Major Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Health, Safety & Ergonomics Advisor on a rolling 12-month contract, to join a multinational, automotive manufacturer based in Oxford.
Location: Oxford
Pay rate: �26.03ph
Standard working hours: 37.5hours per week
The role of the Safety & Ergonomics Advisor is to implement all necessary arrangements to assist in providing good health, safety, and welfare standards for the workforce at all levels and meet its legal obligations.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Implementation of planned health and safety strategies for compliance and best practice
- Provide competent health and safety advice including technical and operational expertise to internal customers.
- Give competent advice and support to Directors, management, and workforce, in identifying hazards and finding solutions to safety matters within the workplace.
- Interpret workplace activities being conducted, in relation to the need for compliance with health and safety legislation.
- Conduct annual internal health and safety audit program and ensure working practices are effective and an audit plan is implemented and completed.
- When required arrange and or deliver agreed health and safety training.
- Consult and communicate with management and workforce to ensure risk assessments are conducted to identify high, medium, and low risks.
- Advise to all levels throughout the business, relating to the implementation ad control of health and safety arrangements to mitigate risk pf injury and ill health within the workplace.
- Ensure health and safety topics forms part of workplace committees/forums/safety champions including attending technology health and safety meetings as needed.
Candidate Specification
- General Certificate in Health & Safety Management or equivalent preferably NEBOSH Diploma
- Lead Internal Auditor OHSAS 45001
- Membership of professional body i.e. IOSH
- 2 years+ experience with in Health & Safety Management
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Implementation and maintenance or safety management system
- Effective negotiation skills
- IT literate: Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Full UK driving licence
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