Health and Safety Officer

Job title:

Health and Safety Officer

Company:

Tandridge District Council

Job description

Are you passionate about helping people work safely and stay healthy? Do you thrive on variety, challenge and working with others to make a real impact? If so, we would love to hear from you.Join our Environmental Team and help us deliver a strong culture of safety across the organisation. We are looking for an experienced, self-motivated Health and Safety Officer who can lead by example and support health and safety compliance in our organisation.About the roleThis is an exciting time to join a team where no two days are the same. With a wide variety of services and activities across the Council, you will have a varied and rewarding role, including:

• Leading, developing and delivering our health and safety strategy.
• Acting as a central point of expertise for departments, teams and managers.
• Delivering professional leadership, advice and support across services.
• Assessing monitoring and performance in line with our Health, Safety and Wellbeing Compliance Framework.
• Working with a high level of autonomy and influencing teams across the organisation.

This is a fast-paced, high impact role where your work will contribute in delivering one of the most visible services we provide.Who we’re looking forWe’d love to hear from you if you:

• Are well organised and remain calm, focused and professional when under pressure.
• Have demonstrable experience in a health and safety role.
• Understand safe working practices and have experience writing risk assessments and management of controls and actions.
• Have experience in accident and incident investigations.
• Have experience in managing regulatory matters with governing bodies.
• Have excellent customer service skills and be skilled at building relationships across all levels of the Council.
• Have good written and verbal communication skills and are detail focussed in report writing and presentation in meetings.
• Are able to challenge and investigate where needed.
• Have strong audit and evaluation skills.

This is a full-time position. Applicants must show how they meet the role criteria as described in the Role Specification.What we offerWhen you join us your expertise/skills/experience will be valued and your career development will be our priority.We are committed to creating a collaborative and innovative environment which empowers you to thrive. You will be part of a friendly, supportive One Team culture with the chance to make a real difference.We believe in balancing hard work with fun. Our active social team organises two to three events a year, ranging from Staff Awards, quiz nights to rounders in the park helping the workplace to be productive and enjoyable.We use Viva Engage to keep you connected and engaged and we hold regular face to face meetings, such as Chief Executive briefings to keep you in the loop.The Warren Lane Depot is based in Hurst Green and there is parking available.In addition to the stated pay, we offer membership and contributions towards the Local Government Pension Scheme, flexible working (requiring presence in the office for a minimum of two days a week), flexitime, payment of a relevant professional subscription and access to a discounted health scheme.Please visit our website for more information about working for us .Diversity statement (this is standard text for all adverts)At Tandridge District Council, we pride ourselves on maintaining an inclusive workplace, ensuring equality, fairness, and inclusion is at the heart of everything we do and good practice is embedded in the Council’s culture and services.We welcome applications from all sectors of our community, including BAME, LGBTQ+ and all groups protected under the Equality Act.Tandridge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.Want to know more?If this sounds like your kind of challenge and you want to be part of our friendly and supportive team, we’d love to hear from you.If you’d like to find out more, please read our role profile and specification, or for an informal discussion about the role, please e-mail, Head of Environment, Simon Mander at .

Expected salary

Location

Hurst Green, Surrey

Job date

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 02:50:31 GMT

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