Health And Safety Advisor

The Opportunity

We currently have a rare and exciting opportunity for an experienced Health and Safety Professional to join us at our Distillery in Girvan.

What you’ll be doing

• Support the development of H&S strategies through the proactive evaluation of statistical data, knowledge of current and forthcoming legislative requirements and business specific objectives.
• Advise and actively support the site teams in all legislative H&S matters.
• Provide statistical reporting of H&S performance metrics to the site and relevant business leaders, identifying any trends and proposed corrective actions.
• Identify and assess business risks and propose effective processes and controls to manage those risks to an acceptable level.
• Manage COMAH compliance and demonstrate a strong understanding of process safety matters.
• Control site works from a H&S perspective ensuring adherence to internal procedures at all times including (but not limited to) Permit to Work, Control of Contractors, Risk Assessment, Emergency Response, Management of Change, Incident Investigation, delivery of Projects/CDM etc.
• Provide occupational health surveillance support based on defined risk matrix.
• Deliver H&S training (regulatory/awareness) as defined in the Competency Framework.
• Drive continuous improvement within the Health & Safety Framework/Integrated Management System.
• Co- ordinate the work of external regulators, auditors and/or third-party consultants governing effective and timely closure of any actions.
• Follow and comply with all WGW processes, standards, and guidelines in the performance of your role, reporting any non-conformances in a timely manner.
• Contribute and participate in the Team Performance System through engaging in team meetings and taking an active part in problem solving activities.
• Work collaboratively with peers and colleagues and apply learnings from identified training and development activities required to perform in role.

About You

• Qualification in Occupational Health and Safety, with experience in Process Safety.
• Experience of working in a highly regulated industry with COMAH / EPA experience highly desirable.
• Investigation of accidents, incidents, near misses, dangerous occurrences and the reporting and recommendation of corrective actions to address findings
• Demonstrate successful use of data analysis techniques within a manufacturing environment
• Knowledge and experience of ISO 9001 and 45001 standards
• Computer Literacy – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Q-Pulse

What can we offer you?

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

Are you that ‘Rare Character’ we are looking for?