Job Introduction

BRUSH is looking to recruit two Health, Safety & Environmental Managers based at our sites in Loughborough and Blackwood (South Wales) respectively. The successful candidates will be responsible for promoting a positive health and safety culture throughout the sites, keeping employees safe, preventing harm and ill health.

The roles will develop, maintain and protect Safety, Health and the Environment (SHE) standards within the businesses in accordance with current legislation and company policies and procedures.  The postholders will ensure the businesses, Managers and employees comply with all SHE legislation and that SHE policies and practices are adhered to in the factory an on-site.

These are hand-on roles that will also facilitate the day to day operations of SHE and contribute to the planning, implementing, monitoring and reviewing of protective and preventative safety measures. This will be achieved through working with Managers, employees, site operatives and the safety representatives.

Role Responsibility

• Working closely with the factory operations Managers and the site Head of Service on all matters in relation to SHE.
• Provide specialist advice for all matters relating to the statutory requirements concerning SHE factors to Managers, employees and safety representatives.
• Support the compliance with the Implementation and maintenance of procedures to meet the requirements of ISO14001 and ISO45001.
• Compile and report on data and analytics in relation to SHE, for example on quarterly greenhouse gas reporting.
• Compliance with the quality system, including issuing and tracking corrective action requests following internal and external SHE audits.
• Co-ordination with SHE Legal Advisor in relation to work related claims.
• Promoting a positive SHE culture and continuous improvement within the Company and developing SHE policies and procedures to support the business.
• Supporting HR to ensure the company complies to the legal health surveillance requirements, working with the Occupational Health provider to ensure timely completion of medicals.
• Assist Managers and Supervisors in the maintenance and develop of risk assessments to ensure they are relevant and up-to-date, eliminating and reducing risk to as low as reasonable practicable.
• Assisting with the assessment of training requirements and provision of training to site employees regarding SHE including toolbox talks.
• Carry out accident and incident investigations, providing reports and identifying root causes and implementing action plans to prevent re-occurrence.
• Sharing lessons learnt from accidents, dangerous occurrences and significant near misses with other group businesses.
• Advising on a range of specialist areas, including fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery and occupational diseases.
• Monitor and control to ensure that the PPE issued is compliant and being used correctly.
• Ensure regulatory requirements such as COSHH, RIDDOR and fire plans are met.
• Support the business in its approach to Net Zero and communicating and maintaining compliance to the Sustainability Policy whilst supporting the companies approach to ESG.
• Investigate & intervene with any non-compliance activity.
• Leading site and service health and safety initiatives, including chairing meetings.
• Ensure all data protection activities of personal and special category data; pertaining to current employees, customers and all other external stakeholders, are done so in line with the company’s data protection (GDPR) Policy.
• Accountable for the adequate data protection activities and awareness levels within their area responsibility, in line with the data protection (GDPR) policy.

The Ideal Candidate

• CMIOSH, or working towards, or currently a Grad IOSH is desirable.
• Formal training - NEBOSH/IOSH/IEMA or CIEH.
• Exposure of BS EN ISO 9001, ISO14001 and ISO45001.
• Have attended a CITB SMSTS course within the last five years would be beneficial.
• Holds the necessary CSCS card for site operation work.
• Experience of performing SHE audits to confirm compliance.
• Excellent understanding of current SHE laws and legislation.
• Experience of working with a SHE management system.
• Demonstrate a proactive approach to managing SHE with a willingness to lead and learn.
• Good IT skills in all Microsoft Office tools.
• A good understanding of fundamental Mechanical and Electrical principles as well as manufacturing SHE experience is desirable.
• Previous manufacturing/Service SHE experience would be useful.
• Experience in leading diverse teams with a broad range of skills and technical knowledge.
• Self-motivated with positive attitude.
• Experience in project management and project leadership, well developed planning skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability to influence both at individual and group levels across the business.
• Problem solver with a methodical approach and an eye for detail.
• To have the desire for improving their own knowledge with the confidence to apply their knowledge and experience within the company.

About the Company

At BRUSH we support the global drive to Net Zero with innovative, engineered solutions that address grid resilience and systems challenges, facilitate electrification of transport and heat and maximise resource efficiency.

Our sustainable solutions are engineered to perform, built to last and supported for life dedicated to secure peak performance and maximise asset life. Our people engineer and support a comprehensive range of transformers and switchgear, providing innovative solutions that meet the needs of today’s changing energy landscape.

BRUSH Group