Job Title: Site Safety Practitioner
Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
Compensation: £38,000- £44,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time
Role ID: SF60277 / Permanent
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Site Safety Practitioner at our HMNB Clyde site.
The role
As a Site Safety Practitioner you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will be responsible for the provision of professional Health and Safety Management support at HMNB Clyde and its associated supply chain, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, guidance and Babcock Business Plan objectives and continuous Health and Safety Improvement. Direction on delivery will be provided by the H & S Assurance Manager
Day-to-day, you'll look at incident and events and carry out investigations. Working with departments to make H & S improvements including data input on Synergy which monitors the actions, timescales, and review
- Provision of a professional health & safety service and to provide competent professional health and safety advice
- Undertake workplace inspections to; identify hazards, determine ways of reducing risks, ensure adherence to risk assessment and best practice.
- Participate in the corporate audit program including the management of corrective and preventive actions.
- Investigate accidents, incidents and cases of ill health to identify root cause and ensure suitable and sufficient corrective and preventative action is captured in line with management system process.
- Represent department as required at committees / meetings providing relevant input and maximising shared learning opportunities.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 0800 to 1630, Friday 0800 to 1300, and is based at HMNB Clyde consisting of two sites Faslane and Coulport
Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Essential experience of the Site Safety Practitioner
- Proven experience in similar role within maritime, construction, oil & gas, or industrial, or similar industry
- The ability to manoeuvre and complete tasks within a submarine.
Qualifications for the Site Safety Practitioner
- Statutory/Regulatory/Standards Compliance (Legal Awareness)
- Auditing for Compliance. Engaging with Regulators
- Accident and Emergency Response
- Incident Investigations & Safety Interventions
- NEBOSH certificate and working towards Health and Safety Degree or NEBOSH Diploma would be advantageous
- Full UK driving licence
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain SC security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels.
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 21/11/2024
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