Chris Pike

Experience

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  BPB Paperboard Purfleet Mill

  Oct 1996 - Apr 2001

  Safety Manager

  Management of the Health & Safety function within Purfleet Mill. Setting out the health and safety strategy, including workplace environmental controls, continuation of safety training, statistical analysis of incidents and managing the progress of safety programmes to ensure they culminated in a successful outcome. Liaison with external regulatory bodies. Management of the site occupational health unit that served three factories. This involved guiding a change of function from a first aid service to a proactive service that promoted awareness of health issues and provided health and ergonomic advice and training. Show less

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  Engenica

  Apr 2001 - Feb 2003

  Busniness Processes Manager

  Reporting to the Managing Director, responsible for the management of the Safety, Environment and Quality Management. Responsibility for the ISO 9002 and ISO 14001 systems. Provision of support to new business projects including London Underground, Heinz, Diageo, Interbrew and Welsh Water. The work with the Diageo group extended out to Ireland.SAFETY ADVISER, ENGENICAMay 2001 – December 2001Reporting to the Senior Management Team. The main objective was to develop safety management within Engenica. This involved revising policies, procedures and practices across the company to ensure industry best practices were observed. Site visits, inspections and audits ensured continued compliance with best practice. Show less

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  Maple Leaf Foods Inc (Avance UK)

  Feb 2003 - Jun 2007

  Safety Manager

  Reporting to the General Manager and responsible for the Health, Safety and Environmental Management for the site. Primary responsibility on site to write and implement a safety management system to achieve best practice and legal compliance. British Safety Council five star rating after achieving 96% at audit. This was followed up by winning an International Safety Award from the British Safety Council for 2005.

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  Tilhill Forestry

  Jun 2007 - Jun 2017

  Head of Safety & Assurance

  Reporting to the Managing Director, responsible for the management of the Safety and Assurance Team, and coordination with the wider business on all aspects of Health, Safety, Environment, Quality and Woodland Certification. The key requirement of the role is to act as a Safety Leader by setting a strong vision of Health and Safety Management and engaging and empowering the whole company. Day to day responsibilities include management of BS OHSAS 18001, ISO 9000 & 14001 systems.Lead Tilhill Forestry to five consecutive Sector Awards for the Forestry Sector at the annual RoSPA Awards, and for 2015 Tilhill Forestry won the overall RoSPA Award. The Sir George Earle Trophy. During 2011/12 was a driving force in the establishment of a Forest Industry Safety Summit with HSE, presenting to industry leaders at the summit. From this the Forest Industry Safety Accord was developed among industry leadersDuring 2008/9 devised and implemented behavioral safety programme “Insist On Safety”. This has become recognized across the Forest IndustryPart time secondment to then parent company, UPM Wood Sourcing & Forestry to assist with implementation of improved OHS management Feb 2011 – November 2013. Operations extended to Finland, Germany, Russia and Baltic countries Show less

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  Brett Group

  Jun 2017 - Feb 2020

  Group Head of Health & Safety
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  Tilhill Forestry

  Mar 2020 - now

  Head of Safety & Assurance