Responsibilities
Working Hours
Normal hours of work are Monday to Friday inclusive. The postholder is required to work such hours as are necessary to satisfactorily perform the role.
Main Purpose of the Role
As the Environmental, Health and Safety Advisor you will be responsible for undertaking operational responsibilities across a diverse site including, reviewing of risk assessments and method statements, site inspections and audits, continually developing relationships with both internal/external stakeholders, driving a positive health and safety culture, health and safety reporting, accident investigation amongst other relevant operational duties.
Key Duties of the role include:
The below is meant to describe the main tasks and is not necessarily an exhaustive list of duties. It does not preclude the need to carry out other specific tasks from time to time as required.
- Assist with location fatality prevention efforts including helping to lead deployment and execution of key fatality prevention elements and coaching location leaders.
- Develop and maintain processes and methods to ensure compliance to regulatory and Howmet environmental requirements is achieved.
- Partner with location leadership to develop and implement injury prevention strategies and provide leadership and technical expertise to proactively address injury reduction efforts.
- Assist with the facility’s industrial hygiene program including execution of IH sampling plans, the administration of IH databases and employee exposure records, hazardous material management, ergonomics oversight and serve as the radiation protection technical resource.
- Provide technical expertise and participate in injury/incident investigations to assist in identifying root cause analysis and provide recommendations to prevent recurrence.
- Lead location human performance process.
- Coach and counsel departmental leaders in the execution of their EHS accountabilities.
- Partner with location leadership to deliver EHS objectives.
- Lead and assist with other EHS accountabilities.
- Work closely with operational teams providing Health and Safety support.
- Drive a positive Health and Safety culture throughout the wider business.
- Maintaining Environmental compliance.
- Motivate the current leadership team and lead by example.
- Making changes to working practices that are safe and comply with legislation.
- Undertake incident investigations and implement preventative measures to avoid similar incidents repeating.
- Challenge unsafe practices and enforce Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) compliance at all levels.
- Assist in preparing and developing health, safety and environmental strategies and policies.
- Liaising with Regulatory bodies including the Local Authority and the HSE.
- Assisting managers in carrying out risk assessments and considering how risks could be reduced.
- Carrying out regular site audits and inspections to ensure compliance with standards and regulations.
- Keeping records of inspections findings and producing reports that suggest improvements.
- Keeping records of incidents and accidents and producing statistics for managers.
- Keeping up to date with new legislation and maintaining a working knowledge of all relevant legislation and any developments that affect the industry.
- Producing management reports, collating data, and updating weekly reports.
- Maintaining register of first aiders and ensuring that training is carried out as required.
- Liaising with the Occupational Health provider to ensure all employees attend the correct and required assessments and reviews.
- Coordinating emergency evacuation procedures in the event of fire or other emergency situations (including environmental).
- Ensuring that the collection, transport, and disposal of all waste streams is controlled in accordance with the relevant environmental regulations.
- In conjunction with the Engineering Department, ensuring that all new buildings, plant, processes or equipment and the re-siting of plant, processes or equipment conform to the relevant Health and Safety rules and regulations.
- Providing support to all leaders and operators as and when necessary.
- Undertake periodic risk assessment reviews of processes to drive risk reduction.
This job description is a guide to the principal, current duties of the job. It does not form part of the contract of employment.
Qualifications
Skills and Experience
- Experience with risk management and route cause analysis.
- Experience of Environmental compliance.
- Experience working within a Manufacturing organisation.
- Experience of working with external organisations and ensuring compliance e.g., HSE / EA
- Ability to effectively integrate within the Sites Teams and guide, manage and support the business.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective working relationships.
- Ability to meet deadlines by effectively prioritising your own workload.
- Ability to present data and information in a meaningful way to a variety of audiences.
- Ability to work well as part of as a multi-disciplinary team.
- Able to uphold and maintain systems/standards.
- Hands on approach.
- Good verbal communicator and listener.
- Team player.
- Able to work to tight deadlines.
- Able to escalate problems and issues quickly and constructively.
- Positive outlook and attitude.
- Passionate about results and focused on success.
- Articulate and able to manage stakeholders and cross functional teams.
Qualifications/Minimum Requirements
- NEBOSH General Certificate.
- 3-5 years’ experience within an EHS role.
- Operational Health and Safety background (Manufacturing preferred).
- Experience working with management systems comparable to ISO 45001/14001 standards.
- Personable, able to engage with all levels of staff and work to collaborative solutions.
- Strong, confident, and determined individual, with the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team.
- Competent in all IT packages including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
About Us
About Howmet Aerospace
Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE: HWM), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. Our primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems, titanium structural parts and forged wheels. With $6.6 billion in revenue in 2023, our products play a crucial role in enabling fuel efficiency and lightweighting, contributing to our customers’ success and making a positive impact on the world. To learn more about the way Howmet Aerospace Inc. is advancing the sustainability of our customers, markets, and communities where we operate, review the 2023 Environmental Social and Governance report at www.howmet.com/esg-report .
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