Trainee HSE Advisor (Branch Support)
This role requires a Full UK driving licence with regular travel to branches in the East Midlands, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and North Worcestershire
What will you do?
This role provides front line HSE support, advice and expert guidance to Branch Managers and Regional Directors, completes Group and statutory Health and Safety reporting requirements, LTI investigation and case management and delivers the 2nd line of defence HSE audit programme.
Some accountabilities of the role:
Undertake HSE Branch Reviews (2nd line of Defence Audits) in line with business risk profile.
Support Branch Managers in resolving HSE related queries and problems.
Deliver HSE related training in line with the business HSE plan or as a result of a specific training need identified.
Manage the Lost Time Incident verification and investigation process supporting line managers ensuring that the Just Culture principles are correctly applied.
Working with HR, support line managers with the Return to Work process for colleagues off as a result of a lost time incident, ensuring robust plans are in place to help them return to a normal way of life as quickly as possible.
Complete all RIDDOR reporting requirements for your region.
Review the various HSE Data streams for your region eg near misses, self assessment returns to determine quality insights that you can use to help support Branch Managers and Regional Directors reduce risk; supporting Branch Managers to resolve potentially significant / sense near misses.
Develop and maintain relationships with Branch Managers and members of colleague-led HSE and driver forums in your region so that they can constructively feedback and input to the Forum.
Is this you?
Are you looking for your next challenge and want to be part of a team that is hard working and driven to make a difference to our business and our colleagues lives.
You will have an in-depth understanding of UK H & S legislation and a pragmatic approach to applying risk reduction method.
Given the risk levels of our businesses, we are particularly keen to hear from HSE professionals who hold a minimum of a NEBOSH General Certificate and at least 18 months post-qualification experience in a medium to high-risk business.
You possess excellent communication and influencing skills, which will make you comfortable with communicating across all levels of our business and quickly enable you to influence and gain buy-in for safety and change.
If the sound of leading and changing the game on safety in this role excites you, we want to hear from you!
What’s in it for you?
Not Sure you Qualify? We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer, where everyone in our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves - you be you, it makes us, us, as we say. If you’re interested in this opportunity but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the right candidate for this or other roles with us.
You’ll be supported by some fantastic training and development and have the opportunity to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group.
We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:
A bit about us
As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.
With over 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!
