Health & Safety Assistant

The Just Recruitment Group Ltd is currently recruiting for a Health & Safety Assistant for a manufacturing site based in Stowmarket, Suffolk.
Purpose of this role is to engage primarily with the frontline workforce to raise awareness of health and safety policies, risks and controls. Facilitate processes in the Health and Safety Management System, including incident investigations, occupational health and hazard assessments to ensure compliance with government laws and regulations, and company policies.
Overview of duties:
Conducts safety and industrial hygiene audits and inspects facilities with area of responsibility to ensure a safe working environment and compliance with HSE regulatory laws and quality audits (e.g., ISO45001)
Assists in collecting industrial hygiene samples related to air, noise, gases, dust, fumes and other potentially toxic materials for analysis
Trains staff from multiple divisions in safety procedures, including specialized safety training (e.g., confined space, LOTOTO) and other safety and health related required training
Inspects and evaluate work in progress, identifies any problem areas, and may direct remedial action
Participates in the organization of occupational health programs that supports employee wellbeing and industrial hygiene
Conducts health and safety orientations, visit work sites and distributes literature to implement and promote safety, industrial hygiene and/or environmental policies and procedures
Assist with drafting appropriate Health and Safety reports and presentations for appropriate stakeholders
Essential requirements:
GSCE Standard or NVQ Level 1 and four (4) years of work experience in an industrial environment with high Health & Safety standards and participating in Safety Committees, working on H & S initiatives, participating on emergency response/behaviour safety team or participating in HSE inspections
OR
A recognised Health & Safety Qualification (IOSH, NEBOSH) and two (2) years of work experience in an industrial environment working to high Health & Safety standards
For more information on this position, please contact Just Recruitment Group Ltd on telephone (phone number removed) quoting job reference (phone number removed).
Please note that if you have not been contacted within 7 days, your application for this position has been unsuccessful.