Health, Safety and Environment Manager

Company: Fast paced logistics company
Role: HSE Manager 
Location: Thatcham
Salary: £60,000 £65,000 per annum + package which includes 20% product discount
 
An excellent opportunity has arisen at a leading third-party logistics (3PL) company, based at one of its key sites in Thatcham. Who have warehouse, logistics, vehicle maintenance and in house engineering facilities.
 
They are seeking a passionate and proactive Health, Safety and Environment Manager for a large, complex, fast-paced site. This role sits within the site leadership team, you’ll lead large-scale improvement projects, drive a more proactive and engaged culture by empowering the team, strengthen communications across departments, building confidence, ownership, and embedding proactive safety behaviours. Also will get to be involved in group wide peer to peer reviews of other sites, providing a fresh pair of eyes.
 
Duties:

• Be the HSE subject matter expert on site, supporting both the General Manager and wider leadership team be a key member of the HSE department for the wider group
• Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate the implementation of the HSE strategy and site improvement plan.
• Be visible, approachable and offer hands on support through site walk rounds, coaching and mentoring the wider workforce on the shop floor and also gaining buy in from the leadership team and other management.
• Embed a more proactive and positive HSE culture on site, moving away from reactive and desk-based support
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues and cross functional teams to ensure that the Company wide, health, safety and environmental improvements are implemented locally as well as site specific improvements.
• Review site level reports and information to identify actionable insights, corrective actions or emerging risks.
• Mentor and coach operational managers helping them to develop their HSE leadership and management capability.
• Provide professional advice to enable the site to achieve compliance in line with relevant legislation and internal standards.
• Manage the triage of site incidents, delegate incident investigations and lead accident investigations where appropriate.
• Monitor audit outcomes and reviews, to ensure that corrective actions are raised and implemented by the site leadership team.
• Manage emergency planning and business continuity arrangements in partnership with operational teams.
• Build and maintain respectful relationships and collaborate with local trade union H&S representatives.
• Support the business to manage and defend the sites insurance claims.
• Act as the primary contact for external agencies, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

 
Personality fit:

• Proactive and passionate but down-to-earth person who is adaptable, self-motivated and confident
• Who can engage and empower others and drive accountability/ ownership.
• Able to collaborate, influence, gain buy -in with strong communication skills

 
Essential qualifications and background:

• NEBOSH Certificate ideally from a fast paced background within Warehouse, Logistics, Retail, Manufacturing or wider – if aligned
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Able to present to the leadership team

 
Interested? Please contact Sophia at HSE Recruitment Network for more information or click to apply for immediate consideration.
Sophia.darwin@hserecruitment.co.uk