HSE Officer in Washington, Sunderland

The Company

Our client is a market leader in the engineering sector; a period of growth has led to their requirement for a Health and Safety Officer

The Role

• Will lead Safety and Health activity, ensuring the highest international standards are in place, maintained and reviewed for improvement.
• Assisting with quality audits and assisting with root cause analysis.
• Implement practical knowledge of NEBOSH and IOSH.
• Drive cultural change and behaviour, demonstrating best practice.
• Improve the companies’ Safety and Health procedures, standards and processes.
• Maintain compliance against latest legislative criteria.
• Ensure a zero accident/incident culture within Safety, Health and Environmental matters.
• Embrace methods to reduce accidents/incidents leading to increased health in the team leading naturally to improved productivity.
• Define Safety, Health and Environmental procedures in conjunction with staff.
• Set up and maintain controls and documentation procedures.

The Person

• Will have experience in a similar role.
• Be qualified as a minimum to the NEBOSH and ideally IOSH.
• Desirable: audit experience against ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and AS9100
• Experience of environmental, health and safety in a similar organisation.
• Good understanding of health and safety legal obligations.
• Have an ability to engage employees at all levels.

The Benefits

• Competitive salary (exceeds NMW).
• Benefits: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays;
• Your birthday off.
• Pension.
• Westfield Health package.
• On-site parking.
• Pizza Friday once a month.