Health and Safety Manager

Employer: Meridian Business Support

Location: Lancashire

Salary: 38000.00 - 43000.00 GBP Annual + Excellent Benefits

Closing date: 24 Mar 2025

Sector: Manufacturing

Role: Health and Safety Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

We are recruiting for a Health and Safety Manager who is NEBOSH qualified to join a very well established and successful chemical manufacturing company based in Haslingden. This is a permanent position working Monday to Friday 8am–4pm, offering a salary of between 35–45k per annum dependent on experience, plus excellent benefits!

Role

In this standalone Health and Safety Manager role, you will be reporting into the Production Operations Manager, with responsibility for addressing potential hazards and promoting safe practices, reducing workplace injuries, illnesses and associated costs. This will include:

• Carrying out risk assessments and making recommendations how risks could be reduced
• Outlining safe operational procedures which identify and consider all relevant hazards
• Carrying out regular site inspections to check policies and procedures are being properly implemented
• Auditing working practices to ensure they are safe and comply with legislation
• Investigating incidents and accidents and brief the Operations Manager on your findings
• Compile statistics on accident and injuries, analyse and determine root causes and make recommendations to management accordingly
• Engaging staff in a positive Health and Safety culture to include carrying out toolbox talks and other initiatives.
• To have extensive knowledge in Health and Safety legislation and best practice to assist with compliance and continuous improvement
• Developing and implementing Health and Safety policies
• Developing and reviewing SSOW.
• Developing Behavioural observation and correction procedures.

Skills and Experience

We are really keen to hear from applicants with the following skills and experience:

• At least 5 years experience in a Health and Safety Manager role
• NEBOSH Diploma qualification
• Proven experience in investigating accidents, carrying out risk assessments, writing policies, auditing and reviewing performance
• Ability to track performance and analyse data to identify trends
• Excellent knowledge of Excel and Word
• Any knowledge of chemical manufacturing would be advantageous

Benefits Include

• Onsite Free Parking
• Pension Scheme 2% employee, 6% Company
• 25 Days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays

Please apply today or call us to discuss this Health and Safety Manager role in more detail.

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.