Health & Safety Coordinator

Company Description

Great Bear is a leading 3rd party logistics business providing a wide range of ambient warehousing services, shared-user and dedicated transport solutions to a wide variety of customers alongside offering a flexible mix of added-value services to simplify supply chain. We operate over 7 million sq.ft. of warehousing space across 30+ locations in the UK. Our distribution network spans all corners of the country.

Our Banbury site are now recruiting for a Health & Safety Coordinator on a full time basis.

**Salary**: £31,500 Per annum

Working hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 - 17:00 (Flexibility required)

**Job Description**:
The purpose of a** **Health & Safety Coordinator is to contribute to the growing success by maintain and developing the Health and Safety on the site. Co-ordinating site SHE systems top ensure legal compliance and actively promote a positive Environmental and Safety culture focusing on Continuous Improvement.

Key Duties of a Health & Safety Coordinator**:

- Understanding and maintaining all aspects of a Health and Safety Management System
- Implementing improvement actions raised in connection with incidents and accidents
- Ensuring a suitable and sufficient risk assessment process is establish, implemented and reviewed aligned with group policy
- Ensuring any site audit process involving Health, Safety is maintained and followed by all parties conducted accordingly with group policy
- Monthly Safety meeting administration - including: Meeting preparation, action taking and distribution. Attending/assisting meetings, closing out of actions and driving improvements
- Generating and communicating Health and Safety reports as required
- Ensuring all necessary legislative and safety licences are maintained
- Ensuring plant and/or machinery are safe to use and legally compliant
- Developing and maintaining the affectivity and integrity of SOWISOP with any associated controlled documentation and record keeping
- Driving communication of safety within the site via monthly briefings, events reports, safety conversations and toolbox talks
- Responsible for ensuring the food Safety & Quality Assurance procedures are complied with when performing inspections
- Ensuring that the Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR) and other associated risk assessments are routinely reviewed and updated where applicable

**Qualifications**:

- Knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation, good working practices, Regulatory inspections/servicing compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- Able to demonstrate sound experience of ensuring a secure and safe site
- Understand the principles of effective Change Management
- Previous project management experience
- Experience of Health and Safety audits
- Expedite non-conformities/compliance as a result of audit inspections
- PC literate with a sound working knowledge of MS Office
- A personable and professional management style
- Good time management skills with the ability and desire to solve problems
- NEBOSH preferable or NVQ Level 3 certificate
- Warehouse environment experience

Additional Information

As part of its drive to make Great Bear a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

- Competitive salary
- Competive holiday entitlement
- Pension scheme
- Life Assurance
- Retail discounts via our benefit platform