Health & Safety Officer

About The Company:

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering.

Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve.

Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values
- Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.

Award-Winning Employer
:
Ranked 36th on Glassdoor’s Best Companies to Work For 2025 — we value and motivate our people.

Digital Learning
:
The OCS Academy offers digital courses and resources to help you build skills and grow your career.

Retail Perks With our Hapi app, you can gain access to exclusive discounts, rewards and wellbeing resources.

Professional Growth
: 600+ live learners across UK&I — Empowering colleagues with further development and qualifications!

Flexible Pay
:
Access a portion of earned wages before payday with our Wagestream App! (Contract Specific)

Working Pattern:

Monday to Friday - 8am to 4pm (Occasional weekend work required and nights)

About the Role

We are currently recruiting for a Health & Safety Site officer to join our passionate and driven team based at our client site in Wrexham.

This is a hands-on role focused on creating and maintaining a positive health, safety and compliance culture across the site. The successful candidate will take ownership of health and safety processes, risk management, audits, inspections, incident management and continuous improvement activities, ensuring the highest standards of safety are maintained at all times.

The role requires a proactive individual who can work closely with operational teams to review working practices, identify risks, implement corrective actions and drive continuous improvement across the site.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Managing and promoting a positive Health & Safety culture across the site.
• Reviewing cleaning methodologies and safe systems of work to ensure compliance, effectiveness and best practice.
• Completing and reviewing Risk Assessments and Method Statements, ensuring all documentation remains accurate and up to date.
• Investigating accidents, incidents, near misses and unsafe acts, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
• Managing and monitoring site action plans, ensuring completion of all agreed actions within required timescales.
• Conducting regular Health & Safety audits, inspections and workplace assessments.
• Supporting operational teams with reactive Health & Safety issues and ensuring timely resolution.
• Managing and monitoring Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO/LOTTO) procedures and compliance.
• Maintaining Health & Safety records and compliance systems, including Eco Online.
• Ensuring all Health & Safety documentation is maintained, reviewed and communicated effectively.
• Conducting COSHH assessments and ensuring appropriate controls are implemented and maintained.
• Supporting implementation of continuous improvement initiatives relating to Health, Safety and Environmental performance.
• Working with site management and stakeholders to reduce risks and improve overall site safety performance.
• Monitoring compliance with company policies, customer standards and legal requirements.
• Delivering toolbox talks, safety briefings and coaching to operational teams.
• Supporting internal and external audits and ensuring corrective actions are completed.
• Producing Health & Safety reports, trend analysis and compliance updates for management review.

The successful candidate will have:

• Right to Work in the UK.
• Previous experience in a Health & Safety role within facilities management, manufacturing, food production or a similar operational environment.
• IOSH Managing Safely qualification or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and best practice.
• Experience completing and reviewing Risk Assessments, Method Statements and COSHH Assessments.
• Experience investigating incidents, accidents and near misses.
• Experience…