Safety Culture Specialist

3 weeks ago


Gillingham, Kent, United Kingdom Norse Group Full time

About Medway Norse

Medway Norse is one of the biggest joint ventures within Norse Group, partnering with Medway Council to deliver a growing number of frontline public services to residents.

Job Summary

This role is an exciting opportunity to join the Medway Norse team as a Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor. The successful candidate will be responsible for promoting and implementing change within the organisation, with a focus on ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations and promoting certified ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO45001 accreditations.

Main Responsibilities

  • Demonstrate active listening skills and encourage feedback from all levels across the business.
  • Drive continuous improvement in pursuit of excellence, with a desire to engage, influence and create a culture that minimises risk and drives compliance and quality.
  • Assist with investigations, accidents and near misses by identifying trends and assessing root cause with clear actions recorded and implemented.
  • Work closely with Managers, Supervisors, and employees to ensure that all risk assessments, method statements, site safety, safe working practices and COSHH assessments are suitable for the task undertaken and reviewed regularly.
  • Lead the local Health, Safety, and Environmental Committee by chairing monthly meetings, highlighting hot topics and encouraging ideas and participation.

Requirements

  • NEBOSH National Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.
  • Technical Membership of IOSH (TechIOSH) working towards or willing to work towards, Certified Membership (CertIOSH).
  • Proven relatable experience in a similar SHEQ role.
  • Evidence of completing health, safety, and environmental audits.
  • Report writing and analysing data to determine trends and root causes.
  • Ability to carry out thorough investigations including RIDDOR investigations.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office including Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
  • Excellent Communication skills both written and verbal.
  • Confident liaising with all levels of the business, Council Officers and Councillors with the ability to influence and persuade.
  • Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to multi-task, priorities and manage own workload, meeting deadlines set.
  • An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer.

About Us

Norse Group is committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.

The estimated salary for this role is £36,393 per annum, based on a 37-hour week.



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