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Contract: Full time
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary: £50,000 per annum, flex points, 25 days holiday rising, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
Location: Maidstone (ME16 0LW) with travel to sites in your sector, including Suffolk Park and Bridgwater
 
About the Job
 
You’ll have an important part to play supporting the operational management and leadership to deliver an effective health and safety management system, reducing risk and accidents and supporting the development of a safety culture.
 
Here at Unipart we don’t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way.  It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.
 
As Health and Safety Business partner for the South you will deliver, co-ordinate and evaluate health, safety and wellbeing training and allocated projects to enhance site performance.
 
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

Support managers to ensure a safe and compliant work environment and activities including the implementation of the SHE plan
Oversee the development and review of safe systems of work and other measures
Make SMART recommendations to ensure compliance, best practice and enable corrective action to be implemented
Act as an internal consultant to advise and coach managers on their H&S duties, providing guidance and practical solutions
Undertake H&S assessments, and advise managers through risk assessments
Support senior management with engaging with external stakeholders
Attend and represent the H&S team in any external/internal meetings
Support the H&S team in delivering the strategic objectives
Stay up to date with any changes in legislation, H&S initiatives and best practice
About You
 
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!

Adaptable and able to react quickly and effectively to changes and requests
Work well in a team with good leadership skills
Good commercial understanding
Ability to work independently to targets and timescales
Experience of building credible relationship with internal/external stakeholders
An understanding of Warehouse Management Systems
Experience in a similar role would be desirable
 
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies.  We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.

You may also have experience in the following: Manager, Workplace Health and Safety Consultant, Safety Compliance Officer, Health and Safety Manager, Safety Program Manager, EHS Business Partner, Occupational Safety Coordinator, Health and Safety Officer, Safety and Wellness Coordinator, Risk Management Specialist, etc.

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