Health & Safety Manager

　　Location:

　　Knowsley

　　Department:

　　Newsprinters

　　Salary Details:

　　Not Specified

　　Advertising End Date:

　　25 Feb 2024

　　Job Description

　　Health & Safety Manager

　　Knowsley

　　Your team: Newsprinters are the chosen manufacturer for many of the UK’s well known and respected newspapers, we make the news happen on a daily basis. We guarantee quality, reliability and an end-to-end solution that ensures a cost-effective robust route to market.

　　Your role: You will be responsible for coordinating and managing all H & S activities on site with Newsprinters and Business Partners. Company values must be demonstrated at all times, taking responsibility for performance, health and safety, quality, continual improvement, administration and development.

　　The role is full time, but as the site operates 24:7, you would be expected to provide support to all areas where required.

　　Day to day you will:

　　Ensure thorough investigation of incidents are undertaken with learning implemented and shared with other sites

　　Conduct regular audits to ensure best practice around Health and Safety is maintained at the site

　　Lead site wellbeing initiatives including mental health first aid and other business programs

　　Identifying H & S training needs and developing / delivering of H & S training

　　Represent and discuss H & S at site production meetings

　　Work with local H & S rep’s to ensure engagement, participation and consultation

　　Prepare site reports in relation to health and safety, analysis and presenting/communicating effectively and concisely

　　Attend relevant training and development activities to support learning in the role and personal development

　　Manage the site H & S meetings (H & S Committee)

　　Undertaking and reviewing CoSHH and other technical risk assessments

　　Management of the DSE program at site including undertaking desk assessments

　　What we are looking for from you:

　　NEBOSH National Diploma or equivalent

　　Chartered membership of IOSH desirable

　　Manufacturing background would be an advantage

　　Be a good influencer and communicator at all levels using a variety of media

　　Knowledge of current H & S legislation

　　Analyse complex situations and make recommendations for appropriate action

　　Organised, flexible, adaptable and able manage own day to day workload

　　Have an innovative approach to problem solving with good knowledge of continuous improvement, lean manufacturing and other business improvement techniques and methodologies

　　We are News UK : One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, TalkTV and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

　　Life at News

　　Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

　　To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through ourDiversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy (https://www.news.co.uk/more-than-the-news/diversity-inclusion/) , which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have12 employee led networks and groups (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMCi-KiMlL4&t=2s) that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

　　Benefits

　　Some of our benefits include:

　　Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

　　Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

　　Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

　　Discounted gym memberships , free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

　　‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

　　Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

　　Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

　　Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

　　A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

　　25 days holiday , plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

　　We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.