Ehs Advisor (Environment, Health & Safety)

Site Name: UK - Hertfordshire - Ware Posted Date: Nov 14 2024 The EHS Team at Ware are responsible for providing the campus with a framework to effectively manage Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) risks.
This incorporates a wide range of issues including: assessment of EHS risk; formulation of policies and procedures to comply with legal & company standards; setting of EHS aims and targets; performance monitoring; environmental / waste management; emergency planning; incident and accident investigation and crisis management.
Job Purpose: Reporting to one of the Site EHS Leads, you will be responsible for d eveloping and implementing effective safety, health and environmental management systems across the Ware campus.
This includes the provision of technical advice and assistance to managers and staff to enable EHS performance to be managed effectively (and contributing towards achieving the Ware site vision and commercial aims).
Day to day your role will include the development, dissemination, implementation, monitoring and review of site-wide or area EHS procedures and practices.
You will provide authoritative EHS advice to multi-disciplinary project teams dealing with site or area EHS development issues (taking account of statutory and corporate requirements and site business aims).
In delivering your role you will maintain effective and constructive relationships with key EHS stakeholders, such as regulatory authorities, GSK corporate functions, contractors and suppliers.
You will also advise, assist and monitor key managers and staff to ensure the site maintains an audit-ready status at all times.
This element of the role includes identifying, investigating and reporting on serious incidents, injuries, occupational illness, and EHS compliance contraventions and formulating and recommending remedial actions to management (including maintaining a site incident management plan and relevant resources).
We are interested in hearing from experienced professionals with NEBOSH certification or equivalent (either at Certificate or Diploma level).
About You: This role would suit a self-motivated person who has strong experience of working in an Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) role.
You will also be resilient and calm under pressure.
Strong people skills and a proven ability to influence people to achieve and drive performance are considered fundamental to the role.
You will also have a strong continuous improvement mindset.
CLOSING DATE for application: Friday 29th of November 2024 (COB).
Basic Qualifications: Relevant experience of working in a regulated technical industry with relevant qualifications in Scientific or Technical discipline (or strong equivalent experience).
NEBOSH Certificate or similar qualification in occupational health & safety.
Preferred Qualifications: Operational knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes in the pharmaceutical or FMCG (or similar industry).
NEBOSH Diploma or degree in EHS related subject Benefits: GSK offers a range of benefits to its employees, which include, but are not limited to: Competitive base Salary Annual bonus based on company performance Opportunities to partake in on the job training courses Opportunities to attend and partake in industry conferences Opportunities for support for professional development/chartership Access to healthcare and wellbeing programmes Employee recognition programmes Hybrid (onsite/remote) working within GSK policies (post training period) If you would like to learn more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK we would suggest looking at our webpage Life at GSK | GSK .
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