Senior Health and Hygiene Specialist
Posted 2 days ago
- Mortimer, Berkshire
- Any
- External
- Expires In 3 months
Senior Health and Hygiene Specialist
Location: RG7 4PR , located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking .
Package: From £44,110 pa (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.
Let us introduce the role:
AWE is currently recruiting for a Senior Health and Hygiene Specialist
The Senior Health and Hygiene Specialist will provide subject matter expertise in the assessment and control of risk to health associated with actual, planned and/or decommissioned facilities, plant, equipment, or product. They will advise on and develop strategies, methodology for assessing, managing, controlling, and recording risk to health in line with relevant legislation and guidance, industry standards and AWE procedures and guidance.
They will also carry out workplace monitoring of health risks through quantitative and qualitative techniques and reports data back to the health risk assessment to help ensure ongoing control.
Key Accountabilities:
Provision of specialist technical expertise within the health and hygiene subjects under their control.
Preparing health and safety management system documentation for health and hygiene subject areas under their control.
Understanding the legislation, guidance and research; identifying shortfalls and opportunities for improvements to the management processes; proposing these to the Head of Health and Safety for approval.
Carrying out and analysing data from monitoring activities and reporting the conclusions to the business along with suitable recommendations.
Demonstrating to Head of Health and Safety the suitability and implementation of Health and Hygiene management processes through appropriate metrics for health and hygiene subject areas under their control.
Coaching others in Occupational Hygiene practice in their areas of expertise.
Support Production operations and other assets/functions by ensuring the timely recognition, evaluation, monitoring, and control of health risks in the workplace.
Some reasons we think you'll love it here:
AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:
9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and
Important things you need to know:
You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.
Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.
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Location: RG7 4PR , located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking .
Package: From £44,110 pa (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.
Let us introduce the role:
AWE is currently recruiting for a Senior Health and Hygiene Specialist
The Senior Health and Hygiene Specialist will provide subject matter expertise in the assessment and control of risk to health associated with actual, planned and/or decommissioned facilities, plant, equipment, or product. They will advise on and develop strategies, methodology for assessing, managing, controlling, and recording risk to health in line with relevant legislation and guidance, industry standards and AWE procedures and guidance.
They will also carry out workplace monitoring of health risks through quantitative and qualitative techniques and reports data back to the health risk assessment to help ensure ongoing control.
Key Accountabilities:
Provision of specialist technical expertise within the health and hygiene subjects under their control.
Preparing health and safety management system documentation for health and hygiene subject areas under their control.
Understanding the legislation, guidance and research; identifying shortfalls and opportunities for improvements to the management processes; proposing these to the Head of Health and Safety for approval.
Carrying out and analysing data from monitoring activities and reporting the conclusions to the business along with suitable recommendations.
Demonstrating to Head of Health and Safety the suitability and implementation of Health and Hygiene management processes through appropriate metrics for health and hygiene subject areas under their control.
Coaching others in Occupational Hygiene practice in their areas of expertise.
Support Production operations and other assets/functions by ensuring the timely recognition, evaluation, monitoring, and control of health risks in the workplace.
Some reasons we think you'll love it here:
AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:
9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and
Important things you need to know:
You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.
Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.
#LI-AH
TPBN1_UKTJ