Job Description

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Main Purpose of the Job:

Provide a strong clear leadership of the Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality functions throughout the Soprema businesses and their personnel, through the provision of sound advice, guidance to the management team. Holding a national responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of continuous improvements and functions. Driving a behavioural safety culture through the business to achieve lasting culture change on environmental and safety disciplines and champion best practices.

After a period of growth, Soprema UK currently has 4 business in the UK with 5 sites, consisting of, YBS Insulation a Multi Foil Insulation manufacturer in Creswell, Chesterfelt a Bitumen Waterproofing manufacturer in Chesterfield, Celotex PIR Manufacturing sites in Eggborough and Hadleigh. Soprema UK head office and warehouse is based in Witham therefore the is a requirement for travel between the sites and overnight stays.

Responsible to:

Managing Director - SOPREMA UK

Main Tasks of the Job:

• Promote safe working and risk reduction as absolute priorities.

• Contribute to the Company’s strategy and business plans ensuring that safety is always given highest priority at all times and is not compromised whilst ensuring safety behaviours, standards, and processes are always at the highest standard, and new initiatives and requirements are continuously implemented across the business.

• Develop, implement and lead SHEQ programmes.
• Lead and drive SHEQ cultural change site-wide, raising awareness of best practise and leading class SHEQ behaviours and standards in order to achieve a practical, fully inclusive and self-sustaining culture capable of continuous improvement.
• Ensure a current and up to date Risk Assessment and Safe System of Work exists for all activities on site and all site employees and contractors are trained in these.
• Develop, implement and maintain a Site Safety Action Plan with supporting management tools in order to address any shortcomings found in audits, inspections and the Company’s Safety Management Audit Tools [SMATs].
• Manage and deliver the training and development of all staff in SHEQ, to ensure they are sufficiently equipped to meet their duty of care legal requirements and in line with expectations.
• Manage and lead the ongoing programme of SHEQ [including risk assessments, audits etc.] in order to ensure that all relevant systems, standards and documentation are compliant with statutory requirements, HSE guidance, and are fit for purpose.
• Manage the QMS (Quality Management System) processes and procedures within the QC department to maintain the certifications.
• Manage and develop the site SMAT system to ensure compliance and ensure actions arising are being completed on time and to a high standard.

• Manage the accident, incident, and near miss reporting system and ensure these are fully and thoroughly investigated, root cause identified, actions communicated, progressed

  and completed effectively by appropriate staff and reported to senior management regularly.

• Develop, implement, and deliver comprehensive site authorisation and induction systems and training for new staff, agency workers, visitors, and contractors.
• Ensure all key performance indicators [KPIs] and/or objectives set with your Manager/Director are performed effectively and within target and agreed parameters.
• Monitor and analyse all SHEQ data and report any trends and identify solutions and activities to improve trends.
• Encourage, promote, and manage the risk assessment process.
• To encourage and pursue a policy of continuous improvement.
• To respect that no job is so important it is not worth taking the time to do it safely.
• To adhere to the Quality Policy and Procedures and be proactive in reporting or raising issues of either non-compliance or areas for improvement in order to ensure complete customer satisfaction through:

• Compliance with the relevant Standards and Regulations.
• Improvement in products, solutions and services.
• A quality system that is fit for purpose, continuously maintained and improved.

Skills and Knowledge Required:

• Has significant experience leading SHEQ in a role of comparable size and scope, with similar levels of risk, regulatory and stakeholder challenges, and/or has demonstrated a professional readiness to undertake the responsibility and challenges of a role of this nature.
• Has a track record of delivering significant and continual improvements.
• Maintains a deep and evolving knowledge of developments in SHEQ and wellbeing.
• An evidenced ability to successfully persuade key stakeholders of the need for and merits of, environmental, health, safety and wellbeing improvements whilst supporting change management.
• Evidence of successfully working with key stakeholders such as business leaders, suppliers, internal and/or external customers the HSE or local enforcing authority regulatory bodies.
• Has sound experience in successfully converting and applying strategic objectives and theoretical principles into effective, practical solutions for busy and often complex workplace environments.

Essential on Entry

• Degree qualified with a safety, environmental or science bias or equivalent (ie IOSH Graduate)
• NEBOSH diploma or equivalent
• Excellent knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems

Essential in Role

• Previous proven “real world experience” in a continuous manufacturing environment.
• Proven leadership of SHEQ at a strategic and operational level.
• Proven track record of delivering sustainable change in behavioural safety in a manufacturing environment.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

To apply for this role, please email your CV to hr@soprema.co.uk