UK - Health & Safety Manager, Walsall ERF

Overview

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Who are ENCYCLIS?

Encyclis are dedicated to the safe, efficient and sustainable recovery of energy from waste. We develop and operate energy recovery facilities that bring together technical expertise and state-of-the-art equipment to optimise efficiency, performance and safety.

Our state-of-the-art facilities take residual waste that would otherwise be landfilled which is processed into sustainable baseload electricity, heat and other practical resources to accelerate the circular economy of the future.

Encyclis is building a brand new Energy Recovery Facility in Walsall based in the Midlands. The new facility will be a sustainable alternative to landfill, using household, commercial and non-hazardous industrial residual waste, left after recycling and composting efforts, as a fuel to generate clean electricity. The facility, which is now in its construction phase and is expected to commence full commercial operations in 2027, will provide a vital outlet for the sustainable disposal of over 436,000 tonnes of residual waste per year and will generate 49 megawatts of low carbon energy – enough electricity to meet the needs of over 90,000 homes.

At Encyclis, it’s our people and their passion that drive us forward. We’re growing fast, thinking differently, and innovating at every step.

We offer fantastic benefits here!

Responsibilities

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Head of Health, Safety & Compliance, with a dotted line to the Plant Manager, the Health and Safety Manager will create, maintain and enhance health and safety performance of the Energy Recovery Facility, by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates.

An integral role in establishing an excellent H&S culture for the Operations & Maintenance teams.

 

What we need from you…

 

Key Duties & Responsibilities of the role

• Manage the Health & Safety performance of an ERF throughout commissioning, and into commercial take-over and the operation of the facility.
• Liaise with Supervisors and Team Leaders and the wider O&M teams to promote H&S initiatives, and delivery of the H&S strategy of the facility.
• Support the Head of Health, Safety and Compliance in driving the O&M teams to achieve an excellent Health and Safety culture at the facility.
• Develop safety initiatives and campaigns and partake in routine Health and Safety meetings and forums.
• Manage all communications with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and be the first point of contact for the same.
• Coordinate and participate in weekly Health and Safety inspections of the facility to identify unsafe acts and conditions, promoting and encouraging good behaviours.
• Monitor the performance and effectiveness of the plant’s Health and Safety as necessary to meet performance and improvement objectives.
• Participate in HSE and corporate safety inspections/audits. Formally document and report corrective actions to the leadership team.
• Investigate all near misses, accidents and incidents, ensuring that all reportable incidents are communicated to the HSE, as required under RIDDOR (where applicable).
• Support the development and continual review of safe operating procedures (SOPRA), RAMS and dynamic risk assessments.
• Assist and review with accident investigations and root cause analysis.
• Prepare risk assessments, as required, relating to speciality works.
• Co-ordinate and lead root cause analyses, ensuring that suitable recommendations for corrective action are identified and time bound.
• Direct, organise and/or administer all required Health and Safety related training for all employees.

Prepare and maintain all Health and Safety documents pertaining to the facility according to Corporate and Statutory obligations, including best practices where applicable.

Maintain all required record keeping for Health and Safety reporting.

Review and coordinate with local authorities for all Health and Safety issues pertaining to wastes and residues.

Attend necessary meetings, seminars and conferences to ensure continual development of the successful applicant, thus enhancing the overall safety efforts and continuous improvements of the facility and business.

Coordinate and participate in emergency response training.

Arrange and manage the annual Fire Risk Assessment.

Oversee and nurture the plant’s safety committee.

Schedule new starter and annual employee medicals.

Support the Maintenance Manager during key events, with a focus to ensure that all general maintenance and project works are proactively managed from a moral and legal standpoint.

Ensure that all aspects of Health and Safety Legal compliance are considered and are managed in a proactive manner.

Review of the latest regulatory updates, feeding back into the site Management team, thus ensuring ongoing compliance.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety as a minimum.
• A minimum of 5 years relevant Health and Safety experience ideally in Energy from waste, power generation or related industry.

Exceptional candidates without the above educational requirements, will also be considered.

• A minimum of 5 years relevant health and safety experience ideally in power generation, processing plant, specialty chemical or related industry.
• Excellent English (verbal and written communication skills) along with proficiency in MS Office Suite.
• Ability to read, analyse, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures and governmental regulations.

Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

Individual must feel comfortable with public speaking, as they will be responsible for providing effective health and safety training.

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. 

Want to know more about what we do?

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