Health & Safety Officer

TITLE: Health & Safety Officer

JOB REF: 11179

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Permanent

LOCATION: Leicester

SALARY: £27,000 - £32,000

HOURS: 37.5 hours per week

CAR PARKING: Yes

JR Personnel are an employment agency acting on behalf of a client who is looking for a Health & Safety Officer. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in health and safety with a focus on compliance.

Why join this client: They are very successful, supportive and caring it is a great place to work we have placed a handful of staff over the recent years who love working there.

The Company: Our client is a family business and have been in operation for over 25 years. They are a construction company and operate & project manage customer sites throughout the UK.

The Office and Culture: friendly, down to earth, upbeat, hands on and everyone works together.

Career Prospects: good, there is room to grow and develop over time.

ROLE PROFILE:

• Assist with all the health and safety policies
• Carry out, monitor and implement risk assessments
• Consider how to reduce possible risks
• Assist in writing procedures that identify and consider hazards
• Support with data and analysis
• Assist in investigating health and safety incidents, compiling reports, and making recommendations
• Carry out regular safety audits and inspections
• Maintain health and safety compliance and audit results
• Attend H&S meetings, taking minutes
• Keep up to date with new legislation
• Advise employees on a range of specialist areas, such as fire regulations, hazardous substances, safeguarding machinery, etc

PERSON PROFILE:

• Seeking someone with at least one years work experience within H&S
• NEBOSH qualified in Occupational Health & Safety
• Excellent communication skills and able to talk to people at all levels
• Must be self-motivated
• Need someone with a positive can-do" attitude
• Work on your own initiative
• Possess strong planning, time management and organisational skills
• Able to multi-task
• A team player

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Strong attention to detail

DESIRED CRITERIA:

• Experience of working in a manufacturing or construction industry

Due to the number of responses generated, we are unable to get back to every applicant. If you have not heard from us within 7 days you have not been successful on this occasion.