Health & Safety Advisor

3 weeks ago

Dundee, United Kingdom The James Hutton Institute Full time

**Main Purpose of role**:
The James Hutton Institute HSQE department have an excellent opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Health, Safety and Environmental professional to join our team. The Health, Safety, Quality & Environment (HSQE) team is responsible for coordinating the operations of the Institute's Management Systems and providing effective support, advice and guidance to management and staff.

The post can be based at our Invergowrie site near Dundee or our Craigiebuckler site in Aberdeen, however the remit of this post covers all sites and work locations therefore the postholder will be expected to travel to different Institute sites on a regular basis therefore a driving licence is essential for this role.

**Main Duties of Postholder**:

- Develop, implement, and review H&S and environmental emergency preparedness arrangements and testing schedules
- Lead or co-ordinate HSE training across all sites: Procurement, development, and delivery
- Investigate accidents, injuries, dangerous occurrences, near misses and work-related ill health
- Carry out Risk and CoSHH assessments as required and support institute staff in the Risk assessment process
- Work collaboratively with laboratory research, estate maintenance and Farm Field staff on a day-to-day basis to develop, implement and enforce safe systems of work and ensure safe working practices and conditions
- Regularly inspect Institute buildings and laboratories, plant, equipment, and work vehicles to ensure adequate standards are maintained in order to minimise health, safety and environmental risk and implement remedial action as required
- Support the operation and maintenance of all the institutes Management systems in line with requirements, best practice and continual improvement, emphasis on development and maintenance of the ISO14001 Environmental Management System to ensure accreditation and legislative compliance is maintained
- Support staff in the control, safe use, and storage of a wide range of chemicals and gases
- Co-ordinate arrangements for disposal of chemical and biological waste on Institute sites
- Co-ordinate and perform workplace health, safety, and environment internal audits to ensure compliance with relevant legislation, management systems function and implement remedial action as required to minimise the risks and consequences of non-compliance or environmental harm
- Co-ordinate and assist with the ongoing review and revision of Institute health, safety and environmental policies and procedures
- Report regularly on the state of the environmental management system to the Board by contributing to the HSQE reporting papers
- Monitor and collate Health, Safety and Environmental performance information both proactively and reactively
- Provide advice and assistance to managers and staff on HSE processes
- Facilitate procurement of HSE PPE, stores and consumables
- Exercise authority to stop a process or activity which is assessed as likely to cause serious harm
- Work collaboratively with team members to achieve team objectives
- Deputise for head of department as required

**Education/Experience/Skills**

**Essential**
- Minimum of NEBOSH national general certificate in Health and Safety or equivalent professional qualification
- NEBOSH Environmental management certificate or similar
- Previous demonstrable experience with COSHH management systems and software; Alcumus-Sypol, EcoOnline etc
- Experience implementing compliance with Health, Safety and Environmental legislation, and Approved Codes of Practice such as:

- Control of Asbestos Regulations
- Control of Vibration at Work Regulations
- Control of Noise at Work Regulations
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations

**Essential Skills**
- Co-ordinating organisational H,S & E training
- Working knowledge of ISO management systems
- Effective written communication skills
- IT skills: proficient in use of Microsoft Office software e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

**Interpersonal skills**
- Ability to build effective working relationships with a wide range of people
- Ability to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others in a way that results in agreement or behaviour change
- An approach to work that is characterised by commitment, motivation, and energy
- Driven to achieve continual improvement in H&S performance

**Verbal communication**
- Confident public speaker
- Ability to deliver presentations and training in a variety of styles to get the appropriate message across

**Planning and organisation**
- Ability to manage own time effectively
- Ability to think and plan ahead in order to achieve objectives considering all the relevant issues and factors such as deadlines and resources

**Resilience**
- Ability to sustain personal effectiveness and performance in the face of pressure, changing/ conflicting priorities and difficult situations/ people
- Ability to drive change in the face of resistance or set back’s

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