Health and Safety Plant Lead

Keeping our employees safe is the number one priority for our organisation. The role of the Health & Safety Plant Lead in our Service Centre plays a key role in achieving this across our network. Your role will be to manage and facilitate all Health, Safety and Wellbeing activities across the Service Centre as a senior member of the Plant Leadership team.
Our Durham plant is has c45 heads on site, and we repair and respray pallets ready to go back into the supply chain for re-use. This is a hands-on role and requires a candidate who enjoys interfacing on the shop -floor and can demonstrate the ability to challenge, influence and engage all levels of the organisation.
Key responsibilities

• Provide an environment where work-related health and safety risks are controlled to prevent injuries and occupational ill health.


• Lead and develop our Safety Differently philosophy across the whole site through HOP and Learning Teams.


• Lead and promote CHEP's Zero Harm policies and practices, holding regular site meetings


• Lead and monitor continuous improvement via systemic change based on data and root cause analysis of incidents, near misses and environmental occurrences


• Develop employee occupational health & safety competencies through effective training across all levels of the plant.


• Lead and facilitate all root cause investigations on all incidents and serious near miss reports to prevent recurrence. Learn from these investigations and share good practice across the European/Global Plant network.


• Lead our employee wellbeing initiatives across the site including, safety week, occupational health assessments and other CHEP employee wellbeing initiatives.
  
  Ideally, you'll be NEBOSH General qualified


• Good knowledge of relevant national Health, Safety & Wellbeing laws and regulations.


• Excellent communication skills, to effectively engage and influence within the business at all levels


• Motivated individual and self-starter who can drive projects and take ownership for implementation of solutions.


• Good knowledge of HSE management systems


• Analytical skills to understand and interpret data


• Ability to work well under pressure whilst demonstrating strong organisational skills
  
  CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 300 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ 11,000 people and operate in more than 55 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world's biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.


What does that mean for you? You'll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You'll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You'll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our


• Flexible / Hybrid Working Environment


• Annual Bonus Scheme


• 3 days of volunteering leave per annum


• Access to an Employee Assistance Program


• Access to the Brambles MyShare Scheme


• Fantastic opportunities for personal and professional development


• Access to further benefits and discounts via a Benefits App.


• Further local / country specific benefits