HSE Improvement Specialist - South West

TN United Kingdom; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

HSE Improvement Specialist - South West, Plymouth

Client:

Location:

Plymouth, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

48792641c9d7

Job Views:

93

Posted:

03.03.2025

Job Description:

This role requires a Full UK driving licence with regular travel to branches in and around the South West.

What will you do?

To provide agreed HSE improvement activity support to the Head of HSE to deliver the business’ HSE Annual Operating Plan.

Some accountabilities of the role:

1. Within the context of the business’ HSE plan and using a ‘Task and Finish’ mentality, identify and eventually design continual improvement programmes with the Head of HSE making sure they are well thought through and have the buy-in of the various stakeholder groups.
2. Improvement programmes will be driven by Three Business Unit specific needs based on inherent risk profile, incident experience and organisation learning from across the group and other industry sectors; to include but not limited to:
1. Workplace transport & MHE
2. Product storage and handling
3. Out-of-branch activities Including Load Security & Driver Safety
3. Take an active role in the business’ colleague focused / led HSE forums and support them in agreeing to complete HSE related projects.
4. Provide support to the Distribution Centre management team, as appropriate, to ensure that they are driving the continual improvement of HSE culture and performance on site.
5. Provide hands-on support to the business to implement the agreed HSE improvement programmes and support the business leaders in understanding the status of implementation by providing oversight of the measures of success / deliverables.
6. Provide proactive hands on support to BU leaders where branches are identified as being “higher risk”. Demonstrating visible support at branches and supporting leaders to develop and execute action plans to deliver Safety Excellence.
7. Provide hands-on support to BU leaders where branches are identified to show poor safety performance being careful not to over the step mark and do the job for them.
8. Review the various HSE Data streams for your BU areas. eg incidents, assurance reviews to determine quality insights that you can use to help support the Head of HSE and Business Unit leaders reduce risk and improve safety.
9. Support the resolution of branch / Regional specific complex HSE problems when escalated by the lead HSE Advisor / Group Head of Environment as necessary.
10. Support the relevant business leader in achieving the BU’s standards for Incident Review Boards and provide subject matter / technical support during Incident Review Boards ensuring learnings and business wide actions are recorded and shared with the Head of HSE / HSE Director for wider consideration.

What’s in it for you?

Not Sure you Qualify? We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer, where everyone in our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves - you be you, it makes us, us, as we say. If you’re interested in this opportunity but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the right candidate for this or other roles with us.

You’ll be supported by some fantastic training and development and have the opportunity to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group.

We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:

• Competitive bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Colleague discount across a variety of Group businesses

A bit about us

As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.

With over 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!