Health and Safety Business Partner (1253)

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Role: Health and Safety Business Partner

Location: Location independent - We offer Choice based working that gives you the opportunity to work from a UK location of your choice, we also offer various Konica Minolta office and Regus office spaces across the UK. You may be required to travel to a customer at the needs of the business.

Fixed term contract for 18 months

• 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to purchase more days if needed
• Access to training and development opportunities, along with license with award winning learning content provider.
• Enhanced family leave
• Life assurance options
• An extra paid day off to focus onyour mental health
• A generous pension plan, invest yourcontributions to maximise your pension pot
• Discounts onactivities, technology and restaurants
• An extra paid day off to dedicate tovolunteer projects
• An independent employee assistance programme for all employees and their immediate family, giving 24/7 access to experts in health & wellbeing

We are seeking a Health and Safety Business Partnerto join our team at Konica Minolta!

As a Health and Safety Business Partner at Konica Minolta, you will be responsible for the development and effective delivery of the health and safety and environment management system. ensuringlegal compliance and the safety and health of all employees.

This will include the following:

• Health and Safety compliance- Manage H&S Management System in accordance with, and maintain certification to, ISO 45001 standard and SSIP (SafeContractor). Deliver this across business areas collaborating with identified stakeholders also responsible for Health and Safety. Ensuring annual compliance training is issued and completed by all employees. Investigate accidents and incidents in line with agreed severity protocols. Analyse and interpret accident, incident and near miss reports, make relevant recommendations and produce remedial action plans.
• Continuous improvement- Manage audits across all managed properties. Review and interpret the results of these, providing relevant recommendations and insights to improve the employee experience and if needed produce remedial HSE action plans. Develop and agree practical risk management procedures and processes to effectively deliver strategies and KPIs and ensure legal compliance and deliver on our commitment to customers.
• Meeting stakeholders needs- Resolve employee and customer service queries and issues in accordance with stakeholder expectations, contractual requirements; monitor service issues to prevent re-occurrence and prepare management reports for a variety of stakeholders including contribution to tender documents. Identify training needs of colleagues and implement training programmes to fulfil identified needs.

What you can expect from our hiring process?

Stage 1
Screening call with a member of our Talent Acquisition team and a chance to get to know you better.

Stage 2
Teams interview with the hiring team, consisting of competency based questions and a short task

Stage 3
Teams interview with our Quality and Risk Manager and Environment Manager

Stage 4

Our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch to make an offer and should you accept our HR operations team will take care of you from there on in

We would love to hear from people who ...

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent in Occupational Health and Safety
• Understanding of facilities management processes and system (Fire, gas, electric, emergency lighting, permits to work
• Competency in COSHH management, Material Safety Data Sheet - MSDS (Industrial chemicals)
• Competency in Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order 2005 (RRFSO) and/or Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006
• Background in operational/ corporate audits and ISO 45001 standards
• Knowledge and be able to output Display screen Equipment Risk assessments including any reasonable adjustments
• Knowledge of mobile workers requirements, including lone working practices and UK driving law and Agile workers regarding H&S
• Advantage- Background in Live warehouse/ logistics operations, (fork trucks, cranes, powered pump truck, PUWER, LOLER, manual handling risk)

If you have worked in a Health and Safetyrole before you will know that each day can look quite different, take a look at our role profile (at the bottom of the page) for a deep dive into what your "day to day" might look like in this role.

Don't meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people from ethnic minorities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Konica Minolta we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for us!

We are an equal opportunities employer. Please let us know on your application or email us at recruitment@konicaminolta.co.uk if there's any adjustments, we can make that would be helpful for you.

Additionally, we are open to discussing flexible working arrangements and job-sharing opportunities. If you are interested in this great opportunity, we encourage you to apply today or reach out for a confidential discussion. We look forward to hearing from you!

ESG Initiatives at Konica Minolta

A global company with more than 39,000 employees in 150 countries, Konica Minolta takes its environmental, social and governance responsibilities seriously. We aim to be a robust and innovative company that keep evolving and contributing to the sustainable growth of society and individuals, and we use an ESG framework to navigate our efforts and obligations.

Take a look at our sustainable development goals here https://www.konicaminolta.co.uk/en-gb/corporate-information/esg

Please note, if we receive sufficient interest in this role we reserve the right to close the vacancy early, so if you're interested in the role we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid missing out on the opportunity