Health And Safety Manager

Role: Health and Safety Manager

Location: Scarborough YO11 3YT/ Durham DH1 2HE

Hours: Full-Time (39 hours) / Permanent

Salary: £38,000

Company: Cooplands Bakery

Company Car: Provided

Our Health and Safety team are looking for a talented, well organized, and dedicated Health and Safety manager to take over the responsibility for improving the Health & Safety culture and to meet business needs and legislative standards across two bakeries.

What will my role look like?

In your role you will be responsible for delivering the Health and Safety strategies, support the Bakery management teams in both sites, while managing the activities of both the trainees and advisors. You will monitor and review manufacture processes to ensure all the Health and Safety requirements are met to ensure a full compliance with legislative standards.

Role Duties:

• Monitoring and reviewing safety representatives & staff safety walks ensuring remedial actions raised are completed in timely manner
• Chairing each site Health and Safety committee and providing Senior Managers with minutes and actions
• Improving the H & S management systems to improve culture within the business continuously
• Reviewing of risk assessments and safe working procedures and ensuring they remain fully compliant with company and legislative standards
• Reviewing all aspects of Health and staff training including new employee inductions and highlighting the training requirements to the compliance manager
• Completing all scheduled H & S monitoring, formulating action plans
• Arranging for calibration of all H & S monitoring equipment
• Ensuring all staff undergo annual health surveillance
• Conducting site Health and Safety inspections
• Ensuring that permits to work are issued in accordance with company policy
• Reviewing safety reports (E.g. Racking Inspections, Fire Risk Assessment, Insurance Reports)
• Completing accident / near miss incident root cause investigations to resolution

Candidate requirements

• A technical/ professional qualification such as NEBOSH General Certificate as a minimum
• A proven track record of delivering HSE improvements.
• Previous experience in a food manufacturing environment
• Experience in of inspection / auditing management systems
• Excellent communication skills with ability to build relationships and share best practice
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload
• Proactive, innovative, flexible, and co-operative approach to work
• Ability to work in a changing and flexible organisation

What’s in it for me?

To show our appreciation for your hard work, we have a range of benefits you can take advantage of

• 25% Staff Discount
• 28 Days Annual Leave (including bank holidays and rising up to 33 days with long service
• Pension Scheme
• 24/7 access to virtual GP & wellbeing service
• Life Assurance
• Progression & career opportunities
• Recognition rewards
• Discretionary Sickness pay
• Compassionate Leave