Health & Safety Officer

JOB- Health & Safety Officer
LOCATION- Hampshire
TERM- Permanent
SALARY- £30,000-£35,000 per annum

We are looking for a Health & Safety Officer on a permanent basis in the Hampshire area with experience of ensuring that health & safety meet legislations best practice, compliance and ongoing improvement.

The Health & Safety Officer will ideally have the following attributes:

• Formal Internal auditor training to ISO14001/ ISO45001
• NEBOSH/IOSH qualification desirable
• Good interpersonal skills and passionate about H&S
• Ability to build relationships and influence people at all levels
• Great problem solving skills
• Experience within an Engineering or Manufacturing environment

The Health & Safety Officer role will involve:

• Works with leaders to identify HSE priorities and programs for the area managed, including performance metrics, communication, and change management.
• Advise on a range of specialist areas from fire regulations, noise regulations, hazardous substances, and safeguard machinery
• Carry out manual handling assessments, risk assessments and consider how risks can be reduced
• Support with investigations of Near misses
• Arrange training for Mental /Health/ General safety and First aid
• Keeps informed on all existing and proposed changes in occupational health and safety regulations and ensures compliance in areas managed.
• Review metrics, trends and actions with Leadership team supported
• Carry out and provide assistance to management in the investigation of incidents, hazards or occupational ill health, as appropriate to business needs and commensurate with potential outcome

If you are interested in this position, please apply with an up to date CV to find out more, along with your availability and your salary expectation.