Element Materials Technology

Area Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) Manager

Element Materials Technology  •  Stevenage, GB (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

Element has an opportunity for an Area Safety Health and Environmental SHE Manager The Area SHE Manager role is a key role to ensure the Divisional workstreams operate efficiently through the planning and implementation of company SHE programs. This position requires developing knowledge of operational activities and Element Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) programs. The position will focus on the SHE functional activities, reporting directly to the Divisional SHE Business Partner and supporting General Managers and Operational Teams from identified locations and workstream.

Ideal location for this role is Oxford, Banbury or surrounding areas.

Responsibilities

Act as an Area SHE Manager to visit and support identified workstreams & locations, including:o Cert & Tech (High Wycombe area)o FIRA Stevenageo Wednesbury

  • Promote employee participation in the Element Safety Health and Environmental program(s)
  • Assist identified General Managers, Operations Managers and Safety Leaders/SHE Champions with SHE related activities
  • Review and support in the update of Divisional Legal Registers
  • Coordinate and assist in the development of Safe Systems of Work, including Physical & Chemical Risk Assessments, Standard Operating Procedures, etc.
  • Establish and implement Element SHE programs, ensuring regulatory compliance is considered at all times
  • Support with basic company program awareness training
  • Coordinate SHE mandatory inspections and audits across identified locations and divisional areas
  • Review and monitor worksite controls, including contractor activities
  • Conduct active monitoring of identified site-based work activities to support implementation of SSOW and Element SHE programs within identified division workstreams (in conjunction with other SHE functional resources)
  • Conduct Incident Investigations for identified events which require a greater degree of review and oversight - as identified by the Divisional SHE Business Partner
  • Ensure corrective management action when required
  • Analyse and trend leading and lagging data to improve SHE performance
  • Assist with new hire orientation and training programs
  • Communicate regularly with relevant Operational Safety Leaders and SHE Champions
  • Formulate and conduct necessary SHE awareness training sessions/demonstrations
  • Support workstream SHE committee meetings for identified workstreams & locations
  • Responsible for the reporting on the performance of the SHE management system, ensuring two-way communication to management, colleagues and any other interested parties
  • Distribute new and changing safety related information to identified workstreams and locations
  • Coordinate return to work/modified duty program with the assistance of the Human Resources Department.

Skills / Qualifications

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Understanding of UK SHE related legislation. Suitable certification to be held for SHE disciplines (NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent as a minimum)
  • Proficiency in standard H&S related risk assessment processes
  • Good knowledge of PUWER, LOLER and COSHH topics is desirable
  • Knowledge or experience of small-medium sized projects and/or CDM related facility improvements is desirable
  • Microsoft Applications (SharePoint, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Applications (SharePoint, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Availability, flexibility, and maturity to represent the company when required (i.e., with customers and internally within the company).
  • Ability to remain calm when faced with mounting pressure related to deadlines and multiple priorities.
  • Well-developed oral and written communication skills to meet a variety of communication needs.
  • Good interpersonal skills that foster open upward and downward communication built on mutual respect.
  • Developing Safety, Health Environmental knowledge and experience
  • Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills
  • Must be able to problem solve effectively
  • Able to train and deliver key messages to large groups
  • Proven track record of working in and/or influencing relationships where there is exposure to sensitive issues
  • Able to balance time commitments
  • Has developing knowledge in compliance and regulation
  • Proficiency in MS Office.
  • Proficiency in communication, both written and verbal.
  • Ability to analyze data and provide evidence-based recommendations.

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Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

Element Materials Technology

About Element Materials Technology

The Element Materials Technology Group is one of the world’s leading global providers of testing, inspection, and certification services for a diverse range of products, materials, and technologies in advanced industrial supply chains where failure in use is not an option.

Headquartered in London, UK, Element’s c.9,000 scientists, engineers, and technologists, work across a global network of over 270+ locations, support customers from early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals, and into production ensuring their products are safe and sustainable, and achieve market access.

In 2021, Element set out its new, industry leading environmental commitments, adopting science-based targets and committing to net zero emissions across its entire global business by 2035. These environmental commitments follow Element’s achievement of the highest ESG ranking in the testing, inspection and certification industry from Sustainalytics, a global leader in ESG research and data.

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
2011
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