Hse Advisor

**Purpose**: The purpose of the HSE Advisor is to provide support in all HSE activities, ensuring health and safety standards are adhered to at all times across all Millboard sites.

**Responsibilities**
- To support all HSE activities under the leadership of the HSE Manager.
- Auditing of compliance with HSE procedures including the shop floor.
- Responsible for managing the Millboard ‘Save a Mate’ initiative from promoting and training to collating suggestions and providing feedback.
- Coordinating Occupational Health surveys and medicals, toolbox talks and regular H&S training including maintaining training records.
- Undertake regular daily/weekly/monthly HSE site inspections and checks identifying potential risks to health and implementing actions as required.
- Writing Risk, Manual Handling & COSHH Assessments as part of a site assessment team.
- Deal with any incidents proactively including undertaking accident/incident investigations.
- Support continuous improvement for legal compliance and ISO 14001 & 45001 processes.
- Co-ordinate control of RPE for manufacturing activities.
- Carry out regular stock takes of all PPE equipment and raising requests for any items as required.
- Participate in monthly HSE meetings led by the HSE Manager, compile actions and distribute to senior team.

**Person Specification**

The competencies listed are appropriate to the HSE Advisor and are an illustration of the qualities that the Company requires.
- At least 2 years Health & Safety experience; manufacturing background preferred; chemical background preferred.
- NEBOSH general certificate/NCRQ level 6 certificate or equivalent and preferably tech or grad IOSH grade membership of IOSH.
- Self-sufficient with a desire to learn new skills and progress as a Health & Safety professional.
- Strong, confident character with drive, energy and enthusiasm; able to build relationships across all levels of an organisation at the Production facility and Head Office.
- A quick decision maker that uses their initiative to solve an issue.
- Excellent administrative and organizational skills and the ability to collect, sort, analyse, review, communicate and present numerical and statistical analysis on HSE KPI’s and produce reports when required.
- First Aid trained desirable.