Job Ref: 213361878

Date: 2021-03-15 12:32:11

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Health & Safety Advisor
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (with travel to various sites)

About Us

We are FCC Environment, one of the nation’s leading waste and resource management companies. Committed to sustainability, we strive to minimise the amount of waste that ends up in landfill by transforming it into valuable resources wherever possible.

We own and operate more than 200 recycling, treatment and disposal facilities and employ nearly 2,400 people across the UK.

We’re now looking for a Health & Safety Advisor to join our team in Milton Keynes and ensure we are working to best practice.

The Benefits

– Competitive salary + company car or car allowance
– 25 days’ holiday per annum
– Company sick pay
– Pension scheme and life insurance
– Flexible benefits including high street savings, cycle to work scheme and Gymflex membership
– Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and the Best Doctors Service
– Peer to peer recognition scheme
– Training and development opportunities

This is the ideal opportunity for a health and safety professional with a NEBOSH qualification and a strong grasp of relevant legislation to take on a fresh challenge with our incredible organisation.

Working in a group-wide capacity, you will have the chance to develop and enhance our working environment, ensuring that our teams are safer and work smarter in a collective manner. Your role will be pivotal to our continuing success and your passion and drive will ensure we remain compliant and can continue our environmentally focused work.

The Role

As a Health & Safety Advisor, you will be tasked with ensuring we operate to best practice by providing advice, guidance, assistance, support and recommendations.

Supporting Area and Operational Managers within the Landfill Division with continual improvement activities, you will seek to raise and maintain H&S standards and monitor performance against targets and objectives.

You will develop local initiatives to deliver to requirements and participate and lead (where required) the development of a positive safety culture to meet compliance needs.

Additionally, you will:

– Support the development and implementation of a Health & Safety plan
– Carry out planned Health and Safety inspections / sampling of premises, work activities, and processes
– Participate in a programme of active monitoring task / behaviour across the Group
– Carry out staff Health and Safety training
– Actively participate within the Group Safety Health Environment and Quality Managers Working Groups
– Review health and safety policies and procedures
– Participate in procedural reviews and make recommendations for changes
– Liaise as required with external regulatory authorities
– Prohibit any works with the risk of serious or imminent personal injury exists

About You

To be considered as a Health & Safety Advisor, you will need:

– Experience in a similar H&S role
– A NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Safety & Health or equivalent
– To be a member of IOSH
– Good knowledge of relevant health and safety legislation
– A full, valid driving licence

Experience of working in the Waste Disposal, Recycling, Collections, or Quarries Industry would be an advantage.

Other organisations may call this role H&S Advisor, Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisor, Health & Safety Auditor, HSE Advisor, Health, Safety & Environment Advisor, or Health & Safety Consultant.

Webrecruit and FCC Environment are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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