Job Description:
Jackson Hogg are proudly supporting a specialist manufacturing business in the County Durham area on a HSE Manager position, reporting into the Plant Manager.
HSE Manager Responsibilities
- Proactively implementing industry best practice in relation to HSE management in a heavy engineering environment.
- Maintaining, improving and enforcing the Company’s HSE management systems and policies.
- Ensuring compliance with all statutory duties related to HSE (including radiation protection).
- Maintaining the Company’s ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 accreditation.
- Ensuring that all Risk Assessments (RA) and Safe Systems of Work (SSOW) are accurate, appropriate, consistent and up-to-date.
- Ensuring that all training is thorough, consistent and up-to-date.
- Leading accident and incident investigation and the implementation of corrective actions.
- Collecting and analysing accident and incident data to inform safety policy.
- Managing the Company’s Make Our Plant Safer (MOPS) accident reduction incentive scheme.
- Coordinating Occupational Health screening and associated medical arrangements.
- Liaising with outside authorities including the Health & Safety Executive, Environment Agency, local council and industry associations.
- Chairing monthly HSE meetings.
- Liaising with the Company’s insurers regarding Employers Liability claims.
- Liaising with contractors for major construction or plant installation projects.
- Leading on environmental sustainability activities and associated reporting.
- Coordinating security arrangements (excluding Cyber Security).
HSE Manager Requirements
- Ability to lead the HSE function across a dynamic and successful organisation
- Proficiency to drive HSE excellence driven by an understanding of risk management.
- Passionate and clear commitment to (and belief in) the message that all incidents and injuries are preventable.
- Clear and demonstrable desire for continuous improvement.
- Relationship building within the wider operational team.
- Analytical strength to define systems and documentation based on empirical knowledge and insight.
- Project management skills.
- Clear and effective communication skills with a good proven track record in people management and development
- Proven experience in similar organisations, ideally within high risk or complex manufacturing, engineering or hazardous environments
- Supporting HSE Qualifications, i.e NEBOSH/IOSH