Health,Safety & Environment Coordinator

Vacancy NameHealth,Safety & Environment CoordinatorEmployment TypePermanentCountryUnited KingdomLocationWisbechBusiness AreaOperationsWorkplace TypeHybridAbout PrincesThe Princes Group has over 7, employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.Role Description

Job Purpose

Promote culture of safe and environmentally considerate employer. Work to ensure the site complies with all statutory and Company requirements enabling a safe work place. Act as site expert to ensure projects and strategies include full HSE considerations.
Understand, challenge and seek to improve safety/environmental standards on site in line with legislative requirements and “best practice” to drive a continuous improvement philosophy in all areas.
The job holder is a key member of the site Management Team, continuously striving for improvement, best practice and driving the safety culture, including behavioural aspects of Health & Safety.
The job holder will be expected to spend time working on all shifts and provide support between sites as required.


Principle Accountabilities

Formulate, implement and review Safety, Health and Environmental policies and procedures to ensure that they promote desired workplace culture, safeguarding the business and its people.

Formulate a site HSE plan which identifies key milestones through the financial year.

Advise site management on legal compliance and best practice ensuring all current legislation is complied with and future legislation is understood and planned for.

Monitor the workplace to ensure that current control measures are meeting requirements and identifying opportunities to improve employee and/or environmental safety.

Act as lead champion for the sites Safety culture programme.

Review and modify HSE KPI’s and ensure appropriate action plans are developed and implemented.

Liaison with enforcement agencies, insurers, trades union representatives, suppliers, contractors and any other external bodies to ensure that site and/or business requirements are met.

Ensure that risk, safety and environmental management systems are robust, minimising potential financial losses to the business.

Manage the Site Health, Safety & Environmental Management Systems to the relevant standards.

Manage the sites Internal and External health, safety and environmental audit and inspection programme.

Ensure environmental complaints are dealt with in a professional and timely manner.

Ensure all environmental compliance reports and collated and submitted in a timely manner.

These are the key daily tasks, not a comprehensive list of all tasks undertaken by the jobholder. Flexibility is required by the business & this will be agreed with the individual’s line manager.

All employees should carry out their duties in a responsible manner giving due consideration to Safety, Environmental & Quality procedures, which are part of the Integrated management System. Specific responsibilities can be found at section 4.4.1.5 of the Health & Safety Management System.

Act as a role model for health and safety compliance and behaviours.

Role Requirements Qualifications/Experience

NEBOSH Certificate (minimum)

IEMA Environmental qualification or similar (desirable)

Extensive experience of working as HSE role within an FMCG business.

Experience of managing people and dealing with trade unions.

Experience of dealing with external bodies such as the Environment Agency, BSI, Local Authorities.

Experience of training development and delivery

Demonstrate excellent decision making ability with strong quality and people management skills

Experience of ISO and ISO management systems is essential.

Must have in depth knowledge of HSE law and policy.

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