Health & Safety Compliance Coordinator (National)

Job Outline (Key Objectives)

• A remote position to conduct unannounced field and site spot-checks, inspections, and audits to ensure compliance with safe working practices and statutory requirements.
• To continuously monitor and evaluate circa 800 mobile fleet technicians & vehicles (500 Commercial Fleet Services + 300 Halfords Mobile Expert).
• Support the wider health & safety team in promoting a Positive Attitude Towards Health & Safety (PATHS) by addressing behavioural and compliance shortfalls through robust investigations and reports to operational leads.
• Continually challenge management and associated colleagues to stay focused on business-critical risks.

Key Responsibilities

 

• To coordinate spot-checks and inspections throughout multiple business units and field-based locations (inclusive of customer sites and fixed depots).
• To undertake unannounced spot-checks, workplace inspections, and audits to proactively assess and monitor colleague behaviour.
• To provide competent & solid ‘on the job’ advice when called upon by using collectively identified trends forming from spot-checks, inspections, and visible safety leadership interactions.
• To empower colleagues to put safety at the forefront of their operations through regular engagement.  
• To identify where both health & safety management systems and overall safe working practices can be improved in conjunction with health & safety business partners.
• To maintain written reports by the way of inspection, visible safety leadership (VSL), and monthly summaries (where necessary) to assist Halfords in its overall risk mitigation strategy.
• To support the wider health & safety department in the undertaking of investigations to identify both root cause, and preventative measures to prevent reoccurrence.
• Identify, promote, and raise awareness of ‘Good Practice’ examples (individual & site recognition).
• To support and play an active role in delivering the Halfords Group Health & Safety Roadmap
• To contribute to the design, development, production, and delivery of training materials including (but not limited to) risk assessments, safe working procedures, manual handling, traffic management, wellbeing & welfare, vehicle operations, housekeeping standards, PUWER, LOLER etc… ensuring that appropriate records are kept, and quality of content meets the specific requirements of the Group.
• Assist the Senior Health & Safety Business Partners and Health & Safety Business Partners in maintaining effective working relationships with Halfords Directors, Managers, Colleagues, Trade Unions, Partners, Contractors, and all other relevant stakeholders.
• To liaise and support the Halfords Group on any matters concerned or connected with Employee and Public Liability whilst maintaining the strictest confidentiality at all times.
• Assist the Senior Health & Safety Business Partner - Process with the coordination of group wide initiatives to aid continuous improvement in all matters related to health & safety.
• Support and participate in department, corporate, individual, and sponsored projects.
• Represent the Halfords Group in a positive manner.
• Ensure you maintain a healthy and safe working life balance whilst working for the Halfords Group.

Key Skills & Experience Requirements:

ESSENTIAL

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience within a commercial/automotive/construction health & safety advisor or coordinator position.
• Experience within a multi-site and business function role.
• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent qualification (NVQ 5).
• Solid experience in both PUWER and LOLER regulations.
• Proven experience in undertaking site audits, inspections, ad spot-checks
• Ability to both prioritise and mitigate risk.
• Highly flexible and able to work independently.
• Strong organisational & planning skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Good navigation for the use of Microsoft Office applications such as word, excel, power-point, and outlook.

DESIRABLE

• NEBOSH Diploma or Safety Diploma / NVQ 6.
• NEBOSH Fire Certificate.
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate.
• Automotive sector experience.
• Experience in behavioural based safety.
• Self-Driven to succeed.
• Claims defensibility trained /or considerable experience.
• Experience in manual handling.
• Experience in fire risk assessments
• First Aid trained.
• Maintains