Quality and Health & Safety Team Leader

Job Description

Swanline Group has a vacancy for a Team Leader who would be responsible for all aspects of the Quality and the Health & Safety systems and working practices within the business.

Principal areas of Responsibility

Health & Safety

Promote and improve the awareness and accountability of individuals in relation to the H&S environment. Develop and maintain a sense of ownership amongst the workforce and a safety first culture.

Day to day management and monitoring of Health and Safety systems including:
Regular inspection and observation to ensure compliance and to identify and implement improvements
Maintain up to date documentation
Management reporting
Feedback to employees

Ensure accurate reporting and recording of hazards, workplace incidents and injuries. Ensure adequate procedures are implemented to avoid recurrence Promote the use of near miss reporting to identify and eliminate / mitigate risks before they become accidents.

Ensure staff are working in a safe and secure environment and that they use best practices of occupational safety & health. Be a point of reference and advice.
Maintain existing Health & Safety committee and hold regular meetings. Keep a fresh approach.

Ensure compliance with legislation

Ensure all Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work are complete and up to date.

Be the liaison point in relation to COSH and other such substances.

Take responsibility for employee training and keep training records up to date.

Arrange surveys (eg noise etc) as appropriate.

Quality

Develop, maintain and improve all aspects of the Company’s Quality systems, including:
Documentation and reporting
Communication of issues, improvements and developments in Quality throughout the business
Devolving responsibility for quality down through the business to ensure all employees recognise their role in the process
Dealing with supplier issues and securing improvements
Sensitive handling of issues with customers in conjunction with sales team.

Ensureongoing compliance with the following standards:
ISO 9001 (2008) and migration to ISO 9001 (2015) by September 2018
BRC - Basic Hygiene Risk
FSC certification

Complete regular inspections of the Company’s Quality systems to ensure compliance and to identify and implement improvements.

Identify and plan for attainment of new standards as appropriate.

Maintain the Company’s adherence to current HARM / HACAPP requirements.

Hold monthly quality meetings to review performance and identify and implement improvements.

Record the cost of quality failures including those failures identified and corrected prior to any customer visibility. Monitor the ongoing level of the cost of quality and implement procedures to reduce this cost over time.

Qualifications / Experience

Have formal training in Health & Safety in the workplace. As a minimum, a General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety.
Have management experience in a Health & Safety role
Be up to date in all aspects of Health & Safety legislation
Have suitable training in First Aid, Manual Handling and Fire assessments / procedures
Membership of IOSH
Have detailed experience of operating a Quality system in a manufacturing environment including maintaining the ISO 9001 standard or equivalent.
Have suitable internal auditing skills
Good working knowledge of Microsoft excel and Word