Health & Safety Manager

Astute People are working exclusively with a leading Energy from Waste Operator to recruit an Health and Safety Manager for their new build plant in Walsall. This facility has capacity to process 436,000 tonnes of waste per year, generating nearly 50MW of power for the surrounding area.

As a Health & Safety Manager you will be responsible for all H&S activities on site ranging from inspections, audits, training, coordination, and reviewing / management of EHS documents. This role sits within part of a wider HSE team, and you may be expected to support elsewhere within the business.

If you have the right skills & experience and want to find out more, please get in touch!

Responsibilities and duties:
As the Health and Safety Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Managing the sites Health & Safety communications.
• Developing and managing the risk assessment / accident reporting system.
• Liaising with external bodies.
• Advising on environmental issues.
• Monitoring the performance of the plants health & safety program and identify opportunities to increase effectiveness.
• Carry out on site audits and investigations.
• Developing a strong H&S culture.
• Manage and update the sites H&S systems.
• Coordinate emergency response training.
• Providing H&S training for O&M staff.

Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:

• Ideally degree qualified in a technical / environmental background
• A NEBOSH certificate qualification is required as a minimum for this position.

Personal skills
The Health and Safety Manager role would suit someone with:

• Strong background in Health and Safety gained in a heavy process or engineering environment. This can include Power Generation, Refineries, Manufacturing, FMCG, Food, Petrochemical etc
• At least five years experience in a Health & Safety Management position
• An understanding of permits / compliance would be advantageous

Salary and benefits of the Health and Safety Manager role

• Competitive basic salary
• Bonus opportunity
• Pension
• Healthcare including Bupa & Cash Plan
• Training & Development
• Opportunity to join a brand new Power Station

INDPOW

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.