Health and Safety Compliance Officer
Posted 6 days ago by RG Setsquare
£28 Per hour
Undetermined
Undetermined
Warwickshire
Summary: The Health and Safety Compliance Officer role involves supporting a Local Authority in Warwickshire to ensure safe and compliant waste and recycling services. The position requires a focus on statutory health and safety requirements, promoting a positive safety culture, and includes compliance monitoring and investigation duties. The officer will engage with frontline teams and utilize operational monitoring tools, including CCTV.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance with all relevant UK health and safety legislation.
- Interpret legislation and translate into clear, practical procedures for frontline waste operations.
- Review and update council policies, procedures, and guidance in line with legislative and service changes.
- Support the council in meeting its corporate health and safety responsibilities.
Key Skills:
- Experience in a health and safety role within a high-risk operational environment.
- Working knowledge of UK health and safety legislation.
- Experience of undertaking risk assessments and incident investigations.
- Strong communication and influencing skills, particularly with frontline staff.
- Desirable: Experience within waste services or local government.
- NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent qualification).
Salary (Rate): £28.00/hour
City: Warwickshire
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Health and Safety Compliance Officer - Waste Services with a Local Authority in Warwickshire required : Support the council in delivering safe, compliant, and high quality waste and recycling services. Ensure that all operations meet statutory health and safety requirements and council policies, while actively promoting a positive safety culture across frontline services. The role combines compliance, investigation, and proactive operational monitoring, including the use of CCTV systems and on-site presence.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with all relevant UK health and safety legislation, including the Health and Safety at Work etc.
- Interpret legislation and translate into clear, practical procedures for frontline waste operations
- Review and update council policies, procedures, and guidance in line with legislative and service changes
- Support the council in meeting its corporate health and safety responsibilities
Person Specification
Essential
- Experience in a health and safety role within a high-risk operational environment
- Working knowledge of UK health and safety legislation
- Experience of undertaking risk assessments and incident investigations
- Strong communication and influencing skills, particularly with frontline staff
Desirable
- Experience within waste services or local government
- NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent qualification)
Special Factors : This role requires regular presence in operational environments including depots, waste collection routes, and public areas across . The postholder will be expected to engage directly with frontline teams and observe live operations to ensure compliance and promote safe working practices. Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.