Health & Safety Advisor (Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, GB, HU1 1AA)

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Supply​

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.

If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.

Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

Reckitt is seeking a H&S Advisor to champion our health and safety initiatives throughout our FMCG operation. This is an opportunity to utilise your skills and knowledge to make a real impact on our culture of safety and excellence and to lead the way for continuous improvement. From coaching line managers to sharing best practice with your health & safety colleagues, you will be an ambassador for best practice.

Discover a career that's more than a job – it's a chance to make a real difference.

The experience we're looking for

• Experience of working in a H&S role within an FMCG or manufacturing environment (experience or knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry would be advantageous but not essential)
• Strong knowledge and experience of H&S processes and H&S Management Systems
• IOSH trained as a minimum (NEBOSH general certificate preferable)
• Computer literate and interested in the use and application of technology 
• Previous involvement in implementing strong H&S culture
• Previous experience in developing and delivering H&S projects
• Strong H&S technical knowledge, specifically emergency preparedness, confined space, LOTO, hot work, working at height, PIV’s, Hazardous material handling, behavioural safety, contractor management, occupational health, electrical safety, machine guarding & Process safety
• Working knowledge of H&S policies
• Working knowledge of ISO14001 & OHSAS 18001.

Your responsibilities

• Support department managers to complete accident investigations within a 24hrs time frame. 
• Challenge bad practice and implement corrective control measures with department leaders.
• Share and discuss H&S incidents and alerts from the group with local teams and management.
• Act as a subject matter expert to support the site on H&S topics. Implement H&S improvement initiatives and practices to drive and improve H&S cultures.  
• Develop, implement, and monitor departmental H&S improvement plans. 
• Support areas to ensure that H&S ownership remains with departments.
• You will lead or co-ordinate the development of H&S procedures and instructions to support the H&S management system. 
• Support the Health & Safety Manger when internal & external agencies come to site e.g. Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency, Humberside Fire and Rescue, etc.
• Support and audit the Reckitt standards proposing a corrective action plan to ensure audit scores are compliant maintaining 'Green' on all. 
• Ensure that all internal regional and global standards are applied and regularly reviewed for compliance. 

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.