Health & Safety Coordinator

Culina; Oldham; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 28 days

Pension scheme 4% employee and 4% boss

Life Assurance

Wellness and Employee Assistance

Eye Care Vouchers

Reward & Recognition

Retail discounts

Job summary

Great Bear, part of the Culina Group, invites applications for a Health & Safety Coordinator at our Oldham site. This full-time role operates Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm, and focuses on ensuring compliance with health, safety and quality standards across the site.

You will work with internal teams to maintain required certifications and legal compliance, implementing risk assessments and MAH scenarios while supporting inductions and training for staff and agency workers.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and best practices.
• Experience with regulatory inspections and Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 is advantageous.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Strong time management and problem-solving abilities.
• IOSH qualification would be preferable.

Responsibilities

• Support Health & Safety, Quality and compliance teams to maintain certifications (ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 & ISO 14001).
• Ensure risk assessments and MAH scenarios are implemented.
• Maintain records for contractors and planned site maintenance.
• Manage waste disposal and site hygiene; maintain competency management system.
• Provide guidance on compliance with statutory requirements and company standards.
• Assist with Health, Safety and Environmental training and inductions.

Skills

Health & Safety knowledge

MS Office

Root Cause Analysis

COSHH Assessments

IOSH Qualification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Great Bear (Part of the Culina Group) provides distribution services to FMCG clients. Customer centric service focus is delivered through a site-level empowered culture.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

Job Description

We are currently seeking a Health & Safety Coordinator to join our Health & Safety team at our Oldham site on a full time permanent basis.

Salary:£27,123per annum.

Working hours:Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.

As a Health & Safety Coordinator you willwork closely with our internal Health and Safety, Quality and compliance teams to ensure the company maintains all required certifications (ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 & ISO 14001) and is legally compliant in all its health, safety and quality activities.

Key Duties of a Health & Safety Coordinator:

• Implementing improvement actions raised in connection with MAH (Major Accident Hazard).
• Ensuring a suitable risk assessment process to establish MAH scenarios is implemented.
• Keeping control and records for appointed contractors and planned site maintenance.
• Managing waste disposal and site hygiene Ensuring that an effective competence management system is maintained.
• Understanding and maintaining all aspects of a Health and Safety Management System.
• Ensuring plant and machinery are safe to use and legally compliant.
• Provide guidance and advice to the region on compliance with all statutory requirements and company standards.
• Undertake risk assessments relating to SHEQ as required.
• To support managers in Health and Safety Risk Assessments / COSHH Assessments to ensure that legislative standards are met or exceeded.
• To participate in Health, Safety and Environmental training for established staff and provide induction training for all new entrants including agency staff.
• Understanding and advising on current H&S legislation, guidance and best practise.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Health & Safety Legislation, good working practices, Regulatory inspections/servicing compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 is advantageous.
• Experience applying Root Cause and Trend Analysis would be desirable.
• PC literate with a sound working knowledge of MS Office.
• Good time management skills with the ability and desire to solve problems.
• Self-motivated with a keen desire to participate as a pro-active member of the team.
• Keen eye for detail and a methodical approach to work.
• IOSH qualified would be preferable.

Additional Information

As part of our drive to make Great Bear a great place to work, we are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave– 28 days inclusive of the bank holidays.
• Pension scheme –We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer.
• Life Assurance- x2 your annual salary.
• Wellness –Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year.
• Eye Care Vouchers –We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
• Reward & Recognition –We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the Month and Year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts- Via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

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