EHS Advisor

Do you have a passion for working within Environmental Health and Safety? Are you able to travel across East Midlands, East Anglia and Essex?

Stark a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, is looking for a new team member who is as passionate about great service as we are.

We provide a fulfilling and enjoyable work environment with ample opportunities for career growth, along with a competitive salary, staff discount, life assurance, and 34 days of holiday (inclusive of bank holidays).

The primary purpose of the EHS Advisor role is to provide professional, efficient support to STARK UK brands and their personnel, through the provision of sound advice, guidance, and the delivery of proactive and reactive EHS operational support services, EHS tools, monitoring, training, coaching and the professional handling of daily operational challenges including accident management and liaison with enforcing authorities.

**What you’ll be doing**:

- To support the EHS Manager in achieving STARK UK improvement objectives.
- Be the embodiment of high standards and aspirations for the very best EHS performance that our businesses can achieve.
- Be an advocate for values-based leadership to ensure we have EHS at the core of successful business.
- Travel at short notice in response to business need to provide excellent internal customer service.
- Be able to demonstrate leadership on policy, procedures and standards for EHS excellence.
- Provide challenge and guidance to businesses to continually promote the EHS agenda.
- Deliver analysis and critique via intelligence and data provision to guide operations accurately and consistently in making focussed improvements from risk prioritisations.
- Participate and contribute to a vibrant, informed network of EHS professionals, promoting learning, sharing and ensuring continual professional development.
- The role demands energy, drive, mobility and a determination to succeed and continually improve standards by communication, presentation and influencing skills.

**What you’ll need to have**:

- Experience in an environment, health and safety role
- Has a track record of reliability and quality assurance in delivering significant and continual improvements.
- Maintains a deep and evolving knowledge of developments in EHS and wellbeing.
- An evidenced ability to successfully persuade key stakeholders of the need for and merits of, environmental, health, safety and wellbeing improvements whilst remaining pragmatic regarding change management, business profit performance priorities and the pace of improvements.
- Evidence of successfully working with key stakeholders
- Has sound experience in successfully delivering EHS objectives and converting EHS regulatory requirements or theoretical principles into effective, practical solutions for busy Builders Merchant or office workplace environments.
- Extensive and up-to-date knowledge of Health, Safety and Environmental legislation, accreditation systems, and a holder of a NEBOSH General Certificate or an equivalent recognised qualification as a minimum.
- Full, clean UK Driving license essential.

**What’s in it for you**:

- Discretionary bonus
- A wide range of voluntary benefits including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, car salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare and more.
- Access to a wealth of health and wellbeing services including access to online GP appointments and mental health support
- Generous employee discounts
- Access to discounts with hundreds of your favourite high street and online retailers
- Retirement savings plan
- Life assurance
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave for anyone expecting or adopting a child

**Why STARK?**

We're proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We're a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well.

**What's next**

Stark Building Materials UK is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.