Occupational Safety Sr Coordinator

PepsiCo Deutschland GmbH; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multinational beverage company is hiring an Occupational Safety Sr Coordinator for its R&D office in Leicester. The role involves supporting the environmental, health, and safety agenda, ensuring compliance with legislation, and driving a strong EHS culture at the site. Candidates should have a NEBOSH Certificate or NVQ Lvl 4, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage safety investigations.

Qualifications

• Fundamental knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and internal Safety Management System requirements.
• Requirement for NEBOSH Certificate or NVQ Lvl 4 with preference for additional training.
• Auditing experience essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide critical EHS decisions when site EHS Manager is unavailable.
• Accountability for elements of the Safety Management System and Risk Assessment.
• Manage site compliance with MyEHS requirements and incident investigations.

Skills

Fundamental knowledge of Health & Safety legislation

Excellent communication skills

Strong investigation techniques

Education

NEBOSH Certificate or NVQ Lvl 4

Job description

Overview

PepsiCo is hiring Occupational Safety Sr Coordinator to be based in R&D office in Leicester.

In this role you will support the environmental, health and safety agenda, ensuring legal compliance through development and implementation of EHS systems at Beaumont Park.

This includes:

• Compliance with Health, Safety and Environmental Legislation within the Corporate GEHSMS system.
• Providing competent advice on all safety and environment related matters; and giving information, advice and coaching on relevant legislation and internal Safety Management systems.
• Working with the team, site management team and Safety Action Teams to drive the EHS culture at the site; and to meet the site targets of risk management and accident reduction.
• Co-ordinating MyEHS, including reporting metrics; investigating near misses and incidents and reporting.
• EHS co-ordination of 3^rd party providers.
• Provide expert advice, training and support to the site upskilling and implementation of the GEHSMS system

Responsibilities

• Will be called on to provide critical EHS decisions when site EHS Manager or Specialist is not available. For example: make decisions on taking equipment out of service/production stoppages in relation to high potential safety or environment issues in consultation with Warehouse/Transport Management Teams.
• Clear accountability for key elements of the Safety Management System: specifically in relation to Risk Assessment (to meet legislation) and the Environmental Compliance.
• Make decisions on appropriate corrective actions following accident investigations, PGIs, and risk assessments in consultation with relevant managers.
• Manage system to ensure corrective actions are prioritised and concluded.
• Manage site’s employee consultation on matters of health and safety.
• Manage site compliance with MyEHS requirements, including reporting metrics and incident investigation.

Qualifications

• Fundamental knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and internal Safety Management System requirements.
• Requirement for NEBOSH Certificate or NVQ Lvl 4. Preference for Approved General Risk Assessor, PUWER/COSHH, DSE, Manual Handling assessment trained.
• Auditing experience.
• Excellent communication skills – able to communicate clearly and confidently at all levels.
• Experience – in a similar role with transferable competence set as above.
• Ability to set and manage own agenda to achieve overall HSE strategy of site.
• Can see trends in HSE data and use to influence site plans.
• Strong investigation techniques, looking for root cause and not satisfied with easy answers.
• Understands the need for collaborative working both within the safety team and with the Front Line.