About the Role
Health, Safety & Environment Advisor
Monday to Friday 40 hours per week Permanent Site based, Lanark
£35,000 - £40,000 DOE
Are you a driven individual, ready for a new challenge? Are you looking to work for a growing and ambitious brand? If so, we have an opportunity for a HSE Advisor to join our team.
About the Role:
The HSE Advisor will in conjunction with the wider operations team, set and drive Border’s health and safety strategy ensuring Border is a safe place to work by promoting and driving a safety-first culture at all levels. The HSE Advisor will also drive Border’s environmental strategy in alignment with Company purpose and Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy.
Key duties:
Support Operations through development, embedding and promotion of health, safety and environmental standards within the Company and implementing and maintaining Company HSE, policies, procedures, standards and working practices ; enhancing the safety culture within the business ensuring a focus towards zero accidents and injury
To ensure the Health, Safety and Environmental Policy and supporting procedures are implemented consistently across the Company
To monitor, evaluate and review Health and Safety policy and practices, make recommendations and amend as required
To advise on the implications of current and emerging health and safety legislation, including evaluating options, making recommendations, and generating action plans to ensure compliance across the Company
Develop and deliver in-house training with managers and employees on all relevant aspects of health and safety
Ensure the HSE function provide the required expertise to all areas of the business, with a focus on continuous improvement
Work within all business areas to ensure HSE standards are appropriately implemented within their areas of control and are sufficiently robust for anticipated demands
Provide input for regular HSE communications for all levels of staff to include written information, toolbox talks and management briefs
Support CSR strategy and appropriate actions.
What Are We Looking For?
Hold a minimum of NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent.
Experience of working in a similar role within a FMCG/Manufacturing environment.
String working experience of H&S and environmental systems and legislation such as ISO45001/ISO 14001
Strong & confident communicator and good stakeholder management skills.
Promotes positive workplace culture, inspiring and influencing others.
Excellent numeracy, analytical & problem-solving skills
Ability to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
Passion for continuous improvement
About Border
At Border, we are a family run business who, since 1984, have been making Beautifully Crafted Biscuits. We are a leading supplier of premium biscuits based in Scotland, and we produce the number one chocolate ginger biscuit in the UK. Our amazing biscuits are produced for many major supermarkets, retailers and businesses not only in the UK, but internationally.
We believe that biscuits are one of life’s little pleasures…and are our greatest passion. We believe biscuits should be nothing short of exceptional and we are proud to make ours just that.
In our Lanark factory, we have a team of approx. 180 people who have a passion for achieving outstanding quality, whether they are sourcing ingredients, weighing, mixing, baking or packing.
Pride and the desire to make something good are essential ingredients in everything we do but we also know that a truly excellent company should strive to be a force for the benefit of our society and planet. We believe that our biscuits are a Recipe for Good and we donate 10% of our profits to good causes in our local community every year.
How to Apply
Visit our website www.border.co.uk/join-the-team or email the People Team directly on hr@border.co.uk
Key Role Requirements
Hold a minimum of NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent.
Experience of working in a similar role within a FMCG/Manufacturing environment.
String working experience of H&S and environmental systems and legislation such as ISO45001/ISO 14001
Strong & confident communicator and good stakeholder management skills.
Promotes positive workplace culture, inspiring and influencing others.
Excellent numeracy, analytical & problem-solving skills
Ability to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
Passion for continuous improvement
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