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Are you an experienced Health, Safety, and Environmental Assurance professional 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 at DE&S, where you’ll play a key role in delivering assurance activities across multiple sites throughout the UK. As a key member of the central DM Safety Assurance team, you will take the lead 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 drive the continuous development and improvement of our Safety and Environmental Management Systems, while leading and inspiring a dedicated team committed to these objectives. You will provide timely, professional, and effective safety advice and assurance on all pan-DM activities, including explosives storage, processing, and movements.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the Occupational Health Safety and Environment (OSHE) assurance team, fostering a strong safety culture and continuous improvement ethos
Provide safety assurance and advice to senior management
Conduct audits and assurance activities across multiple DM sites, identifying key learning points and communicating outcomes
Lead 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
Manage corporate communications on key H&S messages, ensuring effective delivery
Requirements:
Relevant work experience across a similar role in a high hazard industry which includes being able to demonstrate experience of leading assurance activities
Evidence of strong leadership and communication skills as well as managing a team across multiple locations
NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent Level 5/6 qualification
Technical Competence 1: Incident Reporting and Investigation – Practitioner
Technical Competence 2: Audit and Assurance (OHSEP) – Practitioner
Core Behaviour 1: Communicating and Influencing – CSBC3
Core Behaviour 2: Leadership – CSBC 3
What we offer:
Ministry of Defence contributes £12,775 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme
25 days’ annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
Flexible and hybrid working options
Market-leading average employer pension contribution of 28.97%
Annual performance-based bonus and recognition awards
Access to specialist training and funded qualifications