Health and Safety and Maintenance Assistant

Salary: £30,000 per year

Job Outline:

Health and Safety: You will l use your knowledge and skills to promote a positive health and safety culture in the workplace. You will also ensure that employers and workers comply with safety legislation and that safety policies and practices are adopted and adhered to. You will also plan, implement, monitor and review protective and preventative safety measures and be accountable for training.

Maintenance: Responsible for overseeing maintenance efforts across all sites. Assists with maintenance activities for the upkeep of warehouses and offices. Oversees a range of custodial and maintenance activities. Resolves problems as they arise and puts into place Planned Preventative Maintenance as well as day to day reactive and routine maintenance.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• carry out risk assessments and consider how risks could be reduced

• outline safe systems of work which identify and take into account all relevant hazards

• carry out regular site inspections to check policies and procedures are being properly implemented

• ensure working practices are safe and comply with legislation

• lead in-house training with managers and employees about health and safety issues and risks

• keep records of inspection findings

• record incidents and accidents

• produce newsletters and bulletins

• ensure equipment is installed safely

• manage and organise the safe disposal of hazardous substances, e.g. battery acid

• general maintenance planning and implementation

• Coordinate all maintenance work to properly maintain warehouses, facilities and grounds.

• Evaluate maintenance requests, set priorities and process work assignments.

• Establishes and maintains a reliable network of outside vendors and suppliers to ensure cost effective and timely support of the maintenance function.

• Ensures all permits to work are maintained.

• Performs routine inspections of all systems and equipment

• Identify areas for improvement

• Respond to emergency calls for maintenance

• Perform troubleshooting to solve minor repair issues

Skills, Knowledge, Qualifications:

• excellent written and spoken communication skills

• negotiating skills to convince managers of the need to implement and maintain safety standards that may compromise speed or efficiency in the organisation

• patience and diplomacy because the profession requires a collaborative approach

• an investigative mind

• IT skills

• attention to detail

• a flexible approach to work

• excellent presentation skills

• a driving licence – essential for jobs involving travel between sites.