Health Safety Environment Advisor

• Job Title: EHS Adviser
• Location: Clitheroe
• Contract: 12 months

SRG are working with a global chemicals and sustainable technologies company who are seeking an EHS advisor to join their team.

Job purpose

To support, maintain and implement and (co)develop improvement plans and contribute to the development of policies, procedures and guidelines at the site locations in line with business needs that supports the overall company and site EHS & Quality strategic goals and legislative requirements. To maintain site EHS and quality management systems.

Principal accountabilities

EHS

Understand the requirements of new and existing EHS legislation to maintain and develop the site environmental, health and safety monitoring procedures and other site procedures:

• Support site EHS monitoring, and encourage a positive and proactive EHS culture
• Review, maintain and develop new and existing site EHS policies and procedures
• Organises/Develops/Delivers effective training of relevant EHS areas/disciplines to ensure that required standards are embedded.
• Advise and assist managers and their teams to comply with company and site EHS, safety and quality policies, systems and legislation
• Provide EHS support and liaison for plant shutdowns
• Audit site procedures to the requirements of ISO 9001, 45001 and 14001
• Control of waste management documentation paperwork and duty of care external audits to fulfil legislation requirements
• Liaise with and organise external providers such as occupational health, emissions monitoring and equipment calibration companies
• Support the site expert(s) within occupational hygiene monitoring programme e.g., dust, noise, HAVs exposure monitoring, RPE face fit testing, biological monitoring and DSE
• Support COSHH system SDS database and support as required with on-going REACH registration dossier requirements
• Support accident and incident investigations and root cause analysis on sit
• Support in the analysis of EHS data, reporting, and statistics
• Builds and maintains a network of internal and external EHS professionals and ensures transfer of EHS knowledge, requirements and best practices within site/Business.
• Actively promotes EHS awareness on site, which will lead to improved EHS culture.
• Carries out any other duties which are within the employee’s skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.
• Development and administrative management of the site’s Action Tracking System
• Co-ordinate the site’s internal and external audit programme and manage the SharePoint audit management and action tracking system

Qualifications/ knowledge/ experience

Technical/ professional knowledge and skills competency

• EHS Qualification - NEBOSH certificate (or equivalent)
• Basic/vocational education with some relevant EHS workplace experience
• Previous experience working in high hazard or chemical manufacturing industry
• Knowledge of EHS legislation including occupational health & safety, environmental monitoring, permitting and waste management
• Auditing experience
• Knowledge and experience of working with integrated management systems and ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001.
• Further qualifications/training in occupational health monitoring or assessment e.g. Noise, Dust, HAVs etc.
• Qualified to a degree level (with a technical/Scientific/EHS focus)
• Proven ability to enable safe operations through pragmatic risk-based assessment
• Knowledge and experience of working with SharePoint management system
• Membership of Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (TechIOSH or higher preferred)

Personal skills and key competencies

• Excellent English Written and verbal Communication Skills
• Able to build strategic and collaborative working relationships
• Business, customer and organisational awareness
• Impeccable Work Standards
• Excellent planning & organization skills for managing document & auditing SharePoint systems
• Change Management expertise
• Influencing others and driving execution
• Ability to provide innovative solutions to problems
• Demonstrated ability to challenge people effectively while maintaining relationships
• Attention to detail and organisational skills
• Able to give and receive clear and unbiased information
• High energy and enthusiasm
• Authenticity
• Ability to distil complex situations into clear and simple summaries for presentation to non-subject-matter-expert / senior leadership team
• Teamwork and cooperation