Health,safety & Wellbeing Plant Lead

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 300 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ 11,000 people and operate in more than 55 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our

Hybrid Work Model


Job Description

Health & Safety plant lead

Our Health and safety plant lead Keeps our employee’s safety the number one priority for our organization. The role of Health & Safety Plant Lead in our Service Center plays a key role in achieving this across our Plant network.

Your role is to manage and facilitate all Health, Safety and Wellbeing activities across the Service Centre as a member of the Plant Leadership team.

Who Are We at CHEP?

At CHEP We see it as our mission to create more efficient and sustainable supply chains in collaboration with our customers. That is why we do not sell our products, but rent them out in a circular sharing model, also known as pooling.

At Zevenaar our CHEP Containers provide intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) to customers around the world and across a range of industries including food, beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemicals, and general manufacturing. We provide flexible, fully integrated solutions to our clients.

Your Key Responsibilities:

- Provide an environment where work-related health and safety risks are controlled to prevent injuries and occupational ill health.
- Comply with all legal and other applicable occupational health & safety requirements including internal processes.
- Lead and develop our Safety Differently philosophy across the whole site through HOP and Learning Teams.
- Ensure all employees, at every level of the organization understand and are committed to implementing CHEP’s Zero Harm policies and practices.
- Lead and monitor continuous improvement via systemic change based on data and root cause analysis of incidents, near misses and environmental occurrences.
- Lead and promote Zero Harm discussions across the plant, ensuring the participation of employees and the Plant Leadership team through monthly Zero harm meetings and participation in the regular Plant Leadership meetings.
- Develop employee occupational health & safety competencies through effective training across all levels of the plant. Measure and monitor competency levels by the introduction of a skills matrix and pro-active training plans.
- Lead and facilitate all root cause investigations on all incidents and serious near miss reports to prevent recurrence. Learn from these investigations and share good practice across the European/Global Plant network.
- Keep up to date with all internal and external health, safety & wellbeing legislation. Advise the Plant Leadership team of any changes to health & safety standards.
- Drive continuous improvement in our Zero Harm practices within the plant and across the network through good practice sharing.
- Lead our employee wellbeing initiatives across the site including, safety week, occupational health assessments and other CHEP employee wellbeing initiatives.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills:
Qualifications
- NEBOSH General Qualification or equivalent
- NEBOSH General Certificate is required for this role.
- Ideally, some experience within a Health & safety role in a high volume/target driven manufacturing or high-risk environment.
- Good knowledge of relevant national Health, Safety & Wellbeing laws, and regulations.
- Excellent communication skills, someone who can effectively engage and influence within the business at all levels.
- Secondary education including GCSE at C+/5+ in maths and English or equivalent qualifications/ demonstration of proficiency.
- Motivated individual and self-starter who can drive projects and issues through to resolution and take ownership for implementation of solutions.
- Good knowledge of HSE management systems

EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 2 years of experience:

- Delivering/Supporting with training
- In a Health and Safety Role
- Managing within a manufacturing (or similar) environment
- Occupational Health
- Leading Audits and Inspections

Skills and Knowledge:

- Strong safety mindset/knowledge
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Good Presentation skills
- Knowledge Sharing skills.
- Adaptable, flexible, who can drive change.
- Ability to plan and manage time effectively.
- Can build effective internal and external relat