Health And Safety Officer

Health & Safety Officer –P&O Ferrymasters are looking for a Health & Safety Officerto join us for a 1-year fixed-term contract!

Your role:

As a Health & Safety Officer you will be responsible for the Quality, Health and Safety on a specific Customer contract visiting sites throughout the UK (mainly Hartlepool, Corby, Midlands, Wales) at least 2-3 times a week.

Key responsibilities:

• Attend and where applicable, lead, weekly and monthly H&S Meetings.
• Investigate non-conformance reports and incidents relating to customer business.
• Formally investigate and report on any major incidents and participate in meetings to discover root cause of accidents and injuries, in line with the defined Incident Investigation Process.
• Create and distribute as necessary any Safety Bulletins, Alert bulletins, Proactive bulletins.
• Proactively conduct audits of tractor and trailer operations, P&O staff, driver behaviour and provide site presence.
• Conduct regular trailer park brake checks.
• Assist in the management of hauliers in terms of Safety.
• Assist and advise on Site improvements, including collection plans, site signage, driver handouts, site induction packages and workplace risk assessments.
• Keep informed of changes and developments (legislative and industrial) in H&S and bring these to the attention of managers and customers.

Your Profile:

• H&S Knowledge and awareness, qualified to IOSH Managing Safely level.
• Experience of conducting incident investigations.
• Excellent communication skills, with an ability to develop good working relationships at all levels and keep calm in demanding situations.
• Strong organisational skills, including ability to prioritise and manage own workload and an eye for detail.
• Good IT skills, including MS Word and Excel.
• A current driving licence.

Who are we?

We are P&O Ferrymasters, and we work with some of the largest companies in the world to make sure that their goods get to where they need to on time and efficiently. We have locations across Europe and the Northern Mediterranean and our routes cover road, rail, and sea.

We operate from over 20 locations in 13 countries and work with some of the best-known global household names.

We are a part of DP World who are one of the largest global logistics companies in the world; at any one time 10% of all shipping containers in the world are being shipped by DP World. We are proud to lead the future of logistics to help enable global trade in the 21st century and beyond.

We offer:

P&O Ferrymasters offer a competitive package in line with the seniority of the position.

Other benefits include Company pension, P&O Ferries travel concessions, Employee Assistance Scheme and an employee wellbeing programme, along with opportunities for personal and professional training and development.

If you have all the relevant skills and experience and would like to join our company, please apply by forwarding an up-to-date CV as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Additional keywords: logistics, health, safety, officer, H&S, Health and Safety, risk, awareness

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