Industrial Safety Engineer

The Opportunity

The successful candidate will provide industrial safety expertise and leadership support to the site to ensure that appropriate industrial safety arrangements are in place, and the station is meeting company and regulatory expectations whilst also delivering continuously improving performance.

As an industrial safety subject matter expert, the candidate will be required to provide health and safety advice and information to line management and departments across station as well as driving improvements in safety culture.

Pay, benefits and culture

The salary range associated with this role is between £47,513 - £84,595 and you’ll be appointed based on the parameters outlined in the Company Agreement as well as your existing salary, competence, experience and qualifications.

We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.

Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.

We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.

We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

What you’ll be doing

Nature and Scope

• Support effective risk identification and management processes.
• Support the development of a positive safety culture and promote greater safety awareness.
• Monitor and report industrial safety performance on behalf of the site, identifying and recommending appropriate countermeasures to address emerging adverse trends.
• Monitor and report on compliance with, and effectiveness of, site safety management arrangements, making recommendations for improvement where necessary.
• Develop and maintain a compliance evaluation programme for industrial health and safety against company and legal requirements. Identifies and reports results and progresses the resolution of areas for improvement.
• Maintain register of legislative compliance arrangements for the site.
• Support the investigation of events ensuring that root causes are effectively identified and addressed within the CAP process.
• Advise on industrial safety training needs and support effective delivery of training inputs where appropriate.
• Promote and maintain a positive industrial safety profile by spending time in the field.

Principal Accountabilities

• Accountable for providing specialist industrial safety advice to line management and departments across site whilst delivering agreed targets.
• Liaise with the internal / external Regulator and other applicable external bodies on industrial safety matters.
• Evaluate and report on compliance with legal and company / site industrial safety requirements.
• Engage with fleet experts as a key stakeholder in the revision or production of industrial safety standards or guidelines for company wide application.
• Participate within the Industrial Safety Peer Group network in the development and implementation of fleet-wide continuous improvement initiatives and sharing of good practice.
• Devise and run safety improvement campaigns.

Who you are

Detailed Knowledge of driving and improving safety culture within a high-risk organisation.

Knowledge of HSE regulatory framework, and UK safety legislation relevant to Nuclear Power Station Operations and site licence requirements.

Knowledge of key industrial safety risks present within nuclear power stations and of applicable control measures to mitigate risks.

Knowledge of company safety management system and associated industrial safety standards, specifications and guidelines in place to provide safe systems of working within the power station environment.

Knowledge of safety auditing & monitoring processes.

Ability to positively challenge and coach.

The ability to communicate effectively at all levels.

Any Applicant with a NEBOSH Certificate and/or a Demonstrable proven track record of influencing Safety Culture within a High-Risk organisation will have a distinct advantage.

Closing date for applications is Wednesday November 4th, and interviews will take place week mid to late November

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) which will, ordinarily, require you to have British residency for the last 3 years.

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