Health Safety & Environment Officer

HSE Officer – Birmingham – Chemical Manufacturing About The Role Our client, an established Chemicals manufacturing company, are currently looking to recruit an experienced HSE Officer.

Reporting to the HSE Manager the successful candidate will assist in the development and implementation of site Health, Safety and Environmental programmes.

HSE Officer - Package Details

£32,000 to £40,000
Days Based Position (Monday to Friday)
25 Days Holiday + Statutory
Life Assurance & Access to Pension Scheme

HSE Officer – Requirements

Hold NEBOSH Certificate as a minimum (NEBOSH Diploma Preferred)
At least 5 years previous H&S experience gained within a manufacturing environment, previous experience of working within a High Hazard Industry or Chemicals would be highly preferential
Risk Assessment Review and Development is essential
Previous experience of undertaking incident investigations and Root Cause Analysis is essential
Previous experience of Competence and Training Management Systems would be an advantage
Knowledge of Process Safety, Human Factors and Behavioural Safety would be advantageous

HSE Officer - Responsibilities

Assist the Production and Engineering Management teams in developing risk assessments and safe systems of work
Assist with the maintenance of the sites environmental management system and compiling of reports aligned to the requirements of the sites Environmental Permit?
Ensure suitable HSE inspection and auditing programmes are established and implemented, including maintenance/follow up of corrective action databases and tracking of KPI’s
Support the development and delivery of Site Safety Meetings and other Safety communications?
Review, devise, write and implement suitable health, safety and environmental procedures?
Advise, coach and mentor employees on compliance with their legal health and safety duties.?
Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses, issuing reports and ensuring SHE Incident log is up to date and maintained.?
Support the delivery of SHE training and manage the competency matrix?
Maintenance of competent authority communication logs and completing reports for the competent authority, as applicable?
Emergency preparedness aligned to the sites COMAH Emergency Plan?
Fire risk assessments?