HSE Specialist (Occupational Health and Safety)

Help us to make a world of difference
Urenco is a global leader in the production of low carbon energy. We work at the cutting edge of the transition to a sustainable, net zero world.
We’re looking for a HSE Specialist (Occupational Health and Safety). Based at our Capenhurst location you’ll be the Capenhurst Sites Subject Matter Expert for occupational health and safety, you will lead the development of arrangements for the practical and pragmatic implementation of applicable law, relevant good practice and business requirements and provide safety management leadership, assisting the Capenhurst site in achieving excellent standards of occupational health and safety management.
At Urenco we’re committed to giving you opportunities to be your best. If you feel you meet some, but not all of what were looking for, please still apply. We believe in embracing the passion and potential of our people, and to achieve this we offer market leading training and development experiences. Along with the opportunity to be mentored and coached by some of the smartest minds in the industry.
What you’ll do:
• Providing pragmatic and useful advice and guidance in occupational health and safety, including mental health and wellbeing. This requires collaborative working with, and continual intelligence gathering from around the Capenhurst site, building constructive relationships with a wide range of interested parties.
• Provides technical input to support the development of training needs analyses, learning objectives and training content and competence assessment appropriate to management of occupational health and safety on the site.
• Provide technical expertise to the development and implementation of a management system which ensures compliance with relevant law, and company and industry requirements, with specific accountability to the legal aspects of occupational health and safety in the workplace. Provision of advice on the practical implementation within the Capenhurst companies.
• Acts as contract manager and Intelligent Customer as required for relevant contracts owned by the HSE service.
• Develops and implements appropriate performance indicators and reporting tools, , in collaboration with the Business Support Services function. Ensure external (including regulatory) reporting requirements are met in the field of occupational health and safety.
• Provide advice and challenge to leadership across the Capenhurst site in terms of site performance in occupational health and safety, including working collaboratively with other areas of the businesses at Capenhurst to identify and implement learning and improvement strategies and activities. Act as a coach and mentor to others across site in the area of occupational health and safety.
• Delivers a range of generic HSE activities as required by departmental management, including leading and contributing to investigations, audits and inspections, continual improvement etc
What do you need to thrive in this role?
• NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety
• NEBOSH Certificate in Construction Health and Safety
• Chartered member of relevant professional institute (or a commitment to work towards)
• Appropriate instruction in conducting investigations, as well as Root Cause Analysis (or a comitment to work towards).
• Experience of working with and/or developing Integrated Management Systems or Safety Management Systems
• Previous, proven experience of providing health and safety advice in an industrial environment
• Ability to coach and support learning in the working environment, to support the development of individuals, and the cross functionality of the wider HSE team
• Organised and fully autonomous, able to programme and prioritise work, coordinating effort with others and keeping leadership informed of progress and obstacles
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including: ability to explain concepts in simple terms, excellent interpersonal skills, ability to liaise with all levels of the organisation ability to gain trust and engagement with disperate parts of the site. Proficient in Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, Visio and Power Point.
What can you expect from us?
More than just a job, we offer a future. More than just a place to work, we provide an opportunity to prosper. As an employee of Urenco you will receive:
• Annual leave starting at 25 days, which increases by one day for every two years of service up to a maximum of 30 days. In addition, you will accrue 13 additional days off to be used flexibly. There’s also a newly added scheme for buying and selling holiday, up to 5 days.
• A diverse range of family friendly policies.
• A generous bonus scheme.
• A defined contribution pension scheme with up to 16% employer’s contribution.
• Single private medical and dental cover.
• Flexible benefits package including life assurance and income protection. In addition, you’ll have an opportunity to purchase additional benefits that suit your lifestyle and take advantage of tax and NI savings.
• Education and training we take pride in helping people learn and develop by supporting, accelerating and directing your learning. As well as the completion of mandatory health and safety courses, training packages will be offered to meet your specific needs.
Creating a diverse and inclusive workforce
As a truly global company with a presence in the UK, USA, Germany, and the Netherlands, we know that our individual differences make us stronger. Putting people at the heart of our business, we strive to create an open and inclusive workplace that allows every voice to be heard and diversity to thrive. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let our talent acquisition team know.
Because together, we are one Urenco. We are enriching the world. And enriching your future.