Health and Safety Manager – Warehouse

Leicester, Leicestershire
TOPPS TILES

Big things are happening at Topps Tiles. As Britain’s largest specialist tile retailer, selling only the very best quality on-trend products, £1 of every £3 spent in the UK domestic tile market is spent with us. We’ve got 300 stores and have just hit record sales of £223m. And we’re as big on career opportunities as we are on outstanding service and great value. After all, it’s brilliant, friendly, knowledgeable people that make us special. Right now, we’re on a journey of exciting growth, as we build on seven consecutive years of success – there’s never been a better time to join the Topps Tiles family.

We are currently looking for a Health and Safety Manager to join the team based at Grove Park. Reporting into the Head of Health & Safety this is a critical role that will provide H&S expertise and advice to the warehouse and distribution function across its 24-hour operation. The role holder will support the identification and development of a robust continuous improvement plan for the Supply Chain function to drive a safety-first culture. They will liaise and advise the Supply Chain Leadership and management teams in driving the continuous improvement plan. In this role you will be a change champion. You will need a high level of personal resilience, as well as an abundance of energy and drive.

Key Accountabilities

• Using all necessary forums, safety groups or other forms of information to keep themselves and the department up to date with legislation and best practice.
• Completion of monitoring, audits, and coaching at the warehouse(s) and as needed other locations.
• To research, review and make recommendations for improvement of current safety management systems, risk assessment documentation to ensure the Company is compliant with legislation, and where practical has in place industry best practice.
• To review, validate and record internal safety inspections, accidents and near misses to agreed persons, as well as provide statistical information. Making recommendations on updating and improving those systems to enable best in class trend identification.
• Support the Head of Health and Safety in development of warehouse and national strategy helping to ensure Company financial criteria are adhered to when making recommendations for investment.
• As needed liaising with nominated colleague within Commercial to support the development and implementation of ISO14001, developing processes to enable Group wide participation and inclusion in ISO14001 Environmental Management Strategy.
• Develop and present agreed topics to warehouse, area, regional, function specific and national safety and environmental meetings.

People/Leadership

• To provide advice and information to the Head of Health and Safety on accidents / claims having involvement with insurers / underwriters to minimise business risk.
• To develop relationships with other functions to improve internal co-operation and systems.
• Leading of agreed projects with the provision of a business overview, scoping, desired results, with completion to agreed timelines. Acting as subject specialist on other functions projects or request for information.
• To assist and where needed lead the continual development of information technology systems to improve functionality of safety systems.
• In cooperation with property, distribution, warehouse and commercial departments as needed to ensure refits, new stores or locations have the necessary safety equipment; as well as procedures specific to that location to ensure safe operation.

Risk and process

• Production of accurate and timely reports outlining opportunities / risk to the Head of Safety on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Working with Health and Safety Coordinator to monitor accidents / near misses to actively identify fatality or serious injury potential in the warehouse, current and new stores, and other specified areas of responsibility. Then to develop and put in place necessary measure to remove or mitigate the risk.

Decision Making/Freedom to Act:

• Providing advice and recommendation based on risk, but within the Companies current prevailing policy.
• Where a policy or other primary document fails to cover the subject matter to provide advice and recommendations as a minimum of the prevailing legal requirement.
• The freedom to explore potential new processes / opportunities bringing recommendations to the Head of Health and Safety for review.
• In the absence of the Head of Health and Safety ability to make decision that are outside of normal policy/ process providing they are for the overall wellbeing of the business. Where appropriate to seek authorisation of decision from the leadership team or Board.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:

Essential

• Ability to organise and manage time effectively to deliver to tight deadlines
• Willingness to travel and spend up to 2 nights away from home per week(when supporting retail or commercial activities)
• Ability to manage several projects of different dimensions, lengths & levels of complexity
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Approachable manner with a passion for meeting people and developing networks of professional contacts
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and use own initiative
• Focused on a career in Health, Safety and Environmental issues
• High-level of professionalism and discretion
• Resilient and pragmatic attitude
• Full UK Driving licence
• Experience of using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Power point) to a basic standard.
• Health and Safety qualifications with a minimum of, or working towards Technical Member of Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
• Fire risk assessment qualification or able to demonstrate competency
• Willingness to develop and learn new skills (technical and soft)

Desirable

• Good understanding of the legislative framework
• Technical member working towards Graduate member or greater of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
• Affiliate member with a desire for higher level of membership of Institute of Environmental
• Member of ROSPA

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