Health and Safety Business Partner - South

Contract: Full time
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: £50,000 per annum, flex points, 25 days holiday rising, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
Location: Maidstone (ME16 0LW) with travel to sites in your sector, including Suffolk Park and Bridgwater

About the Job

You’ll have an important part to play supporting the operational management and leadership to deliver an effective health and safety management system, reducing risk and accidents and supporting the development of a safety culture.

Here at Unipart we don’t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's 'From Gate to Great’ training and development program.

As Health and Safety Business partner for the South you will deliver, co-ordinate and evaluate health, safety and wellbeing training and allocated projects to enhance site performance.

As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

• Support managers to ensure a safe and compliant work environment and activities including the implementation of the SHE plan
• Oversee the development and review of safe systems of work and other measures
• Make SMART recommendations to ensure compliance, best practice and enable corrective action to be implemented
• Act as an internal consultant to advise and coach managers on their H&S duties, providing guidance and practical solutions
• Undertake H&S assessments, and advise managers through risk assessments
• Support senior management with engaging with external stakeholders
• Attend and represent the H&S team in any external/internal meetings
• Support the H&S team in delivering the strategic objectives
• Stay up to date with any changes in legislation, H&S initiatives and best practice

About You

We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!

• Adaptable and able to react quickly and effectively to changes and requests
• Work well in a team with good leadership skills
• Good commercial understanding
• Ability to work independently to targets and timescales
• Experience of building credible relationship with internal/external stakeholders
• An understanding of Warehouse Management Systems
• Experience in a similar role would be desirable

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales.As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.

You may also have experience in the following: Manager, Workplace Health and Safety Consultant, Safety Compliance Officer, Health and Safety Manager, Safety Program Manager, EHS Business Partner, Occupational Safety Coordinator, Health and Safety Officer, Safety and Wellness Coordinator, Risk Management Specialist, etc.

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