ITF Project Manager

HSE’s Project and Programme Management Team is a small, dynamic team managing our division’s change portfolio which covers Technology, Information and Facilities. We are made up of Project Managers, Project Co-ordinators and Programme Office Professionals and are divided into two smaller teams: the Programme Management Office and the Programme and Project team. This exciting permanent post is in the Programme and Project Team.

The Programme and Project Team is responsible for planning, co-ordinating and delivering Information, Technology and Facilities projects and programmes, with the assistance of all teams across our division, for the benefit of HSE. These projects introduce improved or new services to our organisation; ranging from fitting out new offices, to deploying and using new technologies enabling colleagues to work collaboratively from our offices and at other locations and improving the software and IT services used by our organisation’s inspectorial frontline colleagues, policy staff and scientists. As one of our highly valued Project Managers within this team, you will work closely with others to deliver an exciting and ever-changing portfolio of IT and facilities related projects.

We are looking for a motivated, dedicated and customer focused individual to join our team and play a key role in delivering IT and facilities changes in HSE.

You will be managing and delivering Information, Technology and Facilities projects through the project lifecycle from initiation to Post Implementation Review, within agreed timescales, budget and success criteria.

Sustainable Energy Safety Scientist/Engineer

We are looking for two engineers or scientists to join our Explosive Atmospheres Team based in the Major Hazards Group working at our site in Buxton, Derbyshire.

As part of HSE, you may be required to provide scientific support to incident investigations, which in recent years have included dust explosions, electrostatic ignition sources and vapour cloud explosions. On occasion this will include working with HSE inspectors at the sites of industrial accidents, travelling across the UK. A typical incident investigation will involve taking and testing samples and contributing to an accurate report written in clear language – suitable for use in legal proceedings.

To view a short video of some of our test work, please follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE2mnZRMHB4

Administrative Support Trainee

The Technical Support Team is part of the Major Hazards Group within Science Division, based at Buxton. The team contributes to incident investigations, research projects for HSE, other government departments and commercial clients. There are a range of teams in the Major Hazards Group including mechanical engineers, engineering materials specialists, fire and explosion, hazardous materials and explosives experts. You will be working with people from all these teams to deliver projects and support testing. Much of the work in the group is focused on the safe introduction of green energy technologies, including batteries and use of hydrogen, which makes for an interesting and varied work environment.

We are looking for someone with a strong aptitude for administrative work, good organisational skills and the ability to communicate effectively. It will be important to have a good level of attention to detail as part of the job is involved with the receipt, logging and storage of evidence from industrial accidents, which will be used in legal proceedings by HSE, so accuracy is essential.

There is an expectation that you will learn about the types of work we deliver in the Hazards Group, to become effective in your day-to-day role of supporting the organisation of tasks.

The role will at times require working as part of a team or by yourself, so you will need to be comfortable with both scenarios. The work is not routine, so will need someone who is comfortable with and enjoys an element of variety.

Although the role will be mostly a combination of administrative tasks and looking after HSEs evidence, as a member of the team you will at times be asked to contribute more widely to the team/group’s work. This will include activities such as collecting evidence from industrial accidents across the UK, or supporting scientific experiments on our site, joining in initiatives to improve work areas or helping prepare for visitors or training courses.

Please copy and paste the link below into your internet browser. It will take you to a short video highlighting some of the work of our team:

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Enforcement Team Leader – Official Controls

The Health and Safety Executive is recruiting an Enforcement Team Leader to join our Chemicals Regulation Division.

The Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) employs around 300 scientific, policy and support staff in York, Bootle and London. Our primary role is to deliver regulatory schemes intended to protect the health of people and the environment, balancing the economic and social benefits that chemicals offer to society, and helping to ensure the safe and sustainable use of chemicals.

To achieve this and deliver improved regulatory outcomes, we work closely with small and large businesses, and key stakeholders, ranging from industry bodies and multi-national chemical businesses, other government departments (in particular Defra) and other regulators across Europe and internationally.

This is a frontline role managing a team of B4 Pesticide Enforcement Officers who specialise in carrying out a wide range of regulatory interventions in all areas of the chemical supply chain. The role will continue to evolve, and you will need to remain flexible to adapt to new challenges as the Enforcement Team grows, including developing new online investigation tools and techniques; and be involved in the major changes required to implement under the Official Controls Regulation 2017/625, a programme of controls at GB operators.

For further information on the full job description and application process please see Civil Service jobs.

Sustainable Energy Safety Scientist/Engineer

We are looking for two engineers or scientists to join our Explosive Atmospheres Team based in the Major Hazards Group working at our site in Buxton, Derbyshire.

The permanent post will be offered to the highest scoring candidate in merit order. The other post is initially a two-year fixed term appointment, however there may be potential for the role to become permanent.

We are looking for someone with experience of working in a scientific or engineering environment to join our team. You will be contributing to the design, build and delivery of in/outdoor scientific experiments. The scale of these experiments ranges from lab based, to 1:1 scale outdoor test facilities. You will be joining the Explosive Atmospheres team that is comprised of approx. 12 scientists and engineers of varying experience. As a member of the team, you will be expected to contribute to its effective running, which may include contributing to the maintenance of team facilities, quality systems, or health safety wellbeing matter.

Administrative Apprenticeships

We have several exciting opportunities across our Field Operations (FOD), Chemical Explosives and Microbiological Hazards (CEMHD), Construction (CD) and Human Resources (HRD), specifically Learning and Development and Recruitment for apprentices undergoing Business Administration Level 3 to join our growing organisation.

Our apprenticeships are offered on an 18 months’ Fixed Term contract with the possibility of a Permanent Contract upon successful completion of your apprenticeship and satisfactory performance.For further information on the apprenticeships on offer, follow the link below:

Business administrator / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

As an Administrative Officer, you are the foundations of our operational delivery and play a pivotal role in helping us deliver important projects and business objectives.

Within each division, your role may vary slightly in regards to the breadth and scale of projects, but the backbone of the roles remain the same – working together with your colleagues to deliver an exceptional service.

Administrative Officers

Due to another successful year of growth, new projects and keeping people safe, HSE are excited to be able to welcome up to 45 Administrative Officers to our diverse teams across a variety of business areas. This is including;

Chemical Regulations (5x vacances for full-time 37 hours or part-time to 22+ hours, 1x vacancy available full-time or part-time 30 hours minimum).
Energy Division (available for full-time, part-time and job share).
Chemicals, Explosives and Microbiological Hazards (available for full-time or job share).
Building Safety Regulations (available for full-time or job share).
Information, Technology and Facilities – (Available full-time or job share).
Planning Finance and Procurement (PFPD) – (Available full-time only).

With a multitude of opportunities and projects available for you make your mark on, why not join us for our Admins and Apprentices Virtual Open Day on 2nd November? Follow the link in the advert to register.

As an Administrative Officer, you are the foundations of our operational delivery and play a pivotal role in helping us deliver important projects and business objectives.

Within each division, your role may vary slightly in regards to the breadth and scale of projects, but the backbone of the roles remains the same – working together with your colleagues to deliver an exceptional service.

Regulatory Scientists

We have a fantastic opportunity for up to 30 professionals to join our Chemical Regulations Division. These positions are open on a full-time, part-time, flexible working and job share basis for candidates with a relevant Science degree or higher equivalent.

This is an exciting time to join CRD with multiple versatile projects available for the successful applicants. You will join a structured training programme which, over the course of a minimum of 18 months, will introduce you to all the elements of your role, enabling you to gain in-depth knowledge of the regulation of chemicals and develop valuable experience in regulatory science.

For further information on the full job description and application process please see Civil Service jobs.

HM Specialist Inspector – Electrical, Control & Cyber Security – ECCS

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. We are dedicated to protecting people and places and helping everyone lead safer and healthier lives. Our role goes beyond worker protection to include public assurance. We work to ensure people feel safe where they live, where they work and, in their environment.

HSE leads the way but doesn’t act alone. Working in partnership is one of our strengths. It’s at the heart of how we protect workers and the public. We are firm and fair when using our legal powers. Inspection helps us check that serious risks are managed sensibly. When things go wrong, investigation helps us get to the truth and learn lessons. We hold employers to account for their failures and get answers for victims and make workplaces safer. The benefits that our work brings to business, workers and the UK economy are clear. Improved health and safety risk management protects workers and translates into reduced sickness absence, lower healthcare and welfare costs, and better productivity.

Chemicals, Explosives and Microbiological Hazards Division (CEMHD) is responsible for the GB-wide regulation of onshore high hazard premises and installations as well as the chemicals manufacturing sector as a whole. This involves delivering regulatory interventions in workplaces, engaging with key industry stakeholders and providing assurance that major accident risks are being properly managed.

The role of a Specialist Inspector is challenging yet rewarding and offers a breadth of work that is unique across a huge variety of industrial sites and processes. Inspectors can be involved in detailed technical analysis of safety cases on one day, inspecting complex control systems and talking with engineering staff on site the next or perhaps involved in the aftermath of a major accident, working to find out the root causes and prevent a reoccurrence.

It’s also an engineering role where you may be appearing in Court as an expert witness or perhaps working with committees on new Standards to drive improvements in industry.

HSE Specialist Inspectors work across all of GB and whilst we would consider all CEMHD office locations we would be particularly interested in applicants who would be based in HSE offices in: Scotland, North East, Wales and South West. For a list of HSE Office locations please see HSE Office Locations

Your main responsibility will be to address major accident hazards in relation to electrical, control and cyber security at onshore major hazard installations, which includes oil refineries, oil and gas storage, chemicals production, and some nuclear sites.

You will:

Inspect a variety of major hazard installations, either on your own or as part of an expert team, to make sure risks associated with industrial control systems are suitably managed and that operators comply with the law.
Carry out technical assessment of safety cases provided by major hazard sites (both new and existing).
Investigate safety related accidents and incidents involving industrial control systems in the major hazards industries.

Contract Analyst

The Health and Safety Executive is recruiting a Contract Analyst to join our Information, Technology and Facilities Division.

The Information, Technology and Facilities Division (ITF) provides IT and FM services to HSE’s business, and the Commercial & Outsourcing Team manages all of ITF’s suppliers and contracts with a total annual value in excess of £30m, including three of the highest value contracts within HSE. Many of the contracts are key and/or essential to the successful delivery of the services and to the service level agreements (SLAs) which support those services.

You will oversee the administration process of contracts and supplier management, including liaison with stakeholders and HSE business representatives as required. You will assist in the relationship management of suppliers and have management responsibility for the relationship with other suppliers and for their compliance with their respective contracts.

There are also financial elements involved and it will be necessary to work with various members of ITF, Finance and, on occasion, other divisions. HSE is committed to providing a supportive and inclusive working environment.

For further information on the full job description and application process please see Civil Service jobs.