Health & Safety Advisor

To support Hovis to deliver on its vision of achieving the best quality product every day, enabling growth in a sustainable way and creating superior value for its stakeholders. The Health and Safety Coordinator, will ensure that all agreed targets and activities are achieved in a timely manner which keeps the site compliant. You will be responsible for providing an unbiased and transparent auditing function for the
site/company. In addition, you will support the development and implementation of sustainable HS&E management programmes and provide the strategic architecture for HSE that will ensure statutory accountability.

• Ability to influence effectively and present at all business levels.


• Demonstrable track record of success/achievements.


• Knowledge and experience in accident prevention programme implementation.


• Working towards being able to design and conduct H&S based training for groups of people.


• Proven experience of supporting HSE activity to deliver site strategy.


• Level 3 fire risk assessment


• COSH certificate


• Working towards IOSH Managing Safety qualifications.


• Developing knowledge and experience of complex risk areas DSEAR,PUWER,LOLER.


• Exceptional verbal and numerate skills.


• Proven competence with IT systems.


Desirable:

• Experience of working in an unionised environment.


• ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 internal auditor


• IEMA Certification


• Working towards NEBOSH Diploma or recognised equivalent & Safety


• Food safety Level 3
  
  Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.


We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it's baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries. There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based
on their needs.

Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving. We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance. We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes. We offer three levels of pensions.

Why work for us and our benefits:

At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries


• There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.


• Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving


• We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance


• We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes


• We offer three levels of pensions