Health and Safety Manager

Job Description

GEODIS vision is to be the growth partner for its clients. As a logistics company, we achieve this through proven expertise across our five lines of business: Supply Chain Optimization, Freight Forwarding, Contract Logistics, Distribution & Express and RoadTransport. Our emphasis on excellence in these areas has made us a worldwide supply chain leader, committed to helping clients overcome their logistical constraints. We are now looking to recruit 1 Health & Safety Manager for our Contract Logistics Site atLutterworth, Leicestershire.The Health & Safety Manager is responsible to ensure the site complies with all health, safety and environmental legal requirements and regulations on the GEODIS Contract Logistics Lutterworth site. The Health & Safety Manager will oversee and coordinatework systems to ensure that all the services provided by GEODIS Contract Logistics UK meet the required high standards and that the working conditions remain safe and secure. The Health & Safety Manager will act in a supporting and advisory capacity to thesite management team on all Health Safety and Environmental issues and will be responsible for collating and maintaining training information. They will report Health, safety and environmental monthly statistics required monthly to central departments andwill also be responsible for attaining and maintaining industry accreditations for the company on site.You will:

• Drive a positive safety culture with a people focused strategy
• Assist to develop and implement a streamlined Safety Management Systems
• Ensure advice is given to management on health, safety, environment and compliance issues and related legislation
• Responsible for ensuring legislation is correctly followed at all times on site
• Responsible for ensuring company standards are maintained to include fire prevention, H&S awareness, site inspections and environmental awareness in all areas
• Ensure the working conditions are compliant with H&S regulations and environmental awareness and acts accordingly when there is a need to address issues - raising with site management and escalating if required
• Responsible for ensuring proactive monitoring regimes are executed by local management and records maintained at all times
• Ensure accidents and incidents are investigated with follow up reporting documentation supplied
• Responsible for ensuring plans are put in place to mitigate repeat occurrences. Shares recommendations widely
• Develop a regular H&S communication with all levels site management and employees
• Responsible for delivering action plans from HS&E audits and delegating action to resolve findings and drive best practice
• Identifying and assessing risks at all levels and report findings to site management and via local H&S meeting
• Propose new/revised processes and actions to prevent risk to the Company, staff, buildings, MHE and goods

• Work with HR to ensure that HS&E training programmes are created and delivered across the business
• Participate in local H&S meetings and advises on legislative issues. Advising of compliance to HS&E guidance and Best Practice.
• Be responsible for ensuring all forms of H&S risk assessment are undertaken and up to date e.g. general, manual handling, fire prevention
• Ensure Occupational HS&E related surveys carried out e.g. noise, lighting, and implement associated recommendations
• Prepare management reports as and when required - highlighting progress via KPIs
• Attain and maintain industry accreditations as agreed
• Vet contractor RAMS and prepare Permits to Work
• Conduct Contractor H&S pre-approval checks as part of the procurement process
• There may be some travel to other sites for meetings, training courses and assist when required

Essential Requirements

• Experience in H&S management ideally within a fast-paced environment
• Experience of reporting on all H&S issues and incidents
• Experience of implementing preventative measures to mitigate H&S risks to the business
• Experience of site audits and follow up action plans
• Experience of implementing plans and strategies to ensure H&S compliance
• Experience of operational processes in transport and warehousing
• Experience of contractor negotiations
• Experience in carrying out investigations
• NEBOSH Certificate in H&S or equivalent as a minimum
• Experience of working in H&S in a logistics, transport or warehousing environment

Salary: Up to £45,000