Health & Safety Specialist - Risk & Safety Systems

Health & Safety Specialist - Risk & Safety Systems

Award-Winning Independent Multidisciplinary Property & Construction Consultancy

Sheffield | Hybrid Working

Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits

Permanent | Full-Time

Tempest Jones is supporting a leading multidisciplinary consultancy with the appointment of a Health & Safety Risk Assessment & Safe Systems Specialist to work closely with engineering and manufacturing operations in Sheffield.

This is a hands-on Health & Safety role focused on improving how operational risks are assessed, documented and communicated across a complex working environment.

You will work directly with operators, supervisors, engineers, maintenance teams and technical specialists, helping capture how activities are actually carried out, identify the associated risks and translate that knowledge into practical Risk Assessments, Safe Working Procedures and engaging training materials.

Importantly, you do not necessarily need an extensive background within heavy engineering. The business is prepared to invest in your development and provide the support required to build your knowledge within a heavy engineering and manufacturing environment.

The Opportunity

This role will take ownership of the end-to-end development and review of operational Risk Assessments and Safe Working Procedures across engineering and manufacturing activities.

Rather than simply producing documentation from behind a desk, you will spend significant time engaging with the people carrying out the work, facilitating structured workshops and understanding operational processes first-hand.

You will help challenge existing assumptions, identify appropriate controls and ensure that the resulting documentation reflects both legislative requirements and the practical realities of the working environment.

Once controls and procedures have been agreed, you will also help turn detailed technical information into concise, accessible material that can be used effectively by teams on the shop floor.

The Role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Planning and facilitating operational Risk Assessment workshops with operators, supervisors, engineers, maintenance teams and subject matter experts.
• Identifying hazards, existing controls and opportunities to improve working practices.
• Challenging assumptions and ensuring Risk Assessments are practical, proportionate and robust.
• Producing clear and comprehensive Risk Assessment documentation following workshop sessions.
• Facilitating review meetings with operational teams and incorporating feedback into final documentation.
• Managing the review, version control and formal approval process.
• Developing detailed Safe Working Procedures in partnership with operational teams.
• Ensuring procedures accurately reflect agreed controls and the way activities are undertaken in practice.
• Producing concise, pictorial summaries of Safe Working Procedures for use within operational areas.
• Developing visual safety communications and training material.
• Supporting the creation of animated training content based around approved Safe Working Procedures.
• Building strong relationships across production, engineering, maintenance and management teams.
• Encouraging operational ownership of risk controls and safe systems of work.

About You

We are interested in speaking with Health & Safety professionals who combine strong technical knowledge with the ability to engage effectively with people working in operational environments.

You are likely to have:

• Experience working within Health & Safety in an engineering, manufacturing or similarly operational environment.
• Practical experience facilitating workplace Risk Assessments and developing Safe Systems of Work.
• Experience producing Risk Assessments, Method Statements and…