Health And Safety Advisor

Job Role Summary

To coordinate the delivery of the health, safety, and environmental requirements for LEGOLAND Dubai. The Health & Safety Coordinator will maintain a high standard of health and safety within the Resort by complying fully with the safety management system which is integrated into all working practices across the organization. They will take pro-active steps to maintain LEGOLAND Dubai as a safe place to work. Undertake visit where accidents or incidents do happen, to take all reasonable steps to prevent any re-occurrence.

Operations

• Driving and ensuring completion of departmental risk assessments annually across the resort
• Driving and ensuring actions from risk assessments are followed up in a timely manner
• To assist with department specific audits i.e. audits that focus specifically on training and how it has been translated practically in the resort, and the paper trail
• To assist with spot check processes amongst the management team and ensuring follow up of issues in the team
• To assist with the analysis of spot check trends, and proactively work with teams to look for solutions
• Spot checks look to see if this process would be beneficial across other teams and drive implementation
• Near miss reporting drive this from all teams, ensuring it is logged onto MIDAS, ensure all actions are seen through to completion
• Incident reporting To assist with the investigation and follow up from all teams, ensuring it is logged onto MIDAS, ensure all actions are seen through to completion.
• Rides and attractions To assist with monthly ride incident report including incident rates on specific rides (identifying anomalies, significant increases/decreases, working out why may be, and working with teams to lower high incident rates where applicable) expand to other departments
• Ensure all departments are aware of H&S policies as set out by H&S department, Group H&S policy
• Pro actively assist all departments with regards to their safe working practices and training, encourage solutions focus in tackling issues and helping teams to see their vision & future perfect with relation to H&S. Identify training needs and work with departments to ensure the holes are filled.
• Guest feedback work with department managers to provide solid responses to all safety related guest feedback within an appropriate time frame as specified by customer services
• Work with departments to ensure departmental H&S plans are created ensuring that reviews of H&S (e.g. training/risk assessments) are carried out on a regular basis.
• Work with Head of Health and Safety on safety projects, and ensure that collective H&S goals are achieved
• Encourage cross group forums within teams to develop consistent Safe Working Practices across group in relevant teams
• Ensure that all Departments have HS briefings completed annually
• Act as Safety Week Champion for Merlin Safety week

Marketing

The Health & Safety Coordinator will be required to support the Special Events Team and will participate in events activity.

Financial

Assist with implementation of cost-effective safety management/accident prevention strategies to control direct and indirect costs arising from work related accidents and ill health involving guests, employees and contractors.

Act as liaison with relevant enforcement authorities to ensure accidents are reported in a timely manner in line with relevant legislation.

Development

To attend Company training programmes to develop capabilities such as People Management skills and Health and Safety functional competencies Use the Personal Development Plan program in conjunction with your line Manager to identify areas of growth potential.

People

Liaise with appropriate bodies and provide advice to ensure the requisite safety standards are followed in respect of new projects/attractions both in terms of design/operation and project management.

Assist with implementation of Group Food Policy as required.

To promote the importance and value that a positive safety culture makes to the business and the role that management and staff need to play to ensure its success.

Health & Safety

To assist the Head of Health and Safety in ensuring a high standard of health and safety is maintained across the resort and to strive for continuous improvement. They will be required to stand in for the Safety Team Members in their absence to cover meetings, training etc.

You are responsible for the safety of yourself, your colleagues and guests, in line with the Group Policy (HS001) and the law. In particular, you must ensure that you follow safe working procedures for all work activities that you undertake, and you must not use any tools or equipment for which you have not been trained. Where incidents do occur, you must ensure that they are reported to your line manager and must cooperate with any investigation as appropriate.

Key Skills:

The following skills are essential but not limited for the role;

• Requires excellent organizational and planning skills, with the ability to execute multiple tasks
• Strong understanding of the creation and management of risk assessments
• Competent in all aspects of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, e-mail, Power Point) are required
• Able to focus and prioritize
• Fluent English in both oral and written
• Plan & organize safety committee meetings
• Able to handle First Aid incidents (after being trained and certified)

Education

Preferable a NEBOSH International General Certificate.

This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that an employee in this position may be asked to perform from time to time.