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Health and Safety Officer

February 1, 2024 | Comments Off on Health and Safety Officer

Role: Health and Safety Advisor

Location: Copenhagen

Salary: Negotiable DOE

REPORTING TO: International Health and Safety Lead

Purpose of Role

The Health & Safety Advisor is responsible for the implementation of the HS&E strategy on Projects while ensuring that a Positive Safety Culture is maintained on a continual basis, assist in assuring company are established as industry leaders in relation to Health, Safety and Environmental compliance.

Role Responsibilities

  • Ensure the implementation of the safety management system and safe systems of work in line with statutory obligations.
  • Work closely with operational team and subcontractors to support the development and monitoring of safe systems of work and risk assessments to ensure all project activities are adequately planned and executed.
  • Auditing and Reporting. Ensuring Projects are audited; H&S indices are tracked, and non-conformances are addressed.
  • Lead and influence H&S culture across companies Projects.
  • Support and engage the workforce in the identification of occupational health safety and environmental risk and coach them in risk mitigation.
  • Promote and reinforce positive attitudes and behaviours amongst the workforces.
  • Ensure projects operate in compliance with all statutory requirements and best practice.
  • Highlight and Advise on Health and safety related issues from preconstruction to completion of all associated project works.
  • Attend Start Up meetings with site teams and be an active participant.
  • Implement companies policy, procedures, and management systems.
  • Support the development and delivery of the project induction and other communications to the workforce.
  • Provide advice, guidance, and instruction in all health & safety matters to management, safety representatives and employees (including subcontractors where appropriate).
  • Assist in accreditation applications Auditing and Reporting.
  • Facilitate internal and external inspections/ audits and ensure the timely close out of any issues arising.
  • Conduct regular inspections and site audits, reporting findings to site and senior company management. Ensure issues follow-up is required to ensure that actions are dealt with immediately.
  • Support coordinate and lead (as necessary) the investigation of incidents to ensure effective learning outcomes and timely closure of actions.
  • Produce High Quality reports.
  • Identify staff training requirements and deliver appropriate training.
  • Promote the Company mission of being a healthy,incident and injury free workplace.
  • Lead the implementation of a professional, competent and knowledge sharing culture across sites.
  • Liaise with enforcement authorities and Client representative on companies' behalf.

The Candidate

  • Third level qualification in H&S or a related discipline.
  • 3+ years' experience working on large scale commercial/construction projects.
  • Highly organised and capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Conscientious, highly focused and detail orientated.
  • Self-starter and the ability to build relationships with all stakeholders.
  • Full clean driver's license preferable.
  • Excellent communication skills.

Due to the urgency of this vacancy, it is not possible for our client at this time to consider anyone without the appropriate work permits, visas or sponsorship's already in place. Therefore, we are unable to consider candidates who do not have full authorisation to work in the UK. Applications submitted without the necessary visa in place will not be considered.

If the position above is of interest to you and you would like to know more, please call Marie today on 0830104097 in complete confidence.

MC

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