Safety Culture Improvement• Facilitated the introduction of an observation based behavioural safety scheme that resulted in a 300% increase in safety improvement opportunity reporting.• Introduced the concept of Good Practice Recognition and Suggestions for Improvement to supplement near miss reporting as part of a wider Safety Improvement Scheme branded as STAR (Stop, Think, Assess, Report).• Introduced the concepts of cross functional Safety GEMBA and kamishibai as LEAN tools to facilitate hazard awareness and One Minute Risk Assessment to support the STAR scheme.Accident Investigation and Reduction• Using safety culture tools and improved accident investigation techniques succeeded in reducing accidents by 86%.• Partnered with Human Resources and Operations Management to aggressively manage worker compensation cases.Specialist Risk Assessment• Introduced a system of ergonomic risk assessments based on:o A.R.T. (Assessment of repetitive tasks),o R.A.P.P (Risk assessment for pushing / pulling tasks),o M.A.C. (Manual handling assessments).• Facilitated safety performance improvements using the concept of Dynamic Risk assessment for non-standard activities, in particular maintenance work and contractor management.Auditing• Managed successful compliance to ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 at 3 different companies.

Responsible for all aspects of health, safety and environmental management at Arla's Creamery in Settle, North Yorkshire ensuring compliance to OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 management systemsIOSH Approved Trainer - IOSH Managing SafelyEnergy, Utility and Waste Management• Oversaw the move to Zero Waste to Landfill for one company and reduced waste to landfill from 10% to 0.7% for another.• Managed the project to move from oil fired boilers to Gas fired resulting in an annual saving of £200k.

Overall responsibility for all aspects of health and safety and environmental management systems at the Burnley site who's activities included manufacturing , warehousing and distribution of detergents. This includes:Providing advice on legal compliance.Providing training in risk assessment, DSE assessment, COSHH assessment and awareness, manual handling and awareness, safe systems of work.Internal auditing of the QHSE system.Liasing with external bodies such as insurers, auditors and enforcement bodies.Maintaining and developing the environmental and H&S management systems to ensure accreditation to ISO 14001 and to maintain IPPC permit (Low Impact Status)Chairing the site health and safety committee.Representing the site at group HSE meetingsEnsuring the effective running of the site HSG meeting structure.Conduct and review the site fire risk assessment and ensure that the site system for dealing with fire events is maintained and understood by all colleagues.Collect, collate and report on accident and incident statistics to site general manager and group managers

Health and Safety Co-ordinatorOverall responsibility for all aspects of health and safety, in particularInstallation site health and safetyProduct safetyService sector health and safetyWorkshop, warehouse, and distribution health and safety

Overall responsibility for advising on health and safety across 4 sites in the northwest of England including 2 manufacturing sites, one warehousing and distribution centre and a spares warehousing and distribution centreProvide advice on compliance with current and impending health and safety legislationProvide and conduct health and safety training in risk assessment, accident investigation , safe systems of work , DSE assessments, manual handling assessments, manual handling etcAudit health and safety performance at all functions and levels of the company Collect, collate and analyse accident statistics for all northwest sitesConduct investigation of serious incidentsConduct initial status review for OHSAS 18001 standardConduct fire risk assessmentsConduct complex risk assessments eg site transport, internal transport / pedestrian interfaceFormulate and review health and safety procedures eg permit to work, lone work, COSHH, DSEARManage departmental accident prevention teamsPrepare for and liaise with external auditors from insurance providersAssist the Environmental Co-ordinator in auditing environmental procedures to ISO 14001Assist the Quality Manager in auditing quality procedures to ISO 9001/2000

Manager of 3 gas boiler assembly lines, responsible for achieving production targets within strict time constraints. Additional duties included setting up and running departmental accident prevention teams, conducting suitable and sufficient risk assessments, conducting accident investigations etc

Power Press SetterMember of press shop accident prevention team responsible for accident investigation and prevention using such tools as workplace inspection and risk assessment (COSHH, PUWER, LOLER and Manual Handling). Involved in setting tool and die sets for presses up to 500 tons capacity

20 years experience as safety representative including 10 years as a senior union representative