Health, Safety & Compliance Manager

Here at Graham & Brown, we are looking for an enthusiastic Health, Safety & Compliance Manager to join the Human Resources team, based in Blackburn. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £39,844 - £44,271 per annum, plus a great range of benefits.

Graham & Brown has had design and colour at the heart of our business for over 75 years. With leading brands such as Superfresco Easy and the Graham & Brown brand itself, our offer stretches across categories from wallpaper, paint, fabric and wall art. We are committed to contemporary, leading-edge design, across our international markets, and put the customer at the heart of everything we do. We have been recognised as a “Cool Brand” on seven successive occasions. As a 3rd generation, family run business, we have the luxury of freedom to implement fresh ideas and to form great working relationships with all our colleagues across the business. We are also a carbon neutral business with a real commitment to sustainability.

We offer a range of excellent benefits, including:

• 32 days’ holiday entitlement (including Bank Holidays)
• Flexi-time working
• Birthday day off
• Generous staff discount on all Graham & Brown products, up to 60%
• Access to colleague discount portal 
• Generous pension, totalling 10%
• Life Assurance
• Free parking
• Use of company pool cars for company business
• Regular Company social events, brought to us by our very own Fun Squad!

As our Health, Safety & Compliance Manager, you will manage and develop all safety, health, environment, quality and product compliance systems and requirements across all sites.  

Our Health, Safety & Compliance Manager will have the following responsibilities:

• Provide competent, technical, and practical health and safety advice and guidance to ensure all legal and other requirements are continually met.
• Develop, maintain, and continually improve a comprehensive health and safety management system in accordance with relevant legislation and standards including for example fire safety, asbestos control, legionella, electrical and gas safety, and contractor management.
• Manage the safety culture of the organisation through engagement and collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Develop, maintain, and continually improve management certifications in line with the current standards ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 and any future requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and continually improve management certifications in line with FSC and PEFC requirements including preparation for and management of audit processes.
• Manage compliance scheme for International and European regulations of handling hazardous chemicals (REACH).
• Manage, develop, and maintain timber source information and ensure requirements of UKTR are met; liaise with timber suppliers as needed.

Experience and skills required by our Health, Safety & Compliance Manager:

• Prior experience in a similar stand-alone role within a business of a comparable size.
• NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent.
• Knowledge of working within ISO frameworks (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001).
• ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 trained auditor.
• Experience of identifying, conducting, communicating, and reviewing various risk assessment types (general, CoSHH, fire, DSE, PUWER, manual handling etc).
• Experience of managing external parties.
• Excellent communicator, in both written and verbal forms.
• Good analytical skills.
• Good planning and organisational skills.
• Good problem solving skills, with an ability to analyse, think, and act pragmatically.
• Good team player with an ability to collaborate with colleagues at all levels.
• Good attention to detail.
• Knowledge of REACH regulations.
• Technical knowledge relating to Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC).
• Prior experience coordinating testing via third parties and generating Declaration of Conformance (DOP) documentation.
• Effective user of Microsoft Office suites (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc).

If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, click ‘Apply’ now to be considered our Health, Safety & Compliance Manager - we’d love to hear from you!