Health Safety and Environmental Compliance Officer
Reporting to the Health, Safety and Environmental Compliance Manager the Health, Safety and Environmental Compliance Officer is responsible for providing support to the Murffits Group sites in relation health, environmental & fire provision, understanding and implementing policies, procedures and core documents.
This role is integral to promoting a positive Health and Safety culture and providing practical health and safety support to sites.
This permanent role is based upon 40hrs/week Monday to Friday, onsite each day at our facility in Lakenheath. Occasional national travel will be required for to visit other locations within the ETEL Group as required by the business.
Skills & experience
Skills and Attributes
- Experience of HSE in an operational area
- Proactive, effective, and motivated team player who can demonstrate a strong capability of engaging with the workforce and be able to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing.
- Remains calm and works well under pressure in tight deadline situations, displaying exceptional organisational skills.
- High level of IT proficiency across Microsoft Office
- Experience of working to ISO standards is desirable.
- Must be able to demonstrate a keen interest in continually improving our Health, Safety and Environment performance.
- Be willing to travel as there is a requirement to visits all Murfitt’s Group sites.
Licenses or Certifications
- IOSH Managing Safely (essential)
- NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent (desirable)
- IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management or equivalent (desirable)
- Internal Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Auditor (desirable)
- Full UK Drivers Licence- Cat B (Essential)
Key accountabilities
Health & Safety
- Reviews and updates work Safe Systems of Work and Risk Assessments with site management.
- Carries out COSHH Assessments and maintain the COSHH register.
- Assists in accident/incident investigation (CIR’s), collates information, and sends to appropriate personnel
- Ensures that contractor documentation is collated and up to date including insurance certificates, RA’s
- Ensures in conjunction with site management that necessary training is identified and undertaken.
- Undertake audits to ensure Site Managers provide new employees with adequate inductions and update all necessary documentation regarding induction programmes.
- Assist the Health, Safety and Environmental Manager in keeping up to date with any changes in legislation and ensure that the company’s obligations are met.
- In conjunction with site management, ensure that procedures are in place to control emergencies.
- Co-ordinates and maintains health, safety & environmental administration and ensures that all statutory records relevant to legislation are kept.
- Coordinating 6 monthly fire drills with Site Management
- Organises training & refresher training for all First Aiders.
- Organises yearly occupational health medicals for site staff.
- Act as the GDPR liaison between sites and the Group Data Protection team.
- Co-ordinates site Health and Safety meetings.
- Prepares health safety and environmental presentations and Toolbox Talks for site management to use.
- Undertake audits to ensure Site Managers have appropriately trained and signed off employees on job skills.
- Assist with any major health & safety projects.
- Administers the statutory inspections database, ensuring that reports are sent to site and non-compliance issues are dealt with.
Environmental
- Ensures that all environmental documentation with regards to site permits are maintained and kept up to date.
- Assists with Environment Agency visits where necessary and collates & submits Environment Agency returns on a quarterly basis.
- In attendance for TRA audits and supplies appropriate documentation.
- Completes customer complaints documentation and ensures that complaint is followed through.
- Ensure that weighbridges are calibrated, and appropriate documentation is completed.
Benefits
- Life assurance
- Exclusive discounts at major retailers, restaurants, holidays and much more
- Generous staff discounts for you and your family
- Award-winning training and development, with fantastic career prospects
- Wide range of wellbeing support for you and your family (Employee Assistance Programme)
- Kwik Fit Club
- Free MOT
- Cycle to Work Scheme
About us
At our tyre processing sites in Lakenheath, Peterborough, Dunbar (Scotland), Wednesbury, Oldbury, Breighton we repurpose over 20 million post-consumer tyres every year. We are the UK’s largest tyre collector and processor with national coverage. We collect, process, and repurpose post-consumer tyres so that 100% of the tyre is recycled and reused in a variety of products. From artificial turf infill and playground rubber mulch to carpet underlay and road surfaces, no part of the tyre is wasted.
Job Reference: MRFI00043