Job Description
**Health & Safety Lead Role** A seasoned Health & Safety professional is required to lead and develop the company's Health & Safety strategy, ensuring a safe working environment for employees and compliance with regulatory requirements. **Key Responsibilities:** * Serve as the primary point of contact for all Health & Safety matters and collaborate with regulatory authorities as needed. * Maintain a strong presence on-site, actively supporting and engaging with site management and operations teams on health and safety initiatives. * Collaborate closely with the operations team to address key priorities, enhance compliance, and implement industry best practices. * Provide regular updates on assigned KPIs, both weekly and monthly. * Complete safety scorecards and work with site management to drive performance improvements. * Coordinate with Site Engineering, Quality, and Manufacturing teams to manage process changes, ensuring that potential risks are identified and mitigated. * Assist the operations team in identifying Capex needs and ensure all changes are risk assessed and managed effectively. * Maintain and periodically test Emergency Response Plans and provisions. * Develop and oversee the execution of approved audit programs, ensuring timely completion of all regulatory audit actions. * Conduct Health & Safety risk assessments, implement control measures, and maintain up-to-date safety statements and risk registers. * Organize, schedule, and execute Health & Safety audits, tracking all resulting issues and actions. * Ensure compliance with Health & Safety training plans and monitor adherence to training requirements. * Develop and implement Health & Safety policies and procedures that meet both legal standards and best practice guidelines. * Adapt and respond to Health & Safety challenges in a dynamic work environment with a flexible and proactive approach. * Promptly report and thoroughly investigate all Health & Safety accidents, incidents, and near misses. * Identify, implement, and close out corrective and preventative actions using Continuous Improvement (CI) tools. **Requirements:** * Minimum of 5 years' experience in a similar Health & Safety role within an FMCG or manufacturing environment. * A third-level qualification in a relevant field.