Health & Safety

• Mar 2019 - Present

Director

• Nov 2016 - Dec 2018

Providing High quality food products to meet dietary requirements whether prescribed by diagnosis or through personal choice. Operating a retail function to supply Allergen-Free and Vegan foods directly to people with specific dietary needs. This is a fast growing and exciting industry due to national awareness of the food industry and imroved diagnosis of Coeliac disease, and other lesser known conditions, where symptoms occur by consumption of specific food types. Providing High quality food products to meet dietary requirements whether prescribed by diagnosis or through personal choice. Operating a retail function to supply Allergen-Free and Vegan foods directly to people with specific dietary needs. This is a fast growing and exciting industry due to national awareness of the food industry and imroved diagnosis of Coeliac disease, and other lesser known conditions, where symptoms occur by consumption of specific food types.

Group QHSE Manager

• Sep 2015 - Nov 2016

Previously responsible for promoting a safety conscious quality culture that focuses on safer working practice, customer satisfaction, environmental impact reduction and waste reduction throughout the group. Overseeing and developing quality plans for new product development and proactively developing systems of continuous improvement. * Ensuring product specifications within the company are developed, maintained and improved * Act as decision maker for products and process non-conformance. * Full responsibility for developing and maintain the quality systems, conducting internal audits.. * Ensuring quality performance measures are developed, maintained and reported accordingly. * Establishing new processes and procedures to ensure quality levels are maintained to meet customer specification and requirements. * To ensure the working environment and working procedures are safe and risk mitigation is appropriately adopted; * Provide leadership, support, training and advice on policies, procedures and processes relating to Environmental, Health & Safety; * Provide health and safety inspections, audits, risk assessments, method statements and incident investigation; * Ensure the group meets its compliance obligations with the various statutory legislation, carryout inspections and audits against the current health and safety practices across the manufacturing sites. * Scheduling of audits to provide assurance that local policies and procedures are being effectively deployed and monitored; * Work effectively with Subsidiaries, Directors and Managers to ensure a consistent approach to health, safety, security and environmental regulations are being met. * Develop, maintain and take ownership of monitoring and reporting within the group which can be used to demonstrate actions that are required. * Take ownership for environmental, health and safety, procedures, training, audits and inspections. Show less

Health and Safety Manager

• Sep 2014 - Aug 2015

As Health & Safety Manager my main responsibility was for the development and maintenance of the Company Health, Safety and Environment Management System providing guidance to the organization and supporting Technical management teams, engineering departments and Company sales department and actively promoting the Health & Safety culture. Responsibilities: Continual development and implementation of Health & Safety management systems, processes, and procedures to improve the safety culture while maintaining compliance with Food industry standards. Communicating information with regard to Health & Safety throughout the Company promoting awareness at all levels. Supporting the Company with Health & Safety matters as the primary point of contact. Provide Health & Safety training to employees. Prepare and maintain required H&S records and reports. Coordination and execution of H&S inspections & audits. Conducting investigations and analysis of accidents and near misses, Development and monitoring of H&S performance, progress, preventive and corrective action plans. Other Duties; Sound monitoring and recording. Fire, Risk, DSE and COSHH assessments. Creation and implementation of Safe systems and procedures. RoHS, REACH, WEE compliance etc. Accident/incident investigation and reporting Organising Air sampling, LEV and Stack Emissions testing. Show less

Quality/H&S Manager

• Feb 2009 - Sep 2014

Foreman

• 1997 - 2003