Senior Health and Safety Advisor

5 days ago


Sanquhar, United Kingdom Browns Food Group Full time

**Reports to**:
**Head of Health, Safety and Risk**

**Role Purpose**:
This role is Group role, reporting to the Group Head of Health, Safety and Risk and the site Senior Management Team. As a key member of the Team, the Senior Health and Safety Advisor is primarily responsible for leading and driving a culture which never compromises on the health and safety of employees, contractors, customers and partners by ensuring the workforce is fully engaged in understanding their responsibilities and empowered to take action when required.

Leading both hands-on and driving initiatives, this role requires a mind-set and approach which will continue to bring new levels of thinking, behaviour and culture. The role will also be required to continue to develop, build and execute proactive and sustainable hazard risk management systems in line with business objectives in order to monitor safety, health, environmental quality and corporate risk with the ultimate aim of hazard control, zero injuries and autonomous safety.

**Key Accountabilities**
- Ensuring Health and Safety is effectively managed, including employee wellbeing.
- Ensure the company complies with its legal obligations in relation to health and safety through the provision and monitoring of the company’s health and safety management system, policy, procedures, and training
- To provide managers and employees with specialist health and safety advice in relation to all company activities.
- Drive a culture of high incident reporting and behavioural safety.
- Work across functions to ensure Health and Safety minimises personal injury and disruption to the environment.
- Role modelling leadership behaviours which promote excellence and shape the company culture.
- Implement a program of audits and reviews to ensure approach and achievement of service level that is equal or better than industry standard, monitor service level achievement to ensure that commitments are delivered.
- Ensure all accidents, incidents, near misses and non-conformities are correctly reported and investigated in accordance with Health and Safety policies and procedures.
- Effectively maintain accident report files, incident files, accident investigations, corrective actions to prevent reoccurrence, and other related safety concerns.
- Ensure all Health and Safety lessons learnt, and other high value learning events are communicated across your peer group.
- Produce monthly reports from the health & safety department with regards to company performance
- Promote the Company’s vision and values to internal and external stakeholders, in particular for HSE.
- Progression of a succession and professional development plan.
- Promote Health and Safety best practice.
- Promote employee engagement through timely two-way communications regards Health and Safety activities and initiatives
- Management of change - oversight of process and product changes with potential for human or environmental harm
- Line Management of one Health and Safety Advisor, Health and Safety Coordinator, and Training and Compliance Administrator.

**Person Specification**

**Experience and competences required**
- Chartered ISOH or working towards. (If Advisor must be a Graduate IOSH minimum)
- 3+ years’ experience in a similar role with demonstrable experience in leading a health & safety culture transformation, in a multi-location, technical and operational led business.
- Qualified to NEBOSH Diploma/NVQ Level 5 Diploma level, with evidence of CPD (through IOSH) achievement as well as proven experience of working with and improving management systems.
- Understanding of ISO BS 4500:1 (previously (1800:1) with auditing experience.
- Experience of managing a team with demonstrable leadership which ensures cohesive policy implementation and proactive business support.
- Experience of developing and implementing meaningful health and safety KPI’s, targeting key areas of improvement, enabling the ability to celebrate success.
- First-hand experience of dealing with regulatory bodies stakeholders and external clients
- A highly capable communicator able to deliver your message across all levels effectively, achieving buy in.
- Excellent communications and decision-making skills.
- Self-motivated and confident
- Strong Microsoft Office skills
- Full UK Driving Licence

**Leadership, Behavioural and Personal Characteristics**

**Role Model**
- Being an exemplary role model and taking the lead in promoting and living our values
- Establishes norms of behaviour (from the shadow he/she casts) for the team and takes appropriate actions if they are broken

**Develop Yourself**
- Invests in Personal Development
- Is self-aware and authentic
- Is open to feedback

**Develop your People**
- Develops, empowers and motivates teams and individuals
- Drives employee engagement

**Provides Direction**
- Translates strategy, creating a positive vision
- Inspires while managing change

**Drives for results**
- Delivers against targ



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