Health and Safety Advisor- Operational Services

An opportunity has a risen to join our operational teams as their Health & Safety Manager, you will lead on shaping the continuous training needs, creating and reviewing policies and procedures, auditing and creating a safety culture throughout the operations services of the Council.    

If you have experience in delivering cultural change and service improvements, as well delivering health and safety to a wide audience whether within a local authority or commercial setting we would like to hear from you.

You will be first point on the operational health and safety needs being responsible for:

• Maintaining and preparing induction, training and refresher training records for relevant staff
• Review and update Health & Safety policy and procedures
• Preparing written reports following the completion of Health and Safety and operational audits and other projects.
• Assist with health surveillance programmes where requested and continue to help improve occupational health issues across the operational services.
• Preparing and ensuring that all risk assessments, method statements, transport management plans and safe working procedures are suitable and sufficient, communicated and delivered across all the waste and street services.
• Undertaking RIDDOR investigations.
• Undertaking safety inspections, reporting outcomes and corrective actions across all the operational services undertake. 
• Undertaking service audits and assist in service reviews across the operational services.
• To investigate / review and implement new procedures and training on all instances throughout operational services covering accidents, near misses, work-related ill health and incidents of violence at work; investigate any significant health and safety failures and report on the findings.
• To develop, coordinate, implement and review the annual operational plan for the operational services, incorporating the Council’s risk management procedures
• To produce, prepare, record and deliver COSHH to a wide operational audience within the operational services

For an informal discussion about this position please contact our Direct Services Manager, Shaun Barnes on 01923 425763.

Applicants should email their C.V. along with their supporting statement outlining how they meet the requirements of the person specification and their motivation for applying for this position to humanresources@runnymede.gov.uk

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Successful candidates will be contacted by email if selected to attend for interview.

No Agencies

Closing date:  10th July at midnight