Health & Safety Practitioner

Job Title: Health & Safety Practitioner

Location: Dunfermline,Scotland

Salary: Up to £45,000 – D.O.E

Job type: Full time – 39 hours Monday to Thursday 7:30am – 4:30pm and Friday 07:30am to 12:30pm.

Farid Hillend Engineering is one of the major manufacturers and providers of waste collection vehicles, recycling collection vehicles and container washers in the UK and Europe. Farid Hillend Engineering, recognised for product quality and service worldwide, provide comprehensive sales and service solutions, utilising modern technology, to the ever-changing waste collection sectors of the waste management industry.

Our corporate ethos continues to be on customer need and satisfaction with vehicles being built to exacting customer specification and exemplary after-sales service. We are a growing manufacturing company based in Dalgety Bay that offers our employees excellent rewards. Winners of the Excellence in Innovation Awards, Farid Hillend Engineering were recognised as one of the top 10 forward-thinking innovators of 2019.

The Role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Health & Safety Team as a Health & Safety Practitioner. This opportunity could also be suited to an individual who has completed a Graduate programme and is looking to progress within the manufacturing industry.

Main Responsibilities Include:

• Development and ownership of HSE Systems
• Governance of non-conformance
• Responsibility for ensuring action close out from non-conformances and complaints
• Responsible for compliance with required standards, and knowledge of latest standards
• Development and Management of Environmental significant aspects register
• Management of Health & Safety
• Certification audit leadership & liaison with external assessment bodies
• Customer audit leadership & liaison with customer HSE representatives
• Internal audit leadership
• Supplier audit process leadership
• EHS Risk Assessment process management
• Understanding customer specific HSE requirements and ensuring compliance
• Management Review preparation & follow up
• Development, maintenance, and approval of HSE Policy, Manual and relevant processes & procedures
• HSE training requirements for employees
• Analysis and reporting of HSE data and metrics, including Key Performance Indicators
• Management of HSE improvement plans
• Management of HSE related issues with suppliers, internally or with customers
• Undertake other project and leadership activities as required

Skills and Competencies:

• Communication skills – ability to communicate effectively at all levels, verbally, in writing and in group setting
• Demonstrates and promotes openness, welcoming, listening to and accommodating others’ input
• Strong influencing and interpersonal skills, at all levels and across all functions within the organisation
• Knowledge and practical application in manufacturing environment delivering to customers including knowledge of quality control processes, continuous improvement tools, ISO9001, 14001 & 45001/OHSAS18001 standards
• Ability to develop and implement simple and robust processes, from scratch, through good understanding of the requirements of the base standard and outstanding clarity of thought
• Strong analytical ability. Ability to assimilate and analyse large amounts of data quickly
• Promotes efficiency and profitability by encouraging and facilitating best practice and high quality throughout own department
• Always high quality focused and sets demanding standards for the quality of own work
• Creates plans that translate business objectives into relevant action
• Manages and monitors resources, operations and projects to ensure achievement of agreed objectives
• The ability to think and map out tasks to ensure good time management for maximum productivity
• Produces creative ideas and solutions to operational problems and constraints
• Embraces change, managing plans and resources effectively to meet new circumstances and priorities.
• Takes initiative, persists at tasks and pursues completion of objectives
• Works with other employees willingly and in a spirit of cooperation and teamwork. Supports cooperation. Demonstrates a commitment to the entire business and is supportive of all initiatives (company and departmental) to help grow our business
• Cooperates fully with others to achieve organisational goals. Is tactful, courteous, and considerate. Embraces a positive outlook. Is respected and trusted by others.
• Thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Benefits:

• Bonus depending on performance
• Eligible for company pension scheme, Life Insurance and critical illness cover
• 33 days annual leave

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Health and safety practitioner, Environment Officer, Environmental Coordinator, Environment Advisor, HSQE Supervisor, H&S Specialist, Health and Safety Adviser, Health and Safety Officer, Health and Safety Manager, SHE Officer, SHEQ Manager, Health and Safety Coordinator, SHEQ Officer, SHEQ Advisor, Health and Safety Advisor, Health and Safety Risk Assessor, Environmental Compliance, Environmental Regulatory Compliance, Manufacturing Environmental Compliance may also be considered for the role.