Lead SHE Advisor

Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

12/21/2024

We are looking for an exceptional Lead SHE Advisor to join our team on a permanent basis. This is a critical role where you will lead and oversee our SHE (Safety, Health, Environment) strategies for our Powder Chemical Plant, ensuring the highest standards of safety and compliance.

Responsibilities and Duties

Oversight of SHE management of the Powder Chemical Plant. Leading the safety and process safety strategy for the area.

• Responsible for maintaining the plant’s ‘licence to operate’; in particular ensuring COMAH compliance, environmental permitting compliance, process safety management and effective regulator management (especially HSE & EA).
• This is the senior SHE position on the Hillhouse site. The role is responsible for co-ordinating functional SHE activities across all departments on site, with matrix level management of the site’s SHE team.
• Provide effective SHE assurance activities and ensure SHE governance is being complied with.
• Provide expert guidance, coaching and support in SHE excellence to the plant and the wider organisation, in particular in areas of assigned subject matter expertise (including COMAH).
• Act as the Victrex SME for topic specialisms.
  
  

Experience And Qualifications

• Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management, or equivalent and an IEMA Certificate, or equivalent, in Environmental Management are essential to being successful in the role.
• Proven experience in a SHE leadership role, ideally within lower/upper tier COMAH site.
• Process safety experience & conducting/attending HAZOPs is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of SHE regulatory requirements and best practices.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
  
  

What We Offer

We offer a competitive salary along with an attractive benefits package including private healthcare, 29 days holiday, and a generous company pension contribution.

About Us

Our company is an innovative world leader in high-performance polymer solutions, focusing on strategic markets including automotive, aerospace, energy and industrial, electronics, and medical sectors. We are committed to sustainability and drive value through our cutting-edge products that deliver environmental and societal benefits.

Join Our Team

If you're passionate about safety and sustainability and are looking to make a meaningful impact, this is the perfect opportunity to join a company that values its employees and fosters a supportive and inclusive culture.

No recruitment agencies please. We value direct applications and manage our recruitment in-house to provide the best candidate experience.

We encourage applications from all sections of the community and support flexible working arrangements. For any queries regarding diversity, equity, or inclusion, or to request reasonable adjustments during the application process, please contact us at: enablerecruitment@victrex.com

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE.

At present, we are not accepting any candidates via a recruitment agency or third party.

About Victrex

Victrex is an innovative world leader in high-performance PEEK (Poly Ether Ether Ketone) and PAEK (Poly Aryl Ether Ketone) polymer solutions focusing on the strategic markets of automotive, aerospace, energy and industrial, electronics and medical. Every day, millions of people use products and applications containing our materials – from smartphones, airplanes and cars to energy operations and medical devices.

With over 40 years‘ experience, we are developing world leading solutions with PEEK and PAEK-based polymers and selected semi-finished and finished parts which enable environmental and societal benefit for our customers and our markets and drive value for our shareholders

Vision and culture

At Victrex we have a clear purpose: to bring transformational and sustainable solutions which address world material challenges every day.

This underpins our core values; passion, innovation and performance which are at the heart of our business.

Our culture is shaped by how we work together, driving for results with a focus on customers, continuous improvement and doing the right thing. Our values, passion, innovation, and performance are at the heart of our business and we value and recognise how every employee plays an important role in enabling us to deliver our growth strategy.

Sustainability is core to our strategy. We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint while supporting society through our sustainable products and making a positive impact on our local communities. We have recently become winners of the prestigious Ecovadis Silver Award, which is a universal acknowledgement of our sustainability rating as being in the top 5% of over 75,000 companies. We are also proud to be recognised as a ‘Disability Confident’ employer.

Our aim is to provide the support of accessibility and community within Victrex for everyone. So, if you need any help, advice or just want a confidential chat regarding any Diversity, Equity or Inclusion matters even before you apply to Victrex, then here is what you need to know:

The enabling support that Victrex prides itself on giving, starts from when anyone applies or wants to apply to join our team.

We are always here to help provide any ‘reasonable adjustments’ you may need during your application process. So please contact us to discuss your specific requirements in more depth.

We even have a dedicated email that anyone can use to reach out for help, advice, and a confidential chat......whatever you need to know, and to help ensure an equitable solution, that’s right for you, right from the start!

That email is: enablerecruitment@victrex.com

Victrex values diversity and encourages applications from all

sections of the community.