HSE Coordinator

Orbia Advance Corp; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A global building and infrastructure company is looking for an HSE Co‑Ordinator in Chippenham. You will support the maintenance of health, safety, and environmental standards, conduct training for employees, and evaluate procedures for improvement. The ideal candidate will have GCSE qualifications in Maths and English, knowledge of relevant legislation, and a background in manufacturing. Join us to contribute to sustainable environments and organizational safety while enjoying a competitive compensation package.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits

Diversity and innovation-focused work culture

Qualifications

• Minimum GCSE in Maths and English required.
• Knowledge of current health, safety, and environmental legislation.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain health, safety, and environmental policies.
• Monitor and review health and safety practices.
• Assist in the coordination of new starter induction programmes.
• Support monthly HSE reporting and evaluation.
• Coordinate workplace inspections and audits.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

IT proficiency (Microsoft Suite)

Continuous Improvement knowledge (green belt)

Literacy and numeracy

Ability to work independently

Education

Minimum GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English

Tools

ODISEO

ENHESA

SYPOL

Job description

Join us at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin): Where purpose comes to life.

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, where our purpose ‘to advance life around the world’ drives our entire global team.

Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting the world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we work for. How about you?

At Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin), we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The places we live in: cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join our team and help build more sustainable environments!

We are currently looking for a HSE Co‑Ordinator to join us at Chippenham. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose‑led company, please read on.

The role

• To support & maintain the Company’s health, safety and environmental policies
• To monitor, evaluate and review health, safety and environmental policy and practice, making recommendations for improvement wherever possible
• To assist in the identification of training needs for employees and to subsequently develop and deliver training as required
• To assist in the coordination of new starter induction programmes
• To support HSE audit process and evaluate the effectiveness of all systems and procedures in order to identify and implement improvements
• To support accident investigations where appropriate, assist others in investigating the circumstances and causes of accidents and to take necessary steps to prevent a recurrence
• To support risk assessment programmes
• To support monthly HSE reporting and analysis of statistics
• To compile HSE review presentations and contribute to the Worksafe communications
• To support and coordinate workplace inspections HSE audits
• To administer the HSE software platforms – ODISEO, ENHESA, SYPOL
• To undertake any other reasonable request in line with the demands of the role, within existing capability levels

The profile

• Minimum GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English
• Continuous Improvement knowledge and training (green belt level)
• A passion for the Health Safety & Environmental function
• A strong, confident and credible communicator who is not afraid to constructively challenge.
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
• Sound team working and networking skills with the ability to work independently using own initiative.
• The ability to plan, prioritise and organise own workload.
• Appreciation of current health, safety and environmental legislation and its application in a manufacturing environment.
• Operate effectively under pressure.
• Sound experience of PC skills including all programs in the Microsoft suite.
• Willingness to travel to other WUK sites. This may include overnight stays.
• Previous experience of working within a manufacturing environment
• Working knowledge of current Health, Safety and Environmental legislation and its application in a manufacturing environment would be an advantage

What Orbia Building & Infrastructure offers

Competitive compensation and benefits package. Warm welcome. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. We encourage all employees to develop their talents and become the best version of themselves. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day.

Organization

Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Orbia B&I collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future‑proof communities, buildings and homes.

Orbia B&I has 11,000+ employees and 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network. Our key commercial brands are: Wavin, Amanco Wavin, Pavco Wavin, Plastigama Wavin, and Bow Wavin.

Orbia Building & Infrastructure is part of Orbia – a company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in several sectors including: Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura‑Line) and Fluor and Energy Materials (Koura). These five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has a global team of over 24,000 employees, commercial activities in more than 100 countries and operations in over 50, with headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $8.2 billion in revenue in 2023.

SWD, GB

Business Unit: Global Manufacturing Operations & Excell

Functional Area: FA Health, Safety & Environment (FA_EHS_01)