Health & Safety Officer

Job title: Health & Safety Officer

Reports to: Health & Safety Director

Hours: Full-Time

Location: South West Headquarters - Bristol

About us

Power Electrics is a proud family company, dedicated to innovation, excellence, and customer service. We have grown from a small yard in 1963 to operating out of several locations across the country, and now with a fleet of over 2,500 generators. We continue to offer a specialist, single-source solution for diesel generator Hire, Service, and Parts.

Our employees are our greatest asset, and their dedication and enthusiasm have helped us to become so successful. Power Electrics are committed to providing a workplace that encourages growth and personal development for all employees. We recognise the value of our employees and the contribution they make.

By investing in new research and technology, we’re providing our customers with reliable power that is increasingly sustainable and environmentally friendly. It’s certainly an interesting time to be working within the power generation industry.

What is the job?

Power Electrics (Bristol) Limited is committed to meeting the requirements of ISO 45001:2018 certification standards. Reporting to the EHS&Q Director, the role of the EHS&Q Officer is varied and encompasses the day-to-day environmental health, safety, and quality functions in conjunction with strategic responsibilities to support the continued growth of the company.  As a result, there is a strong focus on improving the company’s Integrated Management System (IMS) to meet changing needs. 

You will be a point of contact for all health and safety-related queries. This includes reviewing relevant documentation such as validation protocols, change controls, deviations, and internal and external audit reports.  You will lead investigations into any areas that require improvement by working with the Heads of Departments to ensure any issues are resolved in a timely manner.  On occasion, you may be required to attend one of our other locations to carry out audits.

What will you be doing in this role

• Responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the Company’s Integrated Management System to the standards set, ensuring our own processes are prepared for annual audit.
• Liaise with all departmental managers to ensure departments comply with the ISO Standards for the ISO 45001:2018 policies.
• Ensure that Managers are giving guidance to their employees, ensuring that they are fully aware of the relevant procedures to be followed when carrying out their work duties.
• Liaise with suppliers to ensure their compliance with our Health & Safety, Environmental & Quality management systems.
• Liaise with customers to ensure Power Electrics meets the standards required to achieve and maintain approved supplier status.
• Liaise with Third party consultants to ensure that the policies comply with all appropriate legislation.
• Carry out special Environmental, Health, Safety & Quality projects as required.
• Carry out regular Audits across the business and verify established procedures.
• Comply with the Company Health & Safety Policy, including carrying out general housekeeping to ensure work areas are kept tidy.
• Comply with all aspects of the company ISO 9001:2015, 1400:2015, 45001:2018 procedures, proactively contributing to the company’s continuous improvement programme.

Skills and requirement

ESSENTIAL

• Able to demonstrate a good working knowledge of management systems and relevant H&S policies compliant with ISO 45001:2018 standards/auditing techniques
• Relevant work experience within an Environmental, Health & Safety and Quality position
• Effective interpersonal skills; able to develop good working relationships with people at all levels
• IT literate i.e. must be competent in the use of MS Office applications (Excel etc) and Adobe sign
• Willingness to learn and adapt to change – be committed to continuous personal and professional development
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team
• Must be proactive and work under own initiative
• Full UK driving licence

DESIRABLE

• Experience in management systems auditing against recognised standards
• Experience in auditing across a range of industry sectors

What we offer:

We offer great benefits to all of our staff:

23 days holiday (plus bank holidays) – increasing with length of service

Competitive salary

Excellent development and progression opportunities

Company pension scheme

Private medical scheme

Life assurance scheme - with access to more healthcare support and counselling services to help protect employees’ financial, emotional, and physical wellbeing

Our philosophy:

At Power Electrics, we welcome a variety of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds. We ensure that all management decisions made regarding employment are done with fairness and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. We are solely committed to adhering to the principles of equal and inclusive employment.

Due to the nature of our work, DBS checks are required, and any offer is dependent on satisfactory references being obtained.

All applicants must be eligible to work in the U.K.

If you do not hear from us within two working weeks, then your application has not been successful on this occasion.

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