Health and Safety Advisor

We are looking to appoint a Health and Safety Advisor who possesses manufacturing experience. In this critical role, you will be responsible for advising on all aspects of H&S and be a subject matter expert for all H&S matters for the business. Driven and passionate about your profession and keen to make your mark, you will support the delivery of H&S expertise into customer projects as well as our own internal operations.

We’re also looking for someone who possesses a bold vision to implement new ways of working. You’ll be someone who is ‘on-point’ with industry standards, legislation changes, and best practices and in doing so, ensure that our business, STS Defence, has a robust approach to managing and driving a positive ‘safety first’ culture. We are very keen to hear from those who have a background in safety case planning and management, an attribute that will give you an immediate advantage in this process, especially if this has been gained in an engineering / manufacturing / defence environment.

• Advise on H&S matters into all customer projects supported by STS Defence covering manufacturing and through life support
• Create Safety and Environmental Management Plans and Systems, policies and procedures
• Maintain expert awareness of all legislation, customer regulations and best practice guidance
• Produce and reviewing of safety and environmental cases for a range of systems and capabilities
• Ensure that all projects are delivered in a safe and sustainable way
• Engage with the business to ensure compliance with existing policies and processes
• Lead on all investigation activity relating to Health and Safety accidents
• Ensure the development and introduction of training programmes and materials, and communicating this to relevant stakeholders and all staff to include; driving, manual handling, first aid and fire safety
• Implement practical and effective methods, both preventative and remedial, of promoting health and safety and safe working practices across the business
• Support the Training Co-ordinator with the operational delivery of Health and Safety training to the business by identifying and closing gaps in training
• Ensure that training programmes and materials remain up to date and in line with industry best practice and align to the requirements of the business’ accrediting bodies
• Maintaining the occupational health and safety and environmental management systems

• Qualified member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) or the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM)
• Qualified to a high standard by the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH)
• Experience in the development of Safety and Environmental Management plans and cases
• Knowledge and understanding of ISO 45001 & ISO 14001
• Experience in writing and reviewing H&S procedures
• Auditing and Inspection skills and experience
• Proven ability in incident investigation and reporting
• Microsoft Office Skills with an ability to use bespoke systems and IT packages quickly and efficiently
• Excellent communications skills with proven experience of engaging and building relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Experience in a Health and Safety role within an engineering/manufacturing environment, ideally within the defence sector- desirable
• Skills in negotiating and conflict management, with the ability to identify and address differences of objective, attitude or perception in order to produce an agreed outcome for all parties
• Willingness and desire to learn new skills and invest in professional development
• Ability to influence and align others towards the vision for the project
• Ability to travel to customers sites when required

SECURITY – All candidates must be in a position to obtain UK security clearance to SC level – additional restrictions may apply on certain defence programmes.

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