Senior HSE Specialist

One of the UK's largest confectionary companies is looking for a Senior HSE Specialist to join their team!
Main Responsibilities:
* Responsible for coordinating of all Environment, Health & Safety programs and processes.
* Participate in investigations to facilitate closure of identified non conformances and trains the teams on what a quality investigation looks like.
* Provides Health & Safety expertise for the plant for all new projects and change management activities.
* Follows up on non-conformances and develops the systems to resolve them based on root cause analysis.
* Understands relevant technical requirements in Environment, Health & Safety and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and Company Policies.
* Ensures appropriate risk assessments are conducted and follow ups implemented to minimize or eliminate accidents or asset losses that might cause harm to one of the company's employees, contractors or property.
* Facilitates implementation of corrective and preventative actions where required for EHS.
* Ensures the facility standards are in compliance with both Company and government regulations.
* Ensures training and coaching are taking place to drive a safety-perfect culture and to ensure Health & Safety standards and awareness are well understood throughout the plant organization.
* Be a lead for culture change and drive behavioural safety as a way of life. Be the lead in driving this behaviour in all levels of the site - including PLT.
* Able to see gaps in the training agenda and develop courses as and when appropriate
* Drive the key elements of training to management level employees - eg Critical Safety Training, Incident Investigations, Permit to Work, Manual Handling etc
* Ensures that Contractors permanently based on site have robust Environment, Health and Safety procedures and systems developed in line with company expectations.
* Know the ethical and legal compliance responsibilities of the position to lead ethically and model compliant behaviour and maintain an environment where employees can speak up and raise issues without fear of retaliation.
* Act as deputy for the HSE manager when he/she is not available. Eg on Safety Tower and safety reviews with senior stakeholders and internally in DMS4.
* Able to coach the less experienced members of the team and drive a pipeline of talent within the business.
* Budget holder for safety - ensure financial targets are met
* Develop a pipe line of projects and develop them working alongside engineering department and operations
Qualifications:
Candidate Requirements:
* Knowledge of Environmental Management Systems and some experience of working with Governing Bodies (such as the HSE, EA or Local Authorities).
* Demonstrates good process management and pragmatic business application of systems and functional principles and standards.
* Understands the importance of building a good safety culture, working with key stakeholders to drive engagement across both core and non-core populations.
* Dynamic, tenacious and courageous.
* Able to build relationships with key stakeholders and peers.
* Able to communicate, present and train others well.
* Excellent command of written and spoken English.
* Tech savvy with experience of Windows and an ability to adapt to other systems as and when required
* Demonstrated ability create a motivational environment, driving good health and safety culture.
* Technical functional excellence in Health & Safety and demonstrated through leadership.
If this Senior HSE Specialist is of interest to you and you have the experience required, APPLY NOW!
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