Position Overview & Specifications
Health & Safety Advisor
We have an exciting job opportunity for a Health & Safety Advisor to join the KONE team. They will be predominately responsible for supporting the lift installation business in the London & Southeast region.
Purpose
The Health & Safety Advisor supports the business in the improvement of health and safety management and performance. They will work with the key stake holders to continually improve health and safety standards and performance to ensure that we all go home safe every day.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead, direct and provide expertise, support and advice on all health, safety, matters.
- Support the implementation, maintenance, and improvement of KONE safety management system including worker, user, and third-party safety
- Cultivate an understanding and actively caring culture for safety.
- Compile, maintain and improve safety documentation together with the safety team
- Actively participate in and contribute to safety committees and other safety forums
- Plan, participate in and implement projects and activities to improve safety
- Work closely with customers and partners, including KONE subcontractors
- Monitor and develop safety risk management processes, tools, and practices
- Support safety related change management projects and initiatives
- Collect, analyse and utilise leading and lagging safety data.
- Monitor legal and business environment developments in safety, identify and implement relevant actions
- Perform regular safety audits to verify compliance, identify uncontrolled risks and deviations and ensure corrective actions are implemented
- Investigate incidents to identify root causes and implement corrective actions
- Manage corrective and preventive actions for continual improvement
- Develop own competences as a safety specialist
- Proactively communicate safety information including investigation outcomes and best practices
- Recognised professional qualification in safety with a minimum requirement of a NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
- Industry experience is beneficial
- Construction or an engineering background is desirable
- Good knowledge of applicable safety regulations
- Good knowledge and experience of the ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety management system
- Problem solving, incident management, auditing, and analysis skills
- People management, training, presentation, and communication skills
- Ability to work well in digital and mobile environment
- Project and change management skills
- Good communication skills in both written & spoken English
- Competent with Microsoft packages, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook