The Major Hazards Risk Assessment Unit (MHRAU) within CEMHD is responsible for contributing to the regulation of onshore major hazard sites, with a focus on assessing major hazard risks from Control of Major Accident Hazards’ (COMAH) establishments. Working with other parts of Government, including Scotland and Wales, we also deliver statutory land use planning advice on development around existing major hazard installations and major accident hazard pipelines to local authorities, duty holders, developers and the public at large. MHRAU also provides statutory advice on hazardous substances consent applications for proposals to develop new and existing businesses holding significant quantities of flammable or toxic substances. Maintaining public safety assurance in the land use planning system in relation to major hazards is central to the activities of the unit. Our advice helps to prevent major accidents and, if they were to occur, mitigate the consequences. The Unit undertakes these statutory activities on over 3000 major hazard onshore installations (including pipelines) under the following provisions:

• The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2015 (Hazardous Substance Consent, HSC).
• Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations 2015 (COMAH).
• The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015.
•  Your role will include:
  • Evaluating the technical risk to people associated with COMAH establishments, focussing on the technical assessment of major hazard risk rather than occupational risk.
  • Providing statutory and commercial advice on the risks arising from onshore major hazard installations and pipelines, as part of the planning system, to a range of stakeholders, including local planning authorities, other government departments and developers.
  • Maintain technical policy topics, related methodologies, hazard assessment or quantified risk assessment tools, and supporting guidance.
  • Commission science and oversee its delivery.
  • Represent HSE at LUP appeals and inquiries and at technical gatherings of fellow professionals and other stakeholders.

  Please note that HSE regulates sites across the whole of GB and therefore in this role you will occasionally need to travel to site, which may involve overnight stays.

  Training

  As this is a Specialist Inspector role you will undergo a Specialist Training Programme (STP). This is a two-year training programme which includes in-depth legal training and assessment on occupational health and safety during your probationary period.  You will be required to complete and pass the full programme. There will also be further technical training relating to regulation of major hazards to be completed along side on the job training to become an established practitioner.

   

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has established the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) to oversee changes to the safety and performance of all buildings and raise industry professional standards year on year. BSR will serve as a lasting tribute to those who have lost their lives due to poor and substandard buildings and will help ensure tragedies of such proportions as Grenfell are consigned to the past. We are increasing our team, creating opportunities for both technical specialists and non-specialists.

You will support investigations, enforcement, sanctions and audits of the newly regulated building control profession. This includes Registered Building Inspectors, Local Authorities and Private Sector Building Control functions across. You will assist in the delivery of  inspections and investigations to ensure competence within the agreed portfolio. You will help to monitor and manage the performance of current cases and escalate risks and issues to the Audit or Investigation Manager. You will assist in the administration of the sanctions process, creating disciplinary orders, leading on the response to enquiries and concerns and you will work as an effective part of the team.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Regulatory Compliance Officer (RCO) to join our Chemicals, Explosives and Microbiological Hazards Divisions.

The RCO role is a front facing role which forms a key part of the operational team. RCOs are required to work alone and alongside inspectors and specialists supporting their work. The work of the RCO is fundamental to informing decisions around targeting resources and prioritisation. You will assist with inspector-led workplace inspections; investigations of work-related incidents affecting workers and the public, health and safety related enforcement activity; and campaigns and promotional activities designed to improve the management of health and safety in the workplace.

As an RCO you will work as part of a regulatory team. Your role, once fully operational, will include the following activities:

• Gathering intelligence about workplaces which fall within the remit of CEMHD to regulate in order to help inform regulatory decisions;
• Liaison with SEPA and local authorities;
• Making enquiries into reported incidents or concerns to inform the operational team leader’s investigation decision;
• Taking voluntary witness statements;
• Securing and processing evidence and contributing to its proper management;
• Visiting workplaces to provide advice and identify matters of concern where an inspection intervention may be justified;
• Attending court hearings to take notes and provide feedback or to give evidence on matters relating to RCO involvement in the case;
• Interacting with a wide group of duty holders, employees, trade union representatives, Local Authority officers, members of the public and other interested parties including the Police and solicitors in the course of reactive support work.

For more information on this role please follow the link below.

Our Explosives Safety specialists ensure employers across Great Britain – a whole range of essential industries with thousands of workers – to work safely. In this role, you can utilise your considerable technical knowledge and practical experience to influence not only individual employers but whole industry sectors.

A career with HSE gives you a rare opportunity to visit and interact with different and diverse employers and work activities, one day you could be engaging with a large multi-national munitions manufacturer and the next a small fireworks store.

You’ll work alongside other HSE technical and regulatory specialists to ensure work activities are operating within the legislative framework by various regulatory interventions including inspecting, investigating and providing advice.

Your work will make the most of your experience – whether that’s inspecting an explosive processing plant, helping an employer understand the right controls to have in place, or contributing to the development of industry standards and guidelines. The balance of an individual’s key responsibilities will depend on their role within the Unit. As you can see this role will broaden your knowledge and your professional credibility like no other role can.