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Pickering, North Yorkshire

To promote and develop a positive safety culture, providing technical guidance on all relevant health, safety and environmental matters and best practice within industry, incident investigation and development of policy and practice across the organisation.Main duties and responsibilities include:• Ensure managers and staff have access to up-to-date, fit-for-purpose and reasonably practicable advice, ensuring compliance with a wide range of legislation and corporate policies, providing visible and accessible support across the organisation;• Support business areas and key stakeholders in risk management, identify and act upon health, safety and environmental risks and opportunities for delivery of sound health, safety and environmental solutions;• Support corporate governance and contribute to HSTT initiatives, leading in development, design and delivery of corporate policies, specific technical policy and learning solutions to meet organisational needs;• Provide practicable advice and support to management undertaking incident investigation, carry out investigations as required, and analysis of data trends to highlight business risks to management, ensuring corrective measures are developed and embedded to prevent re-occurrence;• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders, sharing knowledge to promote best practice to achieve positive / productive outcomes; • Conduct scheduled audits and targeted visits to identify, assess and advise on risks and opportunities and ensure findings are integral to strategic decision making;• Liaison with HR and occupation health services, contributing towards wellbeing initiatives and prevention / reduction of work-related ill health across the organisation.

Goole, East Riding Of Yorkshire

Responsibilities included:• Providing professional environmental, health and safety (EHS) advice, liaising with staff at all levels, ensuring visible presence and accessible support within the business;• Ensuring the business strives toward compliance of all relevant EHS legislation;• Leading within EHS on environmental compliance matters, ensuring provision of timely reporting to relevant parties as required;• Managing and maintaining accreditation to EHS management systems (ISO:14001); • Applying the application of MBM™ within EHS activities and initiatives throughout the business;• Developing and maintaining working relationships with internal and external parties, sharing knowledge to promote best practice and achieve positive / productive outcomes; • Undertaking internal EHS audits, inspections and specialist risk assessments, coaching and supporting staff where required;• Providing practicable advice and support to management undertaking incident investigation, carrying out investigations as required, and analysing performance data to inform management and prevent re-occurrence;• Developing and delivery of EHS training, sourcing external specialist training services where necessary.• Monitoring and follow-up environmental permit and regulatory compliance issues;• Completion of environmental corporate reports.

York, United Kingdom

Responsible for establishing, managing and improving health and safety processes, communications, training and systems, taking responsibility for the promotion and continual improvement of the health, safety and wellbeing across the business. My role accountability included:• Managing the relationship between Fera and key stakeholders;• Providing expert advice within Fera on all health, safety and wellbeing matters; and...• Management of health and safety audit processes. Key achievements:• The design and implementation of area risk assessments for all Fera's locations on-site, supported by a laboratory inspection programme;• Ensuring Fera maintain over 95% compliance on Capita's accident, safety, property and environmental management reporting system;• Developing and implementing external e-learning and internal training courses and sourcing external training services for laboratory and specialist activities;• Identifying business risks and weaknesses, providing robust solutions and sourcing suitable cost-effective external services where necessary e.g. DSEAR, lone working, noise and PPE;• Ensuring effective management of occupational health surveillance through organisational transition from public to private sector, including audiometry, health screening and vaccination programmes.

York, United Kingdom

First point of contact for provision of competent professional health and safety advice across the organisation. Working within HR Specialist Services:• Support business areas and key stakeholders to assess risk, identify and act upon health and safety issues, and will act as a coach and consultant as required;• To ensure managers and staff have access to up-to-date, fit-for-purpose and reasonably practicable advice;• Support corporate governance and contribute to a range of corporate initiatives to meet organisational needs, including taking a lead role in research, design and delivery of corporate policies; and...• Responsibility for supporting management teams to ensure compliance with a wide range of legislation and corporate policies, whilst supporting and advising key stakeholders on risk management and the delivery of sound health & safety solutions.Key achievements:• Reduced sickness absence and personal injury claims to lowest recorded in the history of the Food Standards Agency;• Redesigning the health and safety intranet to simplify the website for staff and improve efficiency;• Review and reformat the health and safety policy manual to ensure information was concise, comprehensive and relevant; • Development and implementation of internal and external e-learning solutions, and internal training courses that meet external accreditation, to reduce injury in the workplace.

York, United Kingdom

Regional health and safety specialist responsible for the development and review of local health and safety processes and procedures, promoting best practice standards and a proactively implementing MHS health and safety policy. Responsibilities included:• Fulfilling MHS statutory health and safety obligations and policy development;• Partnering managers in the region; • Health and safety risk reduction and accident / incident management; • Training and development of MHS staff and management; • Liaison with food business operators, contract holders and other external stakeholders.Key achievements:• Redesigning incident reporting and risk assessment processes to ensure they were fit-for-purpose and significantly improve reporting across the organisation; • Development and implementation of an ergonomic risk reduction strategy to reduce upper limb disorders in the workplace in-line with HSE methodology and recommendations;• Working with Food Business Operators (FBO's) to ensure health and safety was integral to MHS service verification proposals aimed at improving operational efficiency and reducing regulatory costs;• Providing effective support to both Scotland and the North of England as a part of a re-structure.

Warndon

• Development and implementation of health, safety and environmental policy and procedures; • Risk assessment, accident investigation and reporting for the site; • Contractor evaluation (RAMS), monitoring and permit to work authorisation;• Lead advisor on all matters related to COSHH, ergonomics and manual handling;• Machinery and plant safety coordinator for new and modified installations;• PPE (selection, suitability and distribution);• Environmental management and auditing / monitoring of waste carriers; • Waste management and packaging waste obligations coordination;• Promotion of health, safety and environmental awareness through internal safety notices and campaigns.Key achievements: • Development and implementation of EMS to achieve ISO:14001 for Clay Cross and retention of accreditation at the Warndon production facilities;• Improvement of chemical management and storage at both facilities to significantly reduce the number of substances held on-site;• Introducing a number of key safety initiatives including vending machines for distribution of PPE, improving availability and stock control while reducing expenditure, and ergonomic matting for production areas to reduce lower limb fatigue;• Introduction of safety footwear for all production operatives through a single manufacturer / supplier;• Improved recycling / recycling revenue at both facilities in order to meet targets set for ISO:14001;• Playing a major part in Worcester Bosch Group winning the Cycle to Work Week as an employer.

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

• Occupational hygiene assistant carrying out specialist assessments, monitoring and sampling e.g. emissions and particulates, legionella, noise and vibration; • Assist safety engineers with audits and project work;• COSHH chairperson and environmental auditor / coordinator; • COSHH database monitoring/review and approval of new substances and preparations; • Contractor induction training and contractor auditing, inspections and monitoring e.g. machinery lock-out procedures; • Health and safety statistic reporting and performance monitoring to manufacturing directors and General Motors Europe; • Provision of specialist advice, risk assessments, workplace assessments and assistance with accident investigations;• Promotion of health, safety and environmental awareness through internal safety bulletins, campaigns and publications.

Nebosh Diploma Level 6 In Occupational Health And Safety, Occupational Health & Safety, Pass

Nebosh National General Certificate, Occupational Health & Safety, Pass

Bachelor’S Degree, Environmental And Human Health, 2:1 Bsc (Hons)