Health, Safety, Environmental & Quality Assistant / Graduate

We are currently recruiting a Health, Safety, Environmental & Quality Assistant / Graduate to join our team based in Swatragh but with overall responsibility for our operations throughout the UK & Ireland.

As the HSEQ assistant/graduate within BP McKeefry you will be working within a highly dynamic business and will be responsible for ensuring that the Health, Safety and environmental requirements of our staff and operations are met as well as enabling the business to deliver a high-quality and service for our customers. You will work proactively with directors, managers, and staff to maintain and further improve programmes established for the management of Health and Safety throughout the Company.

Over four decades, we have evolved from a small family business transporting animal foodstuffs to one of the leading transport, cleaning, recycling and surveying companies in Europe. That hasn't happened by accident. We’re still as passionate about meeting the needs of our customers as the day we started. That’s how we’ve grown. We discovered that the only way to guarantee our customers’ expectations were met was to control every step of the operation, so everything we do, we do ourselves.

If you join our team, there is a range of benefits that you will receive. We continually invest in our staff during their time with us. External certified training is funded by BP McKeefry and regular in-house assessments help ensure the highest levels of competency. Combine the training you will receive with our company pension scheme and a life assurance scheme you can be sure that BP McKeefry invests in our staff for the long term.

Personnel Specification

Essential Criteria

• NEBOSH General Certificate
• Internal Auditing qualification/ training
• Competent IT skills with full working knowledge of Microsoft packages.
• Experience in writing and producing reports.
• Experience in risk assessing and developing safe systems of work.
• Driver's license

Desirable Criteria

• Minimum 1 year's experience working in a similar role.
• Experience in risk assessing and developing safe systems of work.
• NEBOSH General Certificate
• Experience working in the transport industry
• Experience with HACCP

*This role requires occasional travel to sites in the UK and Ireland*

Other Skills

• Passionate about health and safety, customer service, and the environment
• A good communicator
• Well organized with meticulous administrative skills
• Able to take ownership of projects and work to time limits
• Analytical with good problem-solving skills
• Able to work as part of a team
• Able to maintain total confidentiality

The Benefits

We offer our employees a range of benefits including:

• Attractive salary
• Free life assurance scheme
• Enhanced workplace pension scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Training and development opportunities
• 28 Days paid holidays
• Access to onsite gym

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

About The Role

Auditing

• Maintaining the company ISO 9001 Quality, ISO 14001 Environmental, and ISO 45001 H&S Management Systems.
• Assist the HSEQ Manager in preparation for external audits (ISO, SCOPA, SQAS, and DGSA)
• Carry out internal Audits of the company procedures to ensure they are effective and continually improving.

Health & Safety

• Developing and communicating relevant information, instruction, and training to all employees (e.g., induction, risk assessments, safe systems of work, toolbox talks, etc).
• Keep an up-to-date training matrix and records, reviewed weekly and training needs communicated to the transport planners
• Assisting in investigating accidents and near misses, reporting on findings and implementing suitable corrective actions.
• Issuing PPE and maintaining stock levels in stores

Quality

• Assist in customer complaints and internal non-conformance investigations
• Report Weekly on all sites' KPIs.
• Maintain Key customer service by continual checks on jobs ensuring paperwork available, traceability of products, and key customer requirements
• Respond promptly to last minute ad-hoc requests from both customers and internal colleagues including customer/supplier questionnaires.

Environmental

• Control and disposal of waste across multiple sites ensuring up-to-date records of waste transfer notes
• Assist the HSEQ Manager with green energy projects.
• Review, record and update the various green energy registers within the business and submit readings to Ofgem, RHI, and Power NI, etc.
• Maintain the environmental aspects and impacts register

Required Criteria

• Must be legally entitled to work in the UK
• NEBOSH General Certificate or relevant H&S degree
• Experience in writing and producing reports.

Desired Criteria

• Experience in developing and delivering HSEQ training.
• Experience with HACCP
• 1 year experience in a similar Health & Safety role.

Skills Needed

• Motivation, Communication, Legislation Compliance

About The Company

BP McKeefry Ltd. was established in 1976 and now has over 40 years` experience in the transport industry, handling a wide range of bulk liquid, dry waste and powder products.

BP McKeefry Ltd. has a modern fleet of over 100 tractor units and over 250 road tankers/ tank containers & trailers which operate throughout the UK, Republic of Ireland, and Europe offering transport solutions and associated services to the following industries:

• Foodstuffs
• Industrial products
• Chemicals & waste
• Powder (Industrial & Foodstuffs)
• Utilities
• Construction

Company Culture

At BP McKeefry Ltd. we are committed to providing our customers with the highest levels of customer service.

BP McKeefry Ltd. will endeavor to achieve this through:

• Effective leadership of well-trained and motivated staff.
• A strong commitment to Health & Safety for everyone.
• Respect for our environment.
• Making a positive difference to the community we serve.
• Making BP McKeefry Ltd. a great place to work.

Company Benefits

Vacation, Paid time off, Retirement plan and/or pension, Employee development programs, Free parking, Open office, Competitive salary

Salary

Not disclosed