Chemical Safety and CoSHH Advisor – Bridgwater

Key Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality technical advice on chemical management for safety, health, fire, and environment functions.
• Supporting the site’s safety, health, fire, and environment functions to deliver a safe working environment.
• Providing support and coaching to contract partner CoSHH Coordinators.
• Supporting the site’s transition into a COMAH-regulated site.
• Advising on emergency response capability to ensure appropriate response tools are in place.
• Managing and assuring the site’s chemical inventory, supporting compliance with regulatory requirements, including COMAH.
• Developing arrangements for safe chemical storage and COMAH site operation.
• Assessing contractor product requests, ensuring consultation with Subject Matter Experts.
• Coaching and supporting contract partners on chemical safety standards.
• Identifying hazards requiring mitigation or response measures and advising stakeholders.
• Supporting the delivery of an improved chemical management system.
• Identifying chemical hazards and supporting risk assessment and mitigation for specialists and contract partners.
• Supporting the development of a Chemical Management Community of Best Practice.

Skills and Expertise

• Instructional and presentation skills, clear oral and written communication.
• Confident and resilient attitude in challenging situations.
• Ability to build wide networks and work effectively with others.
• Organized, safe, systematic information understanding, recall, application, and adaptation.
• Strategic and tactical advice to multiple stakeholders, understanding stakeholder needs.
• Good organizational skills, managing several concurrent activities.
• Dynamic team player, proactive, flexible, and able to work independently across a broad range of issues.
• Broad knowledge of chemical hazards and mitigation, potential for interactions.
• Knowledge of relevant regulations and guidance.
• (Desirable) Effective negotiating and influencing skills, building relationships.
• (Desirable) Excellent verbal and written communication.
• (Desirable) Self-motivation, workload management, team goal achievement.
• (Desirable) Ability to influence and provide constructive challenge.
• (Desirable) Building effective internal and external stakeholder relationships.
• (Desirable) Knowledge of workflow management, PowerBI, and GIS.
• (Desirable) HAZMAT spill and environmental emergency response.
• (Desirable) Experience building professional relationships in construction.
• (Desirable) Experience in waste classification, hazardous waste management.
• (Desirable) Awareness of environmental management and toxicology assessments.
• (Desirable) Experience with DSEAR assessments.
• (Desirable) Experience in process safety.