Health, Safety & Environment Assistant Job at Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Full Time NEW

We are currently recruiting for a Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Assistant with a key brief of assisting in driving the Health, Safety and Environmental standards for the UK site. Guided by the UK regulations to meet the Health and Safety standards and our own targets, it is important this role makes the complicated seem straight forward, influences practices and trains others to meet the same high standards. The role will consistently connect and work alongside many different areas of the company starting with our site Production Operation through to our Management Teams. The successful candidate will also support the HSE Manager in the communication and development of the Environmental Management Systems.

Salary: £29,500-£34,000 per annum dependent on skills and experience.
Contract and Hours: Permanent position, Full Time, working Monday to Friday 08:30 – 17:30, but with flexible approach depending on the business needs.
Benefits: Company Pension Plan (with 7% company investment) / Westfield Health Plan (reclaim some basic healthcare costs) / Company Sick Pay and Income Protection Plan / Life Assurance.

Note: We are currently not able to support visa sponsorship for this position.

About You:
You must be able to demonstrate:

• A strong attraction and understanding of Health, Safety & Environmental management within a Food Manufacturing setting.
• Ability to present ideas and regularly train groups and individuals on Health, Safety and Environmental topics, processes and standards.
• Knowledge of and willingness to implement and oversee sustainable safe systems of work, developing compliance by influencing and coaching behaviours at all levels.
• Strong organisational skills to implement routine administration tasks, develop action plans and deliver results in a clear and timely manner.
• Computer literate, particularly on Microsoft Office, ability to analyse data.
• Self-motivation and being keen to develop, with a willingness and desire to learn and improve.

You may be able to demonstrate:

• Ability to use analytics to propose plans, prepare, and prioritise actions effectively to improve awareness and respect of Health, Safety & Environmental practices.
• Ability to develop Health & Safety practices, find solutions, either individually or as part of a team.
• An overview of Environmental initiatives and standards.

Desirable qualifications:

• A qualification/working towards a qualification relating to HSE, for example IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH NGC etc…

Your Key Qualities:

• Articulate with verbal and written communication appropriate to your audience.
• Open and approachable to encourage open dialogue with your peers.
• Resilient and self-assured when faced with challenging people, processes, and problems.
• Analytical of process and people to drive workable solutions and quality data.
• Proactive approach enjoys working autonomously with initiative driving results.

About Us
This is your opportunity to work for one of the largest food manufactures in Europe, Brioche Pasquier. We have been present in the UK for over 2 decades and sell a range of French bakery products to major UK food retailers, wholesale and food service markets. The company is still family run and has a culture reflective of the closeness and respect this brings with a history reaching back to 1936. We are still a growing international company with a strong manufacturing presence in Europe, South Korea and USA and products presence in over 50 other countries.

We are at our 240,000 sq. ft. technologically advanced production facility to service the UK market in order to continue the strong growth of the company.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a category-leading brand and an exciting stage in the history of the business.

You may have experience of the following: Health, Safety & Environment Assistant, HSE Assistant, Health & Safety Assistant, EHS (Environmental Health and Safety) Assistant, HSE Coordinator, Health & Safety Coordinator, EHS Coordinator, Safety, Health & Environment Officer, HSE Officer (Junior/Assistant level), Environmental Health & Safety Administrator, HSE Administrator, Safety Administrator, Compliance Assistant (HSE), SHE (Safety, Health & Environment)

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