Join Team Boughey as a Health and Safety Advisor

We are currently recruiting for a Health and Safety Advisor for our Health and Safety team, based at Wardle, Nantwich.

The roles exist to support Boughey Distribution in striving for health and safety excellence and delivering the overall company strategy.

Ensuring that both operational and human performance is optimised; by contributing to a strong workplace culture that holds health and safety at the core, contributing to maintaining a robust health and safety management system, and supporting operational areas in ensuring H&S legal compliance and best practice is achieved.

At Boughey we are proud of our standing in the local community and the different and varying customer base we have. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds. As an equal opportunity employer, we ensure that our place of work is welcome to everyone.

Key Responsibilities:

Contribute to a strong workplace culture, that holds health and safety at the core, through delivery of the health and safety objectives, and delivery of the Safer Together campaign.
Ensure suitable and sufficient risk management controls are in place through the development and upkeep of risk assessments, other statutory assessments, policies and procedures.
Co-ordinating learning teams for risk assessments, to ensure consultation on risk management.
Undertake regular workplace inspections, including assisting with the pragmatic close out of actions.
Undertake accident and incident investigations alongside operational areas, and support with the close out of actions to prevent reoccurrence.
Coaching and mentoring colleagues from all levels of the hierarchy, to ensure that health and safety remains at the core of the organisation.
Support operational areas from a H&S perspective with local projects and continuous improvement initiatives, to ensure that the company strategy is achieved in a safe manner.
Lead regular H&S communications with operational areas, including but not limited to: monthly departmental workshops, H&S champion meetings and toolbox talks.
Champion EVOTIX through appropriate training and coaching. Additionally contributing to the development of EVOTIX to ensure that the value of the software is fully appreciated.
Provide clear and accurate health and safety advice and support to colleagues from all levels of the hierarchy.
Collaborate closely with other departments to ensure a holistic approach to compliance, risk management and company strategy is achieved, including but not limited to: HR, QC & ESG, Facilities, Training etc.
Support and deliver on the Company mission, vision and live and promote the Company values.
Liaise with relevant internal stakeholders to maintain the highest standards with due regard to Customer requirements and in line with HARA, BRCGS and any other internal or external legislation/audits.
To be aware of and adhere to the Company’s Health & Safety Policy. You will challenge poor and promote good Health Safety Environmental practices by taking responsibility for the Health, Safety, environmental and welfare of yourself.
This list is not exhaustive and may include any other reasonable duties which may be required by the Manager/Supervisor.

What we are looking for:

Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a health and safety position.
NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.
Preferably experienced within a logistics or warehousing work setting.
Experience of developing key health and safety assessments, e.g. PUWER, COSHH, Manual handling.
Experience of undertaking audits and inspections.
Ability to present complex information, data and legislation in a form that is appealing and understandable for all levels of the hierarchy.
Excellent PC skills and conversant with all Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
Enthusiastic and motivational people management and communication skills.
Initiative-taking with an eye for problem solving and continuous improvement.
Ability to be self-driven and highly motivated.

What we offer:

Location: Wardle Position – Nantwich Road, Wardle, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 6RS.
Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm (40 hours per week).
Rate of Pay: £28,000 to £32,000 (DoE) per annum – paid monthly.
Enhanced holidays of 33 days inclusive of bank
Free on-site parking.
£300 annual attendance bonus.
£500 “Refer a Friend” bonus (service qualifying period).
Sick pay scheme (service qualifying period).
Company pension scheme.
In-house MHE training.
Warehouse to Wheels apprenticeship program (service qualifying period).
Cycle to work scheme (service qualifying period).
Life assurance (service qualifying period).
On site gym.
Wellness programmes & virtual gym.
Free shuttle bus service from Crewe to Wardle daily.
Subsidised canteen.
Holiday purchasing scheme (service qualifying period).
Service awards.
High quality uniform – “best in class” issued from day one.
Free-vend tea and coffee.

If you believe you are the right person for the role, please use the button below to send your CV and covering letter and a member of the team will be in touch.

Boughey Distribution Ltd
Wardle, Nantwich
Cheshire, CW5 6RS

Tel: 01829 260704