This role is available full-time for 37 hours per week or part-time for a minimum of 28 hours per week 

Flexible or compressed working patterns available Monday to Friday.

This role is based in the office.

Want to use your health and safety experience to support national security? 
Passionate about creating a proactive safety culture to improve the workplace? 
Where you’ll use your existing knowledge and also continue to develop and learn? 

You’ll work at the heart of the organisation to collaborate with delivery teams, managers and leaders, influencing and evolving safe processes and procedures to support cutting-edge technologies. Your role will be essential in leading a proactive safety culture that empowers engineers to achieve excellence without compromising on wellbeing. 

Your existing knowledge of working in a manufacturing and engineering environment will enable you to work effectively across our advanced manufacturing facility and cutting-edge technology teams and capabilities All the while working on projects critical to protecting national security. 

You’ll provide a partnership approach working closely with delivery teams and senior managers, to ensure people are operating effectively in a safe environment. With the support of an external team to provide specialist advice and guidance, as well as high level policy, you’ll be maintaining, developing and implementing process and policy, allowing you to really make a difference to delivery. 

You will be an integral member of the site wide Safety Health and Wellbeing working group; managing risks and leading on project work to address opportunities and concerns. As such you’ll effectively communicate with people at all levels of the business, providing clear messaging on Health and Safety priorities and performance. 

As part of supporting continual improvement, you will work with teams addressing audit recommendations, supporting implementation of change where needed and feeding in awareness of legislative changes. 

More About You

To apply for this role, you will already have:

• Experience of using health, safety and environmental management systems.
• An understanding of current legislation and standards e.g. UK HSE regulations, ISO 45001 standards. 
• Membership of one or more recognised Health and Safety professional bodies e.g. IIRSM, CIEH, IOSH, BOHS or other relevant professional associations.

To strengthen your application, it would be beneficial if you also have:

• Experience of working in a manufacturing and engineering environment.
• Knowledge of DSEAR' and/or CoSHH regulations.
• Continuous Improvement experience (5S, Kaizen, 8D etc).
• NEBOSH Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health.

Your Personal Skills

You will be the type of person who:

• Inspires a culture where safety is the ‘way we do things around here’ and where everyone looks after themselves and others.
• Can evaluate complex information and communicate to people in a succinct and easy to understand way.
• Can develop relationships, which will encourage and even inspire others to ‘never walk past’ an unsafe situation without intervening.
• Is confident managing stakeholder relationships and working collaboratively.
• Wants to make a difference. You understand the importance of what we do and take pride in doing your best.

Putting your skills to use

Using your diverse range of skills across our diverse organisation, you will:

• Monitor relevant environmental regulatory requirements and ensure compliance.
• Manage CoSHH/Sypol systems & implement risk assessments.
• Actively support H&S walk-arounds & audits.
• Cohere relevant documentation and records to provide assurance on health and safety.
• Provide coaching and support around risk and PUWER assessments. Ensuring that assessments are current and effectively implemented.  
• Build relationships with key stakeholders and other business areas including the first aid cadre, Estates teams and H&S representatives across site.
• Identify, source and record training related to health and safety.

What we offer

Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will we be doing, here’s what we can offer you

• 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service.
• 8 Bank Holiday days off in addition to your annual leave.
• 2 ½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
• Paid overtime or time off in lieu. Your salary is for your contracted hours. If you work more, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
• Training. Lots and lots of training. This can be anything from a ½ day internal course to a distant learning degree. If it’s relevant to your career, we will aim to support you.
• Pension. Our Pension scheme is Alpha. It’s competitive.
• Sports & Social Society. Whether its classic cars or baking, golf or crafting, we have a society for you.
• On site nursery (subject to availability).
• 3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
• Free parking.
• Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day.
• Relocation Loan*.
• Affinity Groups – whether you are disabled, LGBTQ and/or from an ethnic minority. We provide an inclusive environment and support for everyone.

About HMGCC

We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK’s national security.

We work with the national security community, UK government, academia, private sector partners and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to protect the nation.

We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your career with us; to allow you to reach your full potential at work, as well as enjoy the work/life balance many aspire to.

To find out more about us and if we’re right for you, please visit our website.

Equal Opportunities

Inclusion and diversity really matters to us. It's not just about numbers or visible differences. 

HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

We’re not looking for any one type of person. We’re looking for talent from all different backgrounds to join our organisation, where we genuinely respect and value each other's differences, as well as our similarities. It makes us even better at what we do. 

We are proud to offer candidates the opportunity to apply through the Offer of Interview Scheme. The scheme ensures eligible candidates are selected for an interview as long as their application meets the minimum criteria for the role. To find out more and how you can apply under this scheme, please see the inclusion and diversity information on our website.

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Our recruitment team will process your application once the role has closed and everyone will get a response.

Please note dependent on the recruitment requirements, we withhold the right to bring forward the closing date for this role from the original closing date.  

*If you are relocating to the area and renting a property then we can offer an interest free relocation loan of up to £2,500, which is to be repaid in instalments over a period of 24 months.