Health & Safety Coordinator

Fresenius Kabi UK; Runcorn; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Fresenius Kabi is a global healthcare company that specialises in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition. Our products and services are used to help care for critically and chronically ill patients.

Our product portfolio includes a comprehensive range of IV generic drugs, infusion therapies and clinical nutrition products as well as the medical devices for administering these products.

We are looking to appoint a Health & Safety Coordinator, reporting to our Health, Safety and Facilities Manager, based in Runcorn, Cheshire. The site is our UK Head Office base and is home to our Aseptic Production Unit, Warehousing facility and our office based support functions.

We have over 1,000 employees across the UK & Ireland with a combination of field, office and shift based colleagues.

Job Purpose

The successful candidate will provide health and safety support and guidance across the business, building strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and employees by demonstrating specialist understanding and knowledge. You will need to constructively challenge existing ways of working and support the delivery of health and safety strategies, legislative compliance and best practice.

Main Accountabilities

1. Support the Health, Safety and Facilities Manager to develop and deliver department strategies, initiatives and continuous improvement programmes.
2. Support the maintenance and improvement of integrated management systems to ensure compliance with applicable standards. ISO45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
3. Provide support and guidance to management teams in creating and reviewing different types of risk assessments, ensuring that the control measures put in place are suitable and sufficient to minimise risk.
4. Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses to provide for effective and efficient close out of actions and recommendations to prevent recurrence.
5. Assist in reviewing the development of health and safety policies, procedures and business systems to support ongoing compliance with corporate and legal requirements as well as carrying out and assisting in internal and external audits.
6. Support the delivery of health and safety-based training and assist in developing and delivering quarterly Safety Champions meetings.
7. Champion and promote ‘doing the right thing’ in respect of health and safety through ways of working and provide advice and guidance to managers and employees.
8. Assist co-ordination of the ‘Emergency Response Team’ (Fire Wardens and Officers, First Aiders, Safety Champions, Cytotoxic Spill Responders).

Experience

• Proven previous experience of working in a health and safety-based role, including carrying out internal and external audits.
• A good working knowledge of health and safety-based challenges faced by a diverse organisation (e.g. manufacturing, warehouse, field based, office-based employees) working across a range of different activities.
• Ability to communicate enthusiastically and effectively to engage with management and employees and deliver competent and clear advice and guidance. Experience working with and influencing key stakeholders is preferable, but not essential.
• Working knowledge of IT systems including standard MS Office products is essential.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage workload effectively.
• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent).
• Likely to be a Graduate Member of IOSH (or equivalent).

Benefits

• Competitive salary + annual objective based bonus.
• Contributory Pension Scheme (rises with service).
• Role specific tailored training and development plan.
• Life Insurance (4 x salary, death in service).
• 25 days holiday (rises to 27 after 5 years service) and ability to buy/sell holidays.
• Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave.
• Professional fees paid.
• Bike to work scheme.
• Long Service Awards.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Free onsite parking and subsidised canteen.
• Blue Light Card.
• Company funded family days out.
• Private Health care (after 5 years service).
• 35 hour week, Mon-Fri 9am-5pm.

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.