- Dealing with supervisors and external contractors in regard to maintenance requirements.
- Maintain the asset register for statutory inspections and examinations (i.e. PUWER/LOLER/Working at Height)
- Implement practical and effective methods, both preventative and remedial, of promoting health and safety and safe working practices in the workplace.
- To identify any workplace hazards and recommend (implement) control measures.
- Procure, store and issue PPE to employees, ensuring the legislative PPE requirements are being satisfied at all times
- Maintaining adequate provisions of first aid consumables and facilities at site.
- Carrying out standard checks on firefighting provisions.
- Dealing with waste requirements on a daily basis. Therefore, a close working relationship with the yardworker is a must, as well as our waste disposal contractors.
- To present site inductions to contractors and visitors where applicable.
- Partake in the delivery of training i.e. inductions if a need to do so.
- To be flexible in working requirements, tasks and duties (within your capabilities)

Required Experience:

- Safety & compliance conscious
- Good reaction skills (be dynamic where needs be)
- Be able to follow instructions and complete tasks in a good time
- High levels of communication skills (both literate and orally), with the ability to engage with managers, employees, and others respectfully and clearly
- Remain professional at all times
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- Manage own time effectively and be able to prioritise tasks (guidance will be given on what is expected)
- To be organised, IT literate, have good organisational skills, with an eye for detail
- Punctual, Good attendance, Integrity
- Remaining confidential with regards using written and verbal communications
- Keen interest in continuous professional development
- To be flexible within the role and demonstrate a willingness to support other business activities

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The Recruitment Co. is an equal opportunities employer and we're committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.