Job Description

As a business, we offer solutions to increase the mobility of elderly and physically challenged people, to enable them to live an independent and active life.



We design and manufactureour own range of straight and curved stairlifts as well as partnering with key suppliers to offer a broad product range to meet customer needs. We operate in more than 40 countries and we're growing all the time.



We are a passionate and friendly team of people who care deeply about Making Everyday Life Easier for our customers.

Position:

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Safety, Health and Environment Specialist (Manager / Advisor) to join our team in

Kingswinford.

The SHE specialist is the subject matter expert, understanding relevant standards and translating them into understandable plans, to continually improve SHE culture and performance. They promote SHE across the business, especially in high volume / risk teams, ensuring requirements are met and evidence is available. They are the 'face' of our business with external partners and contacts including HSE. As we transition more responsibility for BAU H&S to line leaders the SHE specialist provides drive and commitment as well as technical expertise and direction to the management team. Supporting development of core skills such as accident investigation, risk assessment, process design and health and wellbeing management. They will also work with the Quality team to advise on containments, corrective and preventative actions as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

The main output of this role is to continually improve the culture and performance of Safety, Health and Environment, by building strong relationships, influencing behaviour and through activity such as:

Assist leaders to promote strong SHE practice Further develop hazard and near miss reporting process to drive a proactive safety culture Ensure continued adherence to ISO45001and ISO14001 standards, involving other colleagues Review health surveillance and wellbeing plan, implementing changes for improvement Work towards automation of KPI reporting, linking to business reviews as appropriate and developing measures to continually improve SHE performance Maintain audit schedule and carry out audits Chair H&S meetings and follow up on actions Conduct safety walks to highlight opportunity for improvement and drive positive change Champion continuous improvement workshops to reduce waste, save energy and decrease emissions Seek opportunities to reduce emissions and energy consumption for the whole UK operation Ensure that there is a mechanism to monitor, review and update the legal, asset and risk registers Ensure contractor control / CDM regs compliance Ensure all waste carriers' licences, SIC Codes and discharge licences are current and compliant Create robust handover plans for respective business areas to take complete ownership, including local and business level reporting.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

We offer a package designed to attract and retain the right level of talent for this role. We want to find a great match, so if there is something missing that is important to you, please don't let it stop you getting in touch if you think you could do a great job in this role.

45,000 - 50,000 per annum DOE Annual bonus scheme 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) Company contributory pension and 3x Life Assurance cover Flexible benefits platform with access to health care, gym membership and many high street discounts Employee Assistance programme available to colleagues and their families, to support wellbeing Fully funded training and development Generous product discounts

Requirements:

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Previous experience in a safety role within an operational environment A motivated individual with a CI mindset, able to understand complex information and translate this to non-expert peers to drive practical, positive change and sharing of ideas and best practice Tenacious and robust, with the ability to deliver tangible improvements Inclusive and able to drive change and adherence, reviewing existing operations then recommending improvements, driving these through in practice Background in H&S, including audit and risk assessment in an operations environment Demonstrable record of total system environmental improvement Numerate and able to understand engineered systems Experience of working with ISO 45001, 18001 and 14001 standards, including audit procedures Able to use expertise and communication skills to educate others, including delivering presentations and training.

Other information:

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We welcome applications from all people, regardless of their race, sex, disability, age, religion, or sexual orientation. We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and we welcome and encourage candidates to request any adjustments they may need to show us their full potential.

Unfortunately, at this time we are unable to support work sponsorship in the UK, so can only consider applications from candidates with existing eligibility to work in the UK.