Group EHS Advisor

Vacancy - Group Environment, Health and Safety Advisor

Are you passionate about driving continuous improvement to create a safer and more environmentally sustainable working environment? Do you thrive in roles that challenge you to make a real impact? We’re seeking a Group Environment, Health and Safety Advisor to join a dedicated team of professionals supporting across the Peel Ports Group.

Your role

Reporting to the Group Head of Safety and Environment, you will develop, maintain and implement our Environment, Health and Safety Management System, supporting all levels of the organisation to implement safe systems of work and safe behavioural practices, with a strong focus on environmental reporting systems.  You will prepare and deliver Board reports regarding EHS performance, analysing trends and developing actions plans to deliver site targets.

With 70% of your time dedicated to Environmental Safety and 30% to wider Safety, you will lead the development of environmental policy, procedures and processes for the Group and be a subject matter expert for environmental compliance and performance, dedicating time to delivering the EHS Strategy and plans and taking a lead on the environmental targets.  You will promote a successful Health and Safety culture, striving towards the company zero accident ambition, promote EHS365 behavioural safety rules and ensure the team learns from incidents.   The role will be office based and you will have the opportunity to regularly spend time on site at the Port of Liverpool, with occasional travel to other Port locations to facilitate audits.

You will also support environmental incident investigations and audits, including developing recommendations and monitoring the effectiveness of these actions.

What you'll bring

You will have:

• Proven environment, health and safety experience in a large organisation with an environmental focus.
• Strong IT skills with experience utilising a variety of systems.
• Strong communication skills, being articulate with experience of using a variety of communication methods.
• The ability to motivate, demonstrating energy and enthusiasm to encourage cultural change.
• Excellent report writing skills with a keen eye for detail
• Exposure to accident investigation, including full analysis and reporting
• Ideally IEMA, NEBOSH General or similar qualifications.

Who are we?

Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we are planning substantial capital investment over the next 5 years to achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s leading port operator.  We have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers.  Our investments are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040.  Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow.

What we can offer you

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers.  Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

• 27 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
• Pension
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, critical illness insurance, gyms, retail vouchers
• Commitment to learning and personal development 
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our employee assistance programme when required

If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we’d really like to hear from you!