Health and Safety Coordinator

We have a rare and exciting opportunity for an ambitious Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator to join the team at the Princes Juice Centre of Excellence. There has just been an impressive £60 million investment into Cardiff which makes it an exciting time to join!

This is an opportunity to join one of the UK's leading FMCG food and drink manufacturers with an impressive portfolio of brands such as Napolina, Mazola and Jucee.

The role is responsible for supporting Environmental, Health & Safety initiatives across all areas of the Cardiff Site in an operational and administrative function.

You will work with all departments to ensure statutory, mandatory and company targets' are met in relation to Environment Health & Safety, and compliance is fully managed and reported upon. The role has overall responsibility for maintaining and further developing the EHS training matrix.

Working Hours
This is a Monday - Friday position working between the hours of 07:45 - 16:00. This is an office based role.

Benefits

• 14.5% Pension (9.5% Employer Contribution)


• 10% Corporate Incentive Scheme/Bonus (75% Princes performance based, 25% Individual Performance based)


• 26 days Annual Leave including the additional day for your Birthday + Bank Holidays


• Flexible holidays policy - the option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year


• Critical Illness Scheme


• Enhanced Family Friendly Policy - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption Leave


• Employee Assistance Plan - Free emotional, financial and legal support


• Learning and Development Opportunities


Principal Accountabilities

• Provide a full Environmental, Health & Safety administrative service to the Cardiff site.


• Maintain and monitor Key Environmental, Health & Safety Performance Indicators raising issues and concerns with the EHS Manager as appropriate.


• Support Environmental, Health & Safety Initiatives across all areas of the Site. Auditing and reporting potential issues to the appropriate manager as required.


• Ensure Suitable and Sufficient Risk Assessments, Smart Operating Procedures and Safe Systems of Work are produced and incorporated across the Site, providing expert advice on reviews and updates.


• Monitoring accident and incident rates ensuring incidents are reported and investigated in a timely manner and supporting managers with investigations where appropriate.


• Support the EHS Manager with the creation and implementation of new modified company procedures and processes ensuring compliance with legislation and best practice.


• Promote and raise awareness, at all levels of the organisation, of the impact of Environmental, Health and Safety issues.


• Support the training of colleagues at all levels in Environmental, Health and Safety issues and responsibilities within their job roles;


• Carry out Environmental, Health and Safety audits at site, reporting findings back to Senior Leadership Team and EHS Manager.


• Maintain, update and administer 'site' Environmental, Health, & Safety records in line with legislation and company policy. Ensure compliance by management and colleagues, implement a reminder and follow up mechanism to ensure deadlines are achieved.


• Collate and analyse accident statistics. Support the EHS Manager to recommend intervention strategies to eliminate/reduce the risk of future occurrences and incidents.


• In conjunction with the EHS Manager, develop and facilitate training and toolbox talks on Health & Safety and welfare matters including but not limited to, risk assessments, manual handling, method statement etc. ensuring that appropriate records are maintained.


• Support 'site' updates to EHS Legislation, Company Policy, Process and Procedure in line with Group directives.


• Provide assistance to managers during implementation of changes to group policies and procedures and advise and provide guidance on risk management.


• Provide an advisory service in relation to legislation and company policies & procedures.


• Maintain the record of compliance training of all colleagues ensuring that the training matrix is up to date. Inform relevant Line Manager when colleagues' compliance training is due to expire, arrange refresher training.


• Identify areas of further training required for the team to develop and to legislative and best practice standards.


• Book and organise all compliance training courses including facilities i.e. room bookings, hospitality etc. when required.


• Responsible for maintaining and storing all electronic and paper compliance training records, ensuring they are filed methodically and can be easily retrieved for audit purposes.


• Communicate compliance training plans to the appropriate managers within the business to ensure training activity is transparent.


• Support TU learning and safety initiatives, in conjunction with site Union(s) and external providers.


• Support the Health and Safety committee and Behavioural Safety initiatives at site.


• Support with the Maintenance of ISO14001 and ISO45001 accreditations.


General Responsibilities

• Understanding and experience of lean manufacturing work practices including 5S, AM and problem solving (including root cause analysis), to drive continuous improvement activity throughout the site.


• Have a detailed understanding of the Princes Manufacturing System (PMS) and Site Specific Plans.


• Ensure all training is documented using the appropriate skills matrix.


• Exercise reasonable skill and care for the health and safety of yourself and colleagues at work. Do not interfere with, or obstruct anything provided in the interests of health and safety at work.


• Incumbent should demonstrate behaviours which are in line with the Company values and help to improve the Quality, Safety & Environmental culture.


• Support the business in working towards delivering our ethical trading and human rights vision.


• When engaging with internal and external stakeholders (such as consumers, customers or suppliers) maximise any potential opportunities to communicate Princes' ethical trade and human rights approach.


These are the key daily tasks, not a comprehensive list of all tasks undertaken by the job holder. Flexibility is required by the business & this will be agreed with the individual's line managerRole Requirements


• NEBOSH General certificate, IEMA certificate in Environmental Management, or other EHS industry recognised qualification (or be working towards it).


• Knowledge and understanding of ISO14001/45001/50001.


• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.


• Good working knowledge of SharePoint 2010.


• Previous experience of working within EHS function within a FMCG plant.


• Good working knowledge or willing to learn current health and safety legislation.


• Good organisational skills, able to work within defined guidelines, prioritise and work effectively within a sometimes pressurised environment.


• Strong attention to detail and accuracy skills.


• Ability to work on own initiative and with minimum supervision.


• Strong written and oral communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels of seniority and liaise with other internal departments and external contacts.


• Good interpersonal skills, ability to obtain information, determine course of action and follow through to successful resolution, escalating to manager where appropriate.


• A flexible, highly motivated, proactive and 'can do' working style.


• Confidentiality and discretion, including full understanding of the implications of the Data Protection Act and GDPR