Health, Safety and Environment Manager

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CRONITE CASTINGS LIMITED
JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:
HS&E MANAGER
SALARY:

£35,000 - £45,000 – (dependant on qualifications and experience)

REPORTS TO:

Managing Director

CONTACT & FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

• Managing Director
• Planning Department
• All manufacturing areas
• Quality Manager / Quality Engineering Team
• Engineering Manager / Engineering Team
• Maintenance Department
• HR Department

JOB PURPOSE:

To advise the site management on health and safety and environmental issues and to ensure the site meets it legislative obligations in a proactive manner. The jobholder will act as a central coordination for environmental and health and safety activity, including management systems and is accountable for rolling out companywide environmental and health and safety initiatives and to provide an interface between branch manufacturing sites, utilising information for best practice activity nature and scope

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To stay abreast of environmental, health and safety legislation and create robust management systems to proactively comply with such legislation.
• Translate the management system into actions required across the plant.
• Work with the management team to ensure that every reasonably practicable measure has been taken to ensure site safety.
• Responsible for developing and integrating environmental, health and safety management system across all site personnel.
• Responsible for ensuring that ALL employees receive suitable environmental, health and safety training so that they work to company legislative safety requirements.
• Working with HR to ensure that all staff, visitors, contractors, temporary workers etc. comply with relevant environmental, health and safety requirements including induction training.
• Develop and progress the site annual safety plan and environmental management programme.
• Ensure plant management are aware and informed of legislative requirements and that they are translated into actions and included in the management system.
• Responsible and accountable for operating within plant environmental, health and safety budget targets.
• Timely incident investigation and reporting to all relevant parties such as Group EHS, Regulatory bodies and Plant Management team, highlighting necessary corrective actions.
• Identify and key participant in EHS projects, Kaizen, Capex or otherwise.
• Update and maintain the site EHS KPI process.
• Ensure that all employees fully understand their individual and legal EHS obligations.
• Ensure that adequate arrangements exist, or are put in place, to cover the absence of those personnel with key environmental, health and safety responsibilities.
• Co-ordinate and carry out environmental, health and safety audits in compliance with the audit program.
• Ensure any Management of Change items are reviewed from a risk perspective.
• Develop and maintain the risk assessment programme across the site.
• Train, coach and participate in the behavioural safety programme, monitor compliance and feedback data to the Plant Management team.
• Develop the Life Program and report on its progress to the site Management team
• Maintain and develop the site accreditation status with external bodies for environmental, health and safety activities
• Facilitate and maintain the plants insurance inspections and translate actions to the relevant departments
• Facilitate the Loss Prevention survey within the site and ensure actions are completed in a timely manner.
• Monitor occupational health through substance exposure with periodic tests and control of materials brought to / used on site.
• Ensure that all necessary environmental records are generated and maintained in the Environmental log.
• Maintain the Plant environmental permit and ensure full compliance to its conditions and requirements.
• Manage all waste leaving site and ensure consignment notes are held and available for inspection by regulatory bodies, target waste / energy reduction.
• Ensure the control of VOC emissions are within the limits of the site permit.
• Responsible for managing and maintaining an effective security resource on site, including review of security assessments and CCTV monitoring
• Manage and maintain site Emergency Plan including training and management table top exercises
• Conduct and manage routine internal and external training strategy for the site
• Manage and maintain Occupational Health programme

Essential

Desirable

Previous Experience

• Experience working in an operational role with direct EH&S responsibilities in an Engineering or Production Aerospace background
• Waste Management
• Knowledge of ISO-14001 and OS-45000
• Experience of liaising with emergency services and local authorities
• Experience of applying for and implementing Environmental permits
• Strong knowledge of environmental and health and safety basic regulatory and legal framework
• Certified in risk management and health/safety management
• Thorough knowledge of health and safety laws and guidelines
• Extensive attention to detail to distinguish safety hazards
• Ability to recognize when safety conditions need improvement
• Ability to prioritize tasks especially when handling an accident or incident
• Experience of working in a Foundry as an EH&S specialist
• Knowledge and experience if implementing extraction systems
• Senior Management Experience
• Knowledge of VO6 emissions

Qualifications

• ESSENTIAL
• GCSE Grade C Maths & English or equivalent.
• IOSHH Technician – working towards diploma OR IOSHH Management Certificate OR National or Professional qualification in EHS, ideally within the manufacturing industry
• DESIRABLE
• Leadership / Management qualifications at level 3 and above.
• IOSHH Diploma
• Degree in H&S or Environmental Studies
• Current certification in First Aid

Special Skills/ Aptitudes

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• IT literate – use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) and mobile technologies.
• Confident to deliver training to all work levels
• Ability to pay attention to details
• Ability to lead a team of people effectively and act equally as a team member
• Ability to foresee the possibility of a risk occurring and nipping it in the bud
• Ability to effectively and efficiently handle pressure and still keep working schedules.
• Ability to prioritize tasks especially when handling an accident or incident

Personal Attributes

• Enthusiasm, energy, and drive.
• Problem solver/innovator.
• Excellent Time Management skills.
• Strong presentation skills
• Innovative and forward thinking
• Positive, solution-based approach
• An ability to question and communicate clearly.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £35,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• Life insurance
• Profit sharing
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme
• Quarterly bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• CREWKERNE: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• Certificate of Higher Education (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: One location