EHS Technician - Derby and Alcester

Accrofab Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Accrofab Ltd is recruiting an Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Technician for the Day Shift across our Derby and Alcester sites. The role is 39 hours per week with site-specific start/finish times and breaks as listed.

You will support the maintenance and audit of ISO14001/ISO45001 aligned EHS systems, track EHS KPIs and engage in walk-the-floor routines to improve safety performance. You will participate in JSO activities and assist risk assessments and incident investigations as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience with environmental, health & safety management systems (ISO14001/ISO45001) is preferred.
• Ability to support audits, walk the floor routines and report findings.
• Strong focus on safety, incident prevention and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Support maintenance and audit of EHS management systems in line with ISO14001 and ISO45001.
• Maintain EHS KPI data and reporting.
• Support walk the floor routines to control and improve EHS performance.
• Participate in Job Safety Observations and ensure critical safety processes are observed.
• Assist in risk assessments and actions to contain or escalate issues.
• Contribute to investigation, problem-solving and follow-up of EHS issues.

Skills

EHS Audit

ISO14001

Walk the Floor

Job description

We have a vacancy within our Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) Department and are currently recruiting for the role of EHS Technician on the Day Shift. We are looking for candidates who have relevant and proven experience seeking an opportunity to develop their skills and join a growing Organisation. This role will have responsibility in two separate locations, as detailed below.

Shift Pattern: 39 hours each week.

Derby - flexible starting time between 07:00 and 08:00 Monday to Friday, with a flexible finish time between 16:00 and 17:00 Monday to Thursday, and on a Friday, a finish time of 12.00. You will be entitled to a 30-minute unpaid lunch break between 12:00 and 12:30 Monday to Thursday. Additionally, you will have a 10-minute paid break each morning Monday to Friday and a 10-minute paid break each afternoon Monday to Thursday.

Alcester - 07.30 to 16.30 Monday to Thursday with a 15 minute paid break at 10.30 and a 30 minute unpaid break at 13.00, and Fridays from 07.30 to 12.30 with a 15 minute paid break at 10.30.

Location: Accrofab Derby - DE21 7RX and Accrofab Alcester - B49 6EH

Role Accountabilities:

• Support the maintenance and audit of the environmental, health & safety management systems in line with ISO14001 and ISO45001
• Maintenance of the EHS KPI’s at required frequencies
• Support the implementation of delegated walk the floor routines to control and improve the performance of EHS in line with required targets and standards
• Participate in “Job Safety Observations” (JSO) according to a rolling schedule and use them as a practical and interactive way to complete parts of the audit routine, including coverage of any “critical” safety processes (for example, observe employees perform a lock-out / tag-out operation, then ensure machine cannot be started)
• Support the identification of actual or potential problems (variations to the required target or standard) and taking the necessary actions to contain, solve or escalate these problems within an appropriate timescale by engaging others
• Participate in Walk the Floor routines to report on findings against the environmental, health & safety elements, identify problems and support the business in getting these resolved in a timely manner
• Support investigation, problem-solving and follow-up of environmental, health & safety issues (corrects behaviours, stops repetitive accidents, and identifies potential causes of accidents before they happen)
• Support the creation and review of Risk assessments in line with current legislation

EHS Compliance

• Be always prepared for audits through the maintenance of environmental, health & safety processes, procedures and effective walk the floor routines
• Support the effective application of the Accrofab “Environmental Health and Safety Model” to create a safe, healthy, and environmentally compliant place of work, and a culture which promotes adherence to these principles
• Support process compliance audits to identify, contain and correct potential environmental, health & safety issues
• Support the maintenance of a Walk the Floor process for environmental, health & safety audit points, to be checked at defined frequencies (several times a day, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually)

From time to time, you may be required to perform other duties as requested by your Line Manager, and whilst not listed above, these duties will be appropriate to the level of responsibility held and to the scope of the role as defined.

Person Specification:

• Participate in “Lean Events” to improve any aspect of performance associated with Environmental Health & Safety
• Support the improvement of investigation, problem-solving and follow-up of environmental, health & safety issues (corrects behaviours, stops repetitive accidents, and identifies potential causes of accidents before they happen).
• Support employee engagement through regular promotional and participative events such as “Accident-Free Months” and “EHS Awareness Talks”.

The organisation requires a diverse group of employees occupying managerial and non-managerial positions to fulfil the key roles of (a) leading to set strategic direction and create alignment; (b) influencing and relationship-building, to create a team-working environment, and (c) implementing, to deliver results.

We will be selecting a candidate who is aligned with our RISE Values; Respect, Integrity, Safety and Excellence, and who collaborates well with others to maximise teamworking.

We are an equal opportunities employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us.