Health, Safety, Environmental & Quality Officer

Job Description

Location:

B P McKeefry Ltd, 114 Grove Road

We are currently recruiting a HSEQ Officer to join our team based in Swatragh but with overall responsibility for our operations throughout the UK & Ireland.

As the HSEQ manager within BP McKeefry you will be working within a highly dynamic business and will be responsible for ensuring that the Health, Safety and environmental requirements of our staff and operations are met as well as enabling the business to deliver a high‑quality and service for our customers. You will work proactively with directors, managers, and staff to maintain and further improve programmes established for the management of Health and Safety throughout the Company.

Over four decades we have evolved from a small family business transporting animal foodstuffs to one of the leading transport, cleaning, recycling and surveying companies in Europe. That hasn’t happened by accident. We’re still as passionate about meeting the needs of our customers as the day we started. That’s how we’ve grown. We discovered that the only way to guarantee our customers’ expectations were met was to control every step of the operation, so everything we do, we do ourselves.

If you join our team there is a range of benefits that you will receive. We continually invest in our staff during their time with us. External certified training is funded by BP McKeefry and regular in‑house assessments help ensure the highest levels of competency. Combine the training you will receive with our company pension scheme and a life assurance scheme you can be sure that BP McKeefry invests in our staff for the long term.

Essential Criteria

• NEBOSH General Certificate or relevant H&S degree.
• Internal Auditing qualification/ training
• Competent IT skills with full working knowledge of Microsoft packages.
• Experience in writing and producing reports.
• Experience in risk assessing and developing safe systems of works.
• Drivers licence

Desirable Criteria

• Minimum 3 years’ experience working in a similar role.
• Experience working in the transport industry
• Experience with HACCP

This role requires occasional travel to sites in the UK and Ireland.

• Passionate about health and safety, customer service and the environment
• A good communicator
• Well organised with meticulous administrative skills
• Able to take ownership for projects and work to time limits
• Analytical with good problem‑solving skills
• Able to work as part of a team
• Able to maintain total confidentiality

• Attractive salary
• Free life assurance scheme
• Enhanced workplace pension scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Training and development opportunities
• 28 Days paid holidays
• Access to onsite gym

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

• Monitoring and ensuring compliance with all relevant H&S, Quality and environmental legislation and standards.
• Ensuring compliance with legal requirements for foodstuff, ADR & maintenance of vehicles in line with relevant legislation and company policies and procedures.
• Maintaining the company ISO‑9001 Quality, ISO‑14001 Environmental and ISO‑45001 H&S Management Systems.
• Assist the HSEQ Manager in preparation for external audits (ISO, SCOPA, SQAS and DGSA)
• Carry out internal Audits of the company procedures to ensure they are effective and continually improving.

• Identifying hazards and assessing risks involved in vehicles, equipment, work processes, work areas, substances etc. and implementing suitable controls to eliminate or reduce risk.
• Review Risk assessments, COSHH assessments and SSOW.
• Developing and communicating relevant information, instruction, and training to all employees (e.g., induction, risk assessments, safe systems of work, toolbox talks etc).
• Keep and up to date training matrix and records, reviewed weekly and training needs communicated to the transport planners.
• Conducting site inspections on BP McKeefry sites and customer sites.
• Investigating accidents and near misses and reporting on findings and implementing suitable corrective actions.
• Issuing PPE and maintain stock levels in stores.

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