Job Title: Health and Safety Manager
Location: Cork, Ireland
JOB PURPOSE
The Safety Manager manages the Safety improvement activities to achieve excellence at all manufacturing and non‐manufacturing sites in the country. These sites include all manufacturing sites and head offices. Works with Supply Chain teams to understand the local SHE Strategy and improvement plans in the deployment of group safety strategies in order to achieve sustainable SHE excellence by reducing injuries, illnesses and environmental impact as measured in the core KPIs. They also support efforts related to the Community of Practice of SHE professionals.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Legal Safety representative for all Ireland sites.
Deployment of the global/cluster SHE strategy, policy and standards in the non‐manufacturing sites to achieve excellent sustainable results
Assist in the completion of safety and environment risk assessment in the manufacturing and non‐manufacturing sites and in developing/implementing appropriate controls
Reduce the manufacturing & non‐manufacturing sites’ environmental impact in the areas of COD, hazardous & non‐hazardous waste, SOx & CO2 emissions and water & energy consumption
Develop an understanding of the Unilever BBS Program and support deployment in the sites
Monitor manufacturing and non‐manufacturing sites legal compliance and ensure they meet all local/national regulatory requirements and Unilever standards.
Work closely with Occupational Health personnel to identify and mitigate risks which may lead to occupational ill health
Manages the training database for all employees and ensures all training requirements are fulfilled (making use of internal resources such as Occupational Health, external providers or directly where appropriate).
Leads and develops the internal crisis committees and safety committee; support site leaders in the country/cluster in serious incident investigation and analysis
Ensures compliance with safe travel training and reporting requirements
Conduct trend analysis from incidents, near misses and safe behaviour observations
Participate in the community of practice of SHE professionals (manufacturing and non‐manufacturing) to ensure sharing of best practice and effective communication to and from Group.
Safety Officer - head up the safety team.
Investigate accidents, incidents - report and implement corrective actions.
Maintain incident spreadsheet
Set targets.
Ensure compliance to Unilever & HAS safety standards, complete yearly audit.
Contractor Management
Permit to work system.
Safety Co-ordinator for Health and Safety Team.
Co-ordinate/conduct internal factory safety audits.
Co-ordinate/conduct safety risk assessments
Maintain risk spreadsheet
Maintain of safety statement
Maintain and update safety board.
Maintain change management procedures
Participate in new product project implementation.
Conduct all QA and QC internal auditing requirements.
Quality
Member of Quality team
Apply QC Hold/Recall/Rework procedures
Investigate supplier non-conformances
Cover for QA and QC roles.
Production
Investigates accidents, incidents – report and implement corrective actions.
Ensure compliance to Unilever & HAS safety standards, complete yearly audit.
Ensure all staff are trained in relevant health and safety practises and procedures.
Warehouse
Housekeeping & Hygiene.
Ensure and maintain good health and safety practises are maintained by all personnel – e.g. Safe driving of the forklift.
Maintenance
Ensure first aid stations are fully stocked.
Carry out and report audits on housekeeping.
Liaise with production manager and chargehand to ensure all plant and equipment are maintained and in safe working order.
General
Involved with Training and induction of all sub-ordinates.
Liaise with Production Manager to ensure all contractors meet required Unilever health and safety requirements, and all risk-assessments and method statements are correct and up to date.
ALL ABOUT YOU
Essentials
Professional degree or professional diploma in SHE related field
Qualifications required by local regulatory authorities
Preferred
University degree in SHE related field
Proven experience in extended Supply Chain operations
Prior Unilever experience
Contacts
Internal:
All functions at the manufacturing and non‐manufacturing sites
Site SHE Managers
Group SHE team
External:
3PL Suppliers, Co‐Packers
Contractors
Government Agencies and regulatory authorities
The role may require some travel within the country or cluster, according to job/site requirements.
NOTES
What We Offer
Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, free gym, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.
Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.
Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, click here: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
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