Health & Safety Advisor

Major Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Health & Safety Advisor on a rolling 12-month contract, to join a multinational, automotive manufacturer based in Oxford.

Location: Oxford

Pay rate: £26.03ph

Standard working hours: 37.5hours per week

The role of the Safety & Ergonomics Advisor is to implement all necessary arrangements to assist in providing good health, safety, and welfare standards for the workforce at all levels and meet its legal obligations.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Implementation of planned health and safety strategies for compliance and best practice
• Provide competent health and safety advice including technical and operational expertise to internal customers.
• Give competent advice and support to Directors, management, and workforce, in identifying hazards and finding solutions to safety matters within the workplace.
• Interpret workplace activities being conducted, in relation to the need for compliance with health and safety legislation.
• Conduct annual internal health and safety audit program and ensure working practices are effective and an audit plan is implemented and completed.
• When required arrange and or deliver agreed health and safety training.
• Consult and communicate with management and workforce to ensure risk assessments are conducted to identify high, medium, and low risks.
• Advise to all levels throughout the business, relating to the implementation ad control of health and safety arrangements to mitigate risk pf injury and ill health within the workplace.
• Ensure health and safety topics forms part of workplace committees/forums/safety champions including attending technology health and safety meetings as needed.

Candidate Specification

• General Certificate in Health & Safety Management or equivalent preferably NEBOSH Diploma
• Lead Internal Auditor OHSAS 45001
• Membership of professional body i.e. IOSH
• 2 years+ experience with in Health & Safety Management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Implementation and maintenance or safety management system
• Effective negotiation skills
• IT literate: Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Full UK driving licence

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