Health and Safety Coordinator
- Location: Croydon
- Job Type: Full-time
- Annual Salary: £38K-£45K DOE
We are seeking a dedicated Health and Safety Coordinator to join a great client of ours in the Croydon area. This role is crucial for planning, implementing, and overseeing our company's employee safety programs, ensuring adherence to Health and Safety Legislation and guidelines. The successful candidate will help drive and maintain a safety-first culture across all levels of the organisation.
Day-to-day of the role:
- Maintain and improve the Health and Safety System, create reports, assign corrective actions, and ensure compliance.
- Update and maintain the corrective action log, analyse and report on trends in non-conformities.
- Compile and review the risk assessment database and follow up with site managers as needed.
- Conduct inductions, onboard new employees and workers onto training systems and safe working practices, ensuring records are maintained.
- Administer the company hazard reporting system, follow up on corrective actions, and analyse trends in non-conformities.
- Organise, attend, and minute all Health and Safety Committee Meetings.
- Conduct regular site safety walkarounds & inspections, involving line managers and sharing findings with relevant Departmental Managers.
- Manage the availability of Safety PPE stocks and liaise with suppliers/contractors for the creation of POs.
- Ensure completion and actioning of all H&S audits, both internal and external.
- Maintain all third-party accreditations and certifications, including BS EN ISO standards.
- Build and maintain key relationships with management across the organisation.
- Manage COVID safety companywide and coordinate online e-learning and company training matrix.
- Arrange and conduct health and safety inductions for all new starters as relevant to their roles.
- Maintain records of inspection findings, risk assessments, job safety analysis sheets, training, and all related health and safety documentation.
- Prepare regular board reports to communicate key H&S aspects of the business.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Proven experience in a Health and Safety role.
- Familiarity with Health and Safety regulations and the ability to manage multiple compliance issues.
- Strong organisational and communication skills.
- Ability to build relationships across various levels of an organisation.
- Proficient in maintaining and managing health and safety records and documentation.
- Experience with third-party accreditations and certifications such as BS EN ISO 14001, BS EN ISO 45001, and BS EN ISO 50001.
- Ability to conduct and manage training sessions and safety inductions.
If this role is of an interest to yourself, please apply right away.