Health and Safety Advisor

Organisation: Defence Equipment & Support
Salary: £36000 per annum (plus generous benefits)
Grade: Senior Technical Specialist I
Working Pattern: Full Time, Part Time, Job Share, Flexible Working
Contract Type: Permanent

At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver a vast range of essential defence programmes, and strive for what's next.

DE&S has recently been integrated into the National Armaments Director Group (NAD Group). The NAD Group brings together key Ministry of Defence (MOD) organisations to unite expertise across science, technology, procurement, infrastructure, and support to provide integrated capabilities faster and more efficiently for our armed forces and our allies.

We offer 25+ days' holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of 28.97%.

This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you've been recruited for. If it is not obtained, or is obtained but with caveats, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn. Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance is not obtained within 12 months.

We're unable to offer visa sponsorship.

Are you an experienced Health and Safety advisor with expertise in high risk operational environments? If so, we have an excellent opportunity for you to join the Defence Munitions (DM) Safety Assurance team, where you'll play a key role in delivering assurance activities across multiple sites throughout the UK.

As a member of the central DM Safety Assurance team, you will support the team in ensuring that safety and environmental arrangements across multiple sites operate effectively to protect both people and the environment. Through robust audit and assurance activities, you will ensure compliance with all legislative and departmental requirements. In addition, you will undertake trend analysis and support the improvement of our Safety Management Systems.

You will provide timely, professional, and effective safety advice and assurance on all pan DM activities, including explosives storage, processing, and movements.

We champion flexible working arrangements. While on site attendance is encouraged to foster the benefits of face to face collaboration, we offer flexible hours to support a healthy work life balance.

Please note: This role requires travel to multiple Defence Munitions sites across the UK. Transportation will be provided as needed. Initially, you may be required to attend more frequently to familiarise yourself with the sites, the team, and your responsibilities.

What you'll be doing

• Provide safety assurance and advice to site based teams.
• Conduct audits and assurance activities across multiple DM sites, identifying key learning points and communicating outcomes.
• Participate in accident prevention, reporting, trend analysis, implementing lessons learned and best practices across multiple DM sites.
• Collaborate and engage with multiple stakeholders both within DM and wider DE&S.
• Maintain and update health and safety related policy and procedures in relation to work environments.

Person specification

Lead Criterion - Minimum NEBOSH General Certificate or an equivalent Level 3 qualification in a relevant health & safety discipline.

Essential criteria -

• Experience working in a Health & Safety role.
• Experience working in environments with higher risk activities.
• A valid UK driving licence, as travel between sites is required.

Additional technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

• Core Behaviour 1: Communicating and influencing - CSBC3
• Core Behaviour 2: Delivering at Pace - CSBC 3
• Technical Competence 1: Incident Reporting and Investigation - Practitioner
• Technical Competence 2: Audit and Assurance (OHSEP) - Practitioner

Offered benefits

• 25 days' annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King's birthday.
• Market leading average employer pension contribution of 28.97%.
• Annual performance based bonus and recognition awards.
• Access to specialist training and funded qualifications.
• Support for progression.
• Huge range of discounts.

Enhanced parental leave schemes.

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Disability Confident: Please note as a Disability Confident Leader we want to ensure you receive any reasonable adjustments that you need throughout the recruitment process. If you do require any reasonable adjustments, you can let us know on your online application.