European EHS Advisor Location: Finland
Salary: 45,000 – 60,000 doe plus package
The role of the European Health and Safety Advisor is to work with all site and management personnel to ensure all company policies, processes, and health and safety legislation are adhered to on all sites.
Key Functions & Results Areas (Key Activities): Develop and conduct audits, toolbox talks, and other training activities.Develop, maintain, and ensure implementation of an internal Safety Management System.Ensure the company safety accreditations are maintained and continually improved.Responsible for H&S training – First Aid, Manual Handling, and others as appropriate.Monitor legislative updates, ensuring necessary changes are applied promptly.Ensure site activities are carried out in compliance with current legislation and company health and safety policies and supporting documents.Present health and safety progress updates to Line Managers on a weekly basis.Regularly review and update Risk Assessments, Safer Operating Procedures, and Safety Statements, communicating any updates to sites.Investigate, record, and report accidents, incidents, and near-misses promptly, ensuring full implementation of the company's accident reporting procedure, including assistance with completing accident and near-miss forms. This will require the ability to liaise with external bodies, such as the HSE, Auditors, or clients.Identify new and ongoing safety-related training requirements, ensuring all mandatory training is reviewed and delivered on time.Challenge the attitude and behavior of site operatives, foremen, managers, and subcontractors by communicating and collaborating with them in the most engaging, thought-provoking, and innovative manner.Attend regular Health and Safety Meetings.Provide advice, information, and support to personnel and operations department.Liaise with the company insurer relating to information required in defense of claims and ensuring the required documentation is disclosed within the required timescales.Monitor and review site performance through regular site inspections and audits, including Safety and Quality Audits, creating site-specific risk assessments, method statements, and COSHH assessments, audits of plant and tool certification, audits of harness and lanyard certification, as well as conducting noise assessments when necessary.Deliver detailed training sessions to site staff members on Health & Safety aspects that are vital to the company, such as Permit to Work training and Health & Safety Inductions for new starters, and maintain documentary evidence of the same.Assist site teams when required in general supervisory and admin duties (including but not limited to plant registers, certification records, lifting equipment registers, updating lifting plans, toolbox talks, reports, liaison with client and main contractor).Maintain and track company safety performance and keep accurate records of the accident frequency rate and near misses.Assist in the safety element of tender prequalifications and applications.Person Specification: Level 7 Degree in Health and Safety.Minimum 2 Years' experience in a Similar Role.Must be comfortable in carrying out training, Risk Assessments, Methods Statements, and Safety and Health Plans and other Health and Safety Reports.Excellent written and oral communication skills with emphasis on the ability to provide and explain reports accurately.Excellent IT Skills.Excellent organization and time management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.Excellent administration skills.Must have an innovative and engaging approach to health and safety.Up to date with Legislation, Guidance, Advice, and Compliance.Current driver's license.If this is something of interest, please send your CV in confidence to ******.
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