Health & Safety Manager

Organisation:
Defence Equipment & Support

Salary: £44,100 per annum (plus generous benefits)

Grade: PII

Working Pattern:
Full time, 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. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe - for today, and tomorrow.

DE&S has recently been integrated into the National Armaments Director (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. This is an exciting new opportunity to enable better ways of working and empower greater collaboration across Defence.

For further information about the NAD Group, please visit:
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We offer 25+ days' holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of 28.97%, to help make work for you.

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 isn't obtained, or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn.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 isn't obtained within 12 months.

We are seeking an experienced, proactive and highly motivated Health & Safety Manager to join the management team at Defence Munitions Glen Douglas.

This is a key leadership position within a complex, safety-critical defence environment, covering road, rail and marine logistics offering an opportunity to influence safety performance, operational effectiveness and organisational improvement.

You will have a dual responsibility leading a dedicated team providing professional health and safety and comprehensive business support across the establishment while supporting the wider management and day-to-day management of the site.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate sound operational judgement, strong leadership skills and a practical, proportionate approach to managing risk.

This role is primarily 80-100% site based at the DM Glen Douglas, in a remote area with no public transport options so it is essential that you have a full UK driving licence. Please note any travel to sites other than your Primary Duty Station will be subsidised.

The successful candidate must be able to safely access all relevant operational and estate areas across the site, including woodland and locations with uneven terrain. While the role is not primarily physically demanding, it involves undertaking inspections and other infrastructure oversight activities outdoors in variable and occasionally adverse weather conditions. The successful candidate must therefore be able to undertake these activities safely, with reasonable adjustments considered where appropriate.

After appropriate training and experiential learning, you will have the opportunity to undertake rostered Duty Control Officer and Duty Officer in Charge duties, ensuring a dedicated 24/7 presence and on-call system. These rostered commitments also attract additional renumeration.

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