Health & Safety Advisor

Reckitt Benckiser LLC; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global health and hygiene company is seeking a Health & Safety Advisor in Kingston upon Hull. The candidate will champion health and safety initiatives across the supply chain, ensuring compliance with regulations and implementing improvement measures. Key qualifications include experience in H&S management systems and relevant certifications. The role emphasizes a robust safety culture and offers comprehensive support for employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in a H&S role within an industrial setting.
• Strong knowledge of H&S processes.
• Understanding of manufacturing in the pharmaceutical or FMCG sector.

Responsibilities

• Support department managers in accident investigations.
• Challenge bad practices and implement corrective measures.
• Develop and monitor departmental H&S improvement plans.

Skills

Health and Safety Management Systems

Emergency Preparedness

Behavioural Safety

Education

NEBOSH general certificate

IOSH trained

Tools

ISO14001

OHSAS 18001

Microsoft Office

Job description

Health & Safety Advisor

City: Kingston upon Hull

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Supply

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.

If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics.

About the role

Are you passionate about Health and Safety and keen to make a significant impact within a leading global organisation? Reckitt is seeking a H&S Advisor to champion our health and safety initiatives throughout our dynamic supply chain.

The experience we're looking for

• Experience of working in a H&S role within an industrial setting
• Strong knowledge and experience of H&S processes and H&S Management Systems
• An understanding of manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry or hands on experience of working in an FMCG manufacturing environment.
• IOSH trained as a minimum
• NEBOSH general certificate preferable
• Computer literate and interested in the use and application of technology
• Previous involvement in implementing strong H&S culture
• Previous experience in developing and delivering H&S projects
• Strong H&S technical knowledge, specifically emergency preparedness, confined space, LOTO, hot work, working at height, PIV’s, Hazardous material handling, behavioural safety, contractor management, occupational health, electrical safety, machine guarding & Process safety
• Working knowledge of H&S policies
• Working knowledge of ISO14001 & OHSAS 18001.

Your responsibilities

• Support department managers to complete accident investigations within a 24hrs time frame.
• Challenge bad practice and implement corrective control measures with department leaders.
• Share and discuss H&S incidents and alerts from the group with local teams and management.
• Act as a subject matter expert to support the site on H&S topics. Implement H&S improvement initiatives and practices to drive and improve H&S cultures.
• Develop, implement, and monitor departmental H&S improvement plans.
• Support areas to ensure that H&S ownership remains with departments.
• You will lead or co-ordinate the development of H&S procedures and instructions to support the H&S management system.
• Support the Health & Safety Manger when internal & external agencies come to site e.g. Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency, Humberside Fire and Rescue, etc.
• Support and audit the Reckitt standards proposing a corrective action plan to ensure audit scores are compliant maintaining 'Green' on all.
• Ensure that all internal regional and global standards are applied and regularly reviewed for compliance.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Relationship Management, Business Accumen, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Improve business processes, Advanced Analytics, Data Analytics, Distribution Logistics, Logistics Management, Management Third-party Logistics Providers, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Management, Procurement.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.