Health & Safety Business Partner

Allstaff Manufacturing Division are delighted to bring to the market the role of Health & Safety Business Partner for a well-established manufacturing company based in Renfrewshire. Due to location and travel between various sites, driver with own transport is essential.

This role is full time and hours are Monday to Thursday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm; Friday 8:30 am – 2:00 pm

Role purpose

The Health & Safety Business Partner will act as a strategic support to the Head of Health and Safety and the business, providing expert advice, guidance, and support on all matters related to health and safety. The role helps ensure that health and safety is embedded into operational practices and culture, enabling the organisation to meet its legal obligations, continuously improve performance and promote a positive health and safety culture.

The Health & Safety Business Partner will work closely with senior leaders and operational teams to integrate health and safety into business planning and decision-making, carrying out data analysis, creating improvement projects and driving these forward. They will also help influence and support initiatives to promote a proactive safety culture. They will develop the H&S management system to help ensure that we have policies and policies in place that minimise risks and that robust control measures are in place.

Key accountabilities:

• Ensure compliance with relevant health and safety legislation, guidance and internal policies and processes.
• Identify training needs and deliver or coordinate health and safety training and awareness programmes
• Monitor and report on health and safety performance, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
• Support with investigations into significant incidents, accidents and near misses, ensuring root cause analysis and preventive actions are implemented.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, contractors and any specialist consultants.
• Benchmark performance and share best practices across the Organisation.
• Develop and support initiatives to help drive improvement in health and safety systems and processes ensuring that ISO 45001 certification is maintained.
• Support engineering and operations with ensuring there are robust risk assessments and safe systems of work in place.
• Support with our internal H&S audit and inspection programme to help ensure the workplace is safe and healthy.
• Liaise with external agencies, service providers (e.g. Occupational Health) and Human Resources to contribute to the management of sickness absence and employee occupational health and wellbeing initiatives across the Group.
• Support with the planning and development of the health and safety committee meetings to help increase employee engagement and drive ownership of issues and initiatives to improve performance. Provide coaching and training to help with the skills development of H&S reps.
• Assist with development of safety alerts, bulletins and other communications to help improve awareness and engagement.
• Support with projects and new equipment to ensure health and safety considerations are implemented from initial design through to safe installation.
• Keep up to date with legal requirements and best practice and provide updates to the business.
• Support with specialist risk assessment and management processes including fire, COSHH, DSEAR, PUWER and noise.
• Support with ensuring a robust contractor management process is in place including setting of clear standards, pre-qualification, induction, supervision and performance monitoring.

Key Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Must have previously worked in Manufacturing or Engineering industry
• IOSH Qualified
• NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent
• Proven experience in a health and safety advisory or business partner role.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and coaching skills.
• Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and best practice.
• Ability to manage and prioritise workloads and meet deadlines with minimal supervision
• Literacy and numeracy skills including computer literacy in MS Word and Excel
• Ability to communicate tactfully and effectively at all levels in person and in writing
• Ability to analyse data and produce meaningful insights and reports.

Key Competencies Required

• Develop Yourself: Invests in personal development; self-aware; authentic; open to feedback
• Drive for Results: Delivers against targets in line with company values
• Attention to Detail: Produces complete and accurate work
• Initiative: Acts without being prompted
• Communication: Clear, concise, and relevant; manages expectations
• Influencing & Persuading: Gains support and buy-in
• Teamwork: Builds relationships and contributes to team goals
• Diagnosing: Asks the right questions to clarify situations
• Problem Solving: Identifies issues and suggests preventative actions
• Thinking Ahead: Anticipates future issues

Company Benefits

• Company pension
• Company sick pay
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement (increases with length of service)
• Health and wellbeing programme
• Employee Assistance Programme (includes private GP service)
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme and Electric Vehicle schemes
• Employee coaching programme
• Additional training and development opportunities
• Free on-site parking
• Access to a range of store discounts

Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum depending on experience

If you are interested in this Health & Safety Business Partner role then we encourage you to apply for this opportunity or contact us directly.

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