Assistant Health and Safety Advisor

University of Surrey; Guildford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

Relocation assistance

Flexible working options

Job share

Blended home/campus working

On-site nursery

Job summary

The University of Surrey is seeking an Assistant Health & Safety Advisor to join the Health & Safety team in FEPS, based on the Stag Hill campus. You will assist the Health & Safety Advisor and Manager, supporting schools across engineering and physical sciences with proactive safety guidance.

This role offers development toward a specialist area, with interest noted in lasers or optical radiation sources, and a permanent full-time position on campus.

Qualifications

• Strong administration and communication skills.
• Experience or knowledge of health and safety in lab-based or workshop environments.
• Interest or experience in lasers or optical radiation sources would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support the Faculty Health & Safety Advisor and Health & Safety Manager in the FEPS Health & Safety team.
• Act as a point of contact for health and safety within the Faculty and support the promotion of a positive safety culture.
• Develop familiarity with hazards across the Faculty's activities and provide proactive, high-quality safety support.
• Potential to specialise and expand responsibilities across the University, including exposure to laser/optical safety.

Skills

Administration

Communication

Education

HNC/HND or equivalent in engineering/science

Broad vocational experience in engineering/science/health and safety

Tools

IOSH membership (desirable)

Job description

The University of Surrey is a global community of ideas and people, dedicated to life-changing education and research.

We are ambitious and have a bold vision of what we want to achieve - shaping ourselves into one of the best universities in the world, which we are achieving through the talents and endeavour of every employee.

Our culture empowers people to achieve this aim and to collectively, and individually, make a real difference.

The role

We are looking for an Assistant Health & Safety Advisor to join the Health & Safety team within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences (FEPS) to support the work of the Health & Safety Advisor and Health & Safety Manager. The Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences is a large Faculty encompassing four schools: Engineering, Maths & Physics, Computer Science & Electronic Engineering and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering. The work of the Faculty covers a broad range of fascinating scientific and engineering disciplines which is set against a complex and evolving legal framework governing research, teaching, and health and safety.

The post holder will act as a point of contact for health and safety within the Faculty becoming familiar with the people and the hazards associated with the Facility’s diverse range of activities. They will provide proactive, high quality and comprehensive support to the Faculty’s Schools in order to achieve a positive culture and high standards of health and safety.

This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate looking to develop their career in health and safety, particularly if they have experience in science or engineering roles where health and safety formed part of their duties. This post has the potential for development into a specialist area that may be applied University wide. Of particular interest would be candidates with experience or knowledge of working with lasers or other optical radiation sources.

The is a permanent full-time role based on the University of Surrey’s Stag Hill campus.

About you

You will primarily be reporting to the Faculty Health & Safety Advisor. You will have:

• HNC, A level, NVQ 3, HND or equivalent qualification in engineering, science or other subject relevant to the Faculty, plus some relevant experience. Alternatively, you will have broad vocational experience within the field of engineering, science, research or health and safety, demonstrating development through the acquisition of appropriate specialist knowledge and involvement in a series of progressively more demanding/ relevant roles.
• NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or significant relevant health and safety experience in a lab-based or workshop-based environment.
• Membership of IOSH (Institute of Safety and Health) is also desirable, but not essential.
• Strong administration and communication skills.

If you have any questions about the role, please email Dr Sian Berry, Faculty Health & Safety Advisor: [e-mail]

In return we offer a generous pension, relocation assistance where appropriate, flexible working options including job share and blended home/campus working locations (dependent on work duties), access to world-class leisure facilities on campus, a range of travel schemes and supportive family friendly benefits including an excellent on-site nursery.

The University of Surrey is committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities for all. We place great value on diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity within our community. Therefore we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities.