Health & Safety Lead
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Occupation Type
Health and safety managers and officers
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
Sponsorship EligibilityIneligible for Sponsorship
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Description
At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your role : Health & Safety Lead
The H&S Lead is responsible for providing strong on-site leadership/management and expert guidance to ensure the effective implementation, continuous improvement, and integrity of the Health & Safety management systems across the Speke operation. This role acts as the primary point of contact for health and safety matters, ensuring compliance with legislation and fostering a proactive safety culture at all levels.
The role is responsible for COAMH Compliance along with our `Right to operate`. Provide hands-on, physical presence across the site with daily face-to-face engagement, supporting plant activities and key operational tasks/projects. Work closely with teams to identify hazards, assess risks, and promote safe systems of work. Act as the focal point for engagement with regulatory authorities and external auditors, ensuring timely and accurate communication, documentation, and follow-up actions.
Manage Compliance Training for site, engage with external providers along with managing booking and the tracking of activities to ensure compliance training is maintained and managed effectively.
Your responsibilities:
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your role : Health & Safety Lead
The H&S Lead is responsible for providing strong on-site leadership/management and expert guidance to ensure the effective implementation, continuous improvement, and integrity of the Health & Safety management systems across the Speke operation. This role acts as the primary point of contact for health and safety matters, ensuring compliance with legislation and fostering a proactive safety culture at all levels.
The role is responsible for COAMH Compliance along with our `Right to operate`. Provide hands-on, physical presence across the site with daily face-to-face engagement, supporting plant activities and key operational tasks/projects. Work closely with teams to identify hazards, assess risks, and promote safe systems of work. Act as the focal point for engagement with regulatory authorities and external auditors, ensuring timely and accurate communication, documentation, and follow-up actions.
Manage Compliance Training for site, engage with external providers along with managing booking and the tracking of activities to ensure compliance training is maintained and managed effectively.
Your responsibilities:
Provide Expert H&S Leadership/Management and Support
- Deliver professional Health & Safety guidance, leadership, and technical expertise through written policies, procedures, and standards, as well as verbal communication and hands-on involvement across the site. Support operational decision-making and partner closely with site along with site leadership to uphold safe working practices.
- Drive the creation, improvement, and implementation of the site Safety Management System (SMS). Represent H&S in site and departmental meetings, promote the SMS philosophy, and gather feedback to ensure consistency of standards and approach across all functions.
- Analyse, interpret, and correctly apply relevant UK health and safety legislation into site-specific policies, procedures, and guidelines. Monitor legislative changes and proactively prepare the site for compliance with new or emerging requirements.
- Take responsibility for several critical H&S programmes (including, but not limited to, Compliance Training, Legionella, Fire Safety, Loss Prevention, COMAH, Human Factors, ERT, Incident Management, etc.). Maintain subject-matter expertise, drive compliance actions, collaborate with programme leads and operational teams, and continually improve standards.
- Oversee and coordinate the delivery of Health & Safety training for employees, contractors, and Emergency Response Team members. Manage external training providers to maintain Compliance training needs and/or design and deliver in-house training where appropriate.
- Provide comprehensive site H&S inductions for Elanco personnel, ensuring alignment with site-specific requirements and COMAH safety expectations.
Facilitate and Sustain Risk Management Processes
- Ensure robust Risk Assessment, COSHH Assessment, and other regulatory programmes are maintained to meet statutory and corporate expectations. Act as a key point of contact for external regulatory bodies (e.g., HSE, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service, Fire Prevention Officers).
- Review and supervise accident and incident reports and investigations. Ensure accurate and timely reporting to HSE UK, Elanco, and claims handlers in line with legislative requirements. Maintain incident data, produce statistics, and oversee the progression of any enforcement actions.
- Manage key Health & Safety performance data to support site-level KPIs and corporate reporting requirements.
- Participate and lead site projects in line with Job Path requirements, providing H&S input to developing initiatives. Review process and equipment change controls no ensure no negative impacts on health and safety performance.
- Conduct and support team inspections and audits, providing coaching and training where needed. Participate in all site audits (internal and external) and lead the development of the overall site audit programme.
- Chair the site HSE site Meetings and Contractor Forums, ensuring alignment across functional leads and site leadership on key topics, COMAH actions, action management, and wider H&S activities. In addition, manage and facilitate effective engagement, via contractors forum, with on-site and transient contractor groups to ensure consistent understanding and compliance with H&S expectations.
- Deliver clear and timely HSE updates and briefings to the Site Leadership Team as required.
Promote Best Practice Through Engagement
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of H&S standards and best practise, providing visible and proactive support through regular face-to-face engagement with teams across the site.
- Support the HSE/FM Director with regular data and overall site compliance. Act as a natural deputy to the HSE/FM Director in their absence.
- COMAH Site experience along with management and understanding of the subject.
- NEBOSH, National General Certificate (NGC) in Health & Safety (or equivalent).
- >5 years’ experience in health and safety roles
- DGSA or working towards.
- Experience in manufacturing, operations or industrial environment.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead H&S initiatives and influence safety culture
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status