Health & Safety Officer (FTC)

Vacancy Title: Health & Safety Officer (FTC) Contract Type: Contract Location: Merseyside Industry: TECHNICAL & ENGINEERING QHSE Salary: £34000 - £35000 per annum, Benefits: Pro rata Start Date: 2026-05-18 REF: J Contact Name: Charlie Ward Contact Email: Vacancy Published: 4 days ago Immediate start required (1 week acceptable)

Are you an experienced health and Safety professional? Are you available for a 6 month fixed term contract? Do you have manufacturing and / or medical/pharmaceutical experience?

Principal Objectives

• Deliver & maintain a compliant & safe working environment; Fulfill all current legislation across all shift patterns. This is for multiple sites from Widnes to Southport
• Deliver & continuously improve Health & Safety standards, procedures & policies required by ISO14001 & OHSAS18001.
• Deliver, develop, assess, and improve a Risk Management Approach to each process flow & all activities in all departments.
• Ownership of all H&S records, including their organization & upkeep. This is for all sites.
• Ownership for safety prevention; proactive approach to develop & deliver effective Near Miss' processes.
• Ownership for the effective management of incidents as required, associated paperwork, & completion of any corrective/preventative actions.
• Ensure monthly reports & statistics are generated to show how each department (& the business units as a whole) are performing.
• Ensure all legislation is met for all processes.
• Support Leadership & Project Teams in the time specific delivery & control of new / modified processes, and/or machinery installations using the defined Change Control Process.
• Continuous improvement of all processes to proactively comply with changes to HSE guidelines; where appropriate train, support & enforce.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all risk assessments are carried out & maintained.
• Maintain, organize & update as required all H&S records.
• Ownership of all contractors and permit to work completion.
• Senior leadership team member, attend & conduct meetings as required.
• Accurately review & present agreed KPI's showing the business H&S status.
• Develop daily, weekly & monthly safety audit processes to ensure our high standards are maintained & the site remains compliant with current legislation.
• Control the process of all Site waste streams, ensuring all safety, quality and environmental compliance criteria are met.
• Control & report on all H&S expenditure, ensuring all spend is within approved budgetary limits.
• Site Induction: Conduct Site safety inductions for all employees and contractors.
• Responsible for ensuring all Permit to Work and Contractor Controls are accurate and are being followed.