Health, Safety and Environment Administrator

Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Administrator

Cockermouth

About us
James Walker is part of the James Walker Group of Companies, who are a successful global Industrial organisation supplying high performance sealing products and solutions. With state-of-the-art material technology skills, the James Walker Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of the James Walker Group specialises in the provision of sealing solutions (elastomers, polymers, composites, engineering plastics, high nickel alloys).

Our worldwide group of companies has operations, sales and service entities across Europe, Middle East, India, Australia, New Zealand, SE Asia, South Africa and North and South America

The Position:

James Walker and Co Ltd are looking to recruit one HSE Administrator on a permanent contract to provide administration and operational support to the Health and Safety Team at the manufacturing site in Cockermouth, Cumbria. This is a day role working Monday to Friday on 35 hours per week.

Key responsibilities:

Health and Safety Administration

• Maintaining HSE records, databases, registers and documentation.
• Ensuring procedures, policies and forms are current and accessible.
• Coordinating HSE meetings and preparing agendas, taking minutes.
• Supporting accident, incident and near miss reporting processes.
• Supporting continuous improvement of the HSE management system.

Audit and Compliance Support

• Tracking all internal, external and statutory audit findings and corrective actions to completion.
• Following up with departments on outstanding HSE actions.
• Maintaining compliance monitoring schedules and records.
• Coordinating audit schedules and supporting internal and external audits.

Monitoring and Inspection Activities

• Supporting workplace inspections, safety tours and observations and recording findings.
• Supporting/ conducting basic monitoring activities such as noise surveys, environmental checks and PPE compliance inspections.
• Compiling reports and trends from inspections and monitoring activities.

HSE Communications

• Maintaining and updating HSE notice boards across site.
• Producing monthly/ quarterly HSE newsletters and safety communications.
• Creating awareness campaigns and promotional materials.
• Supporting the organisation with safety events, campaigns and training activities.

The successful candidate must have:

Essential

• Experience delivering general administration support.
• Experience dealing with sensitive and confidential information and understanding the importance of this within the working environment.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• Great organisational and planning skills with the ability to multi task.
• Excellent IT skills (Microsoft applications e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently.

Preferred / Working towards

• Previous experience or a keen interest in HSE activities.

Qualifications:

• GCSE Grade C/ Level 4 or above (or equivalent) in English and Maths.
  
  
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