Safety Technician

None; Chelmsford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Un poste de Safety Technician est disponible au sein d'une organisation de grande envergure au Royaume-Uni. Le candidat idéal travaillera avec divers départements pour établir des normes de sécurité élevées, en se concentrant sur la réduction des risques et la conformité. Ce rôle exige une flexibilité et une expérience dans la gestion de la sécurité à une échelle nationale. De nombreux avantages sociaux, y compris le soutien familial et des opportunités de développement de carrière, sont offerts.

Benefits

Congés maternité et paternité améliorés

Offres et réductions pour économies

Soutien généreux en cas de maladie

Accès à des services de bien-être

Qualifications

• Expérience dans l'audit, l'évaluation des risques et les enquêtes sur les accidents.
• Capacité à prioriser les activités et à influencer à un niveau opérationnel.
• Double expérience dans plusieurs sites et travail avec des syndicats est un plus.

Responsibilities

• Fournir un coaching et une formation sur la sécurité aux équipes de gestion.
• Effectuer des audits et des évaluations des risques selon les normes de sécurité.
• Soutenir les programmes de formation et guider les plans de déploiement.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Sécurité

Education

NEBOSH certificate or equivalent

IOSH certified level membership

Job description

Job reference 325403
Safety Technician
Salary: £45,944 - £49,686, plus potential annual bonus of up to 10% of your annual salary.

Annual leave 25days plus bank holidays, and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates.
Permanent, Full time

Location: To cover postcodes OX, SN & RG.

Please note - due to the nature of the role and travel requirements, we can only consider applications from candidates who reside in one of the above geographical locations. Salary will be determined by the location of the successful applicant's local office.

This role will require continued flexibility to support managers over a 24-hour operation and involve periods of travel, overnight stays, on a workload demand basis. A full UK driving licence is essential.

Royal Mail is transforming; it’s an exciting period as we adapt and invest in cutting edge technology as we continue to transform into a highly efficient, delivery business for the future. Automated parcel ‘super’ hubs are opening, our green credentials are growing as our vehicles are going electric and most importantly, we put people at the heart of our business.

With a property portfolio of 2,500 and the UKs largest fleet of approx. 50,000 vehicles, this is a great time to join a UK wide, large-scale organisation. Our organisation is huge and so is our safety responsibility. To support this, we have a vacancy for a Safety Technician to provide expert safety advice to the operational teams.

About the role

Working with the Safety Director, Safety team and operational and non-operational senior stakeholders to develop, launch and implement safety standards and programmes to reduce safety risks and impacts nationally.

You will:

• Provide safety coaching, training, upskilling, advice and support to the Royal Mail Group Operational and non-operational management teams functions driving up compliance to the Safety Health and Environment Management System (SHEMS)
• Represent the function at local forums providing safety subject matter expertise to operations
• Provide support and leadership to the deployment of all incident reduction, behavioural coaching and property related programmes or initiatives in line with the content of the safety Strategy.
• Support the deployment of national programmes, providing training where specified, and ensure that operational and non-operational managers have established and are progressing appropriate plans to deliver the deployment
• Undertake safety risk assessments as prescribed by the Group Safety Management System Standards or as directed by the relevant Strategic Safety Business Partner and Senior Safety Advisor
• Conduct incident investigations as directed by the Strategic Safety Business Partner or Senior Safety Advisor
• Support the Strategic Safety Business Partner to report on all aspects of the safety performance, including audit compliance and recommended remedial actions across the business
• Undertake integrated audits in line with the audit plan, or as directed by the Strategic Safety Business Partner or Senior Safety Advisor, review outputs audits and share with operational and non-operational leaders

The role is big, with potentially demanding timescales, however the rewards will be vast. You’ll have ownership of your audit plans, manage your own diary, priorities and schedule your own site audits. Furthermore, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your safety career with one of the UKs largest organisations.

About you

From a safety background, you need to demonstrate the following skills and experience on your CV:
• Holder of NEBOSH certificate or equivalent - desirable

• IOSH certified level membership - desirable
• Experience in auditing, risk assessments & accident investigations
• Strong communicator, able to influence at front line level
• Excellent organisation skills and ability to prioritise activities
• IT literate and able to write reports and undertake detailed investigations
• Safety / integrated auditing
• Multi-site experience
• Experience working with trade unions would be advantageous

Extra Benefits

•Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
•Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
•Supportive and generous company sick pay
•Your Wellbeing -you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
*Available only to perm employees

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail.We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: Sunday 22nd June. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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