Health and Safety Coordinator

Job Title: Health and Safety Coordinator

Location: Rugby

Hours: Monday to Friday, 39 hours per week

Reporting to: Health, Safety & Environmental (HS&E) Manager (with a functional reporting line to Engineering)

A permanent opportunity for a proactive Site Facilities & Safety Coordinator to ensure site facilities and safety systems of work are effectively maintained. You'll keep buildings and grounds safe, compliant and well managed, while supporting delivery of projects and repairs and driving environmental and waste performance.

This role is ideal for someone who combines a strong health & safety mindset with hands-on facilities oversight and the ability to coordinate contractors, compliance and improvement activity across a busy production/engineering site.

Key responsibilities

Health & Safety

Lead site facilities regulatory compliance and ensure facilities meet EH&S

requirements and legal standards

Own and maintain safe systems of work across relevant areas; support day-to-day conformance and timely close-out of non-conformances

Keep robust, audit-ready documentation for statutory and facility maintenance tasks

Support and deputise for the HS&E Manager when required

Manage contractor control, including onboarding and compliance

Facilities & Contractor Management

Ensure non-process site services and facilities are maintained to maximise availability and efficiency

Oversee contract maintenance of facilities, environmental and regulatory services to ensure legal compliance

Coordinate activity across multi-disciplinary teams (e.g. maintenance, grounds, security)

Projects & Continuous Improvement

Provide hands-on support to deliver capital projects, smaller local projects and day-to-day repairs up to £1m

Lead continuous improvement activity using Lean tools and structured site systems (e.g. AMPS)

Monitor energy efficiency and cost effectiveness, advising on practical improvements

Environmental, waste & reporting

Deliver action plans to achieve environmental and waste KPIs

Own environmental tracking/monitoring and waste stream reporting

Liaise with regulators and external agencies as required

Budget ownership

Coordinate and manage revenue budgets/cost control for facilities maintenance, environmental, waste and safety up to £1.2m

What we're looking for:

Proven experience in facilities management within a fast-paced production/engineering environment

Strong track record in legal compliance and contractor/project management

Working knowledge of ISO management systems (environment and safety)

Strong understanding of environmental regulations and best practice

Confident communicator able to work with regulators, colleagues and contractors at all levels

Organised, analytical, resilient and able to work independently

Hands-on general maintenance capability (able to manually resolve issues where appropriate)

IT literate (Microsoft packages; SAP desirable)

Qualifications (desirable):

Environmental Science and/or Health & Safety qualification

Project Management qualification

How to apply:

Apply with your CV, that showcases your experience across health & safety compliance, facilities management, and project delivery.

Should you require any support or assistance, please contact your local Gi Group office.

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