HSE Manager

About the Role

DS Smith Packaging have an opportunity for a Health, Safety & Environmental Risk (HSER) Manager to join their team in Livingston . As the HSER Manager for Livingston you will support all levels of management to implement the necessary HSER activities and actions developing the HSER culture across the site whilst meeting legal requirements as a minimum.

As part of your role you will manage and develop the Health, Safety and Environmental function of the site. You will ensure the right skills, processes, materials, information and procedures are in place to meet; legislative requirements, customers' requirements, and the standards established by formal management systems (e.g. ISO 14001/ISO 50001/ISO 45001).

You will have experience of working with all levels of stakeholders, with the ability to coach, advise and drive a safety improvement culture. You will have a strategic outlook, working closely with the site leadership to develop annual HSE Plans with monthly objectives and targets. As the successful candidate you will be the management representative for HSER management systems as well as the point of contact for external stakeholders such as regulators and insurers.

As well as managing HSER for Livingston you will also have responsibility for contributing to the wider Central HSER team. You will use your experience to help define strategy, policies and processes across the business to help drive our HSER goals and agenda.

What we would like our candidate to have:

• Drive a safety improvement culture, ensuring that all employees are engaged and participative in this process.
• Build relationships at all levels of the organisation and coach and advise all employees on the behaviours and actions necessary for a strong safety culture within the organisation.
• Support the site leadership team in developing the annual HSE Plan and ensuring that objectives and targets are monitored monthly.
• Deliver technical HSER training, informing all levels or the organisation of their HSER roles and responsibilities, and developing the competency of the organisation to deliver.
• Support and coach all levels of the organisation in delivering the HSER objectives and targets.
• Monitor and report HSER key performance indicators.
• Act as the Management Representative for the HSER management systems providing the site leadership team with overview of the health of the system and key actions needed for improvement and compliance.
• Manage the internal and external audit schedule for the sites management systems, involving competent members or the organisation in the process.
• Lead the completion and maintenance of technical risk assessment such as PUWER and COSHH.
• Act as the point of contact for HSER communications with external organisations such as regulators and insurers.
• The ability to travel to other sites when needed

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• 25 days holiday plus 8 Bank Holidays
• Employee Discounts Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• EAP Support
• Long Service Award