Health & Safety Administrator

Job Description JOB DESCRIPTION: The Health & Safety Administrator will be directly reporting to the Operations Director. Responsible for maintaining a safe working environment for all employees. To ensure we as a business adhere to health & safety standards. To enforce health and safety policies and procedures.   KEY RESULTS/ACCOUNTABILITIES EXPECTED FROM THE ROLE: Be the primary contact for all health and safety issues for employees, management, directors, and external stakeholders. To ensure training for first aiders and fire marshals are up to date and correct numbers are maintained in relations to staffing levels. To ensure training for fire marshals are up to date and correct numbers are maintained in relations to staffing levels. To book and monitor forklift truck training and usage. Accident logging, reporting and investigation. Near miss recording & reporting and investigation. To conduct and create risk assessments to the companies standard and enforce action from the outcome. To carry out and record inductions to all new members of staff. General health and safety maintenance. To plan and train staff on the latest editions of health and safety in the workplace. To check, maintain and order stock for PPE and first aid supplies. To monitor and improve vehicle check sheets and ensure maintenance is recorded & carried out as needed. Provide reports as required and suggest H&S improvements to the operations director. Test fire alarm on a weekly basis. Maintain and develop out evacuation plan and do test evacuations on an ad-hoc basis.   PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS: First Aid Certificate. H&S qualification. Administrative Qualification. H&S guidelines and compliance. Previous experience in similar role. Previous experience of manufacturing environment Proficiency in MS Office Attention to detail. Ability to communicate effectively. Proactive problem-solving skills and a positive ‘can do’ attitude. Excellent time management skills & the ability to prioritize work and multitask. Ability to work on own initiative and as part a team.   ADDITIONAL NOTES: Key Working Relationships: Production Team including Production Manager, Quality & Aftersales Manager, Despatch Manager and HR Administrator.