Risk & Assurance Advisor

Veolia; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Risk & Assurance Advisor to enhance their hazardous waste operations. This pivotal role involves conducting site visits, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and driving business improvements. You'll collaborate with key stakeholders and support operations in managing risks effectively. With a strong focus on ecological transformation, this position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on environmental sustainability. Join a company recognized as one of the best places to work, where your contributions can lead to genuine change and a brighter future for generations to come.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Discounts on groceries and retailers

Resources for physical and mental health

24-hour access to virtual GP

Paid volunteer day annually

Ongoing training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in hazardous waste management and process safety.
• Exceptional communication skills to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support hazardous waste business on Risk & Assurance matters.
• Conduct site visits and monitor performance to drive improvements.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders and ensure compliance.

Skills

COMAH site experience

Process safety management

Investigation experience

Exceptional communication skills

Hazardous waste management

Education

NEBOSH general certificate

Job description

Salary: Competitive per annum plus Company Car or allowance, up to 20% Bonus and Veolia benefits
Location: West Midlands with UK wide remit

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

What we can offer you:

• Access to our company pension scheme
• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
• 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household
• One paid day leave every year to volunteer and support your community
• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential

What you'll be doing:

• The Risk & Assurance (Hazardous Waste) Advisor is to support the hazardous waste business on Risk & Assurance matters. This includes conducting site visits, assuring against standards and monitoring progress and engaging with operations to drive business improvements.
• Act with autonomy to manage time, stakeholders and responsibilities.
• Monitor the performance of your sites in order to identify where additional support / actions are required. Escalate any concerns to the manager.
• Where you identify any serious issues, appropriate action must be taken, including escalating and stopping the job.
• Organise and support 7 day reviews following close calls, incidents and accidents where required - liaise with the operational teams to ensure a full investigation has been completed.
• Support R&A Team with communication on good practice and lessons learnt.
• Attend sites as per the visit planner and business line risk profile to engage with operational teams and to observe the day to day activities.
• Support operations to drive business improvements relating to risk management.
• Ensure that all improvement projects are implemented at site level and outstanding actions are identified and managed with the operational leads.
• Track progress and visits to assure the site meets standards.
• Support sites with hazard studies and human factors assessments.
• Manage COMAH intervention visit plan and preparations.
• Support the site carrying out event investigations to identify root cause. Depending on severity escalate / seek advice from R&A Manager.
• Attend and support your sites. Attend meetings where R&A presence is required as necessary.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including, but not limited to; MDs, PFI Directors, Head of Technical Performance, Contract Directors, GMs, BMs, Contracts and Operational Managers as well as R&A wider teams.
• Supporting the bid process and attending client/customer sites as required.
• Promote good practice across the business and recommend improvements.
• Actively involved in certain improvement projects, which could include secondment and working groups across the wider R&A team.

What we're looking for:

• Experience working with COMAH sites, with process safety management experience.
• Experience in process safety and related specific topics, e.g. human factors, functional safety, hazard studies, DSEAR.
• Investigation experience.
• NEBOSH general certificate (or similar) and relevant experience in health and safety management.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to influence key stakeholders at all levels.
• Be motivated to drive improvements within the business to achieve a proactive culture.
• Experience in hazardous waste management and treatment, technical safety topics and/or an engineering background and experience would all be highly desirable.

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation to work for two years in a row! This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.

We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.

We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We therefore welcome and encourage all candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply.