Offshore Mechanical Engineering Specialist Inspectors

We have a unique opportunity for two Offshore Mechanical Engineering Specialist Inspectors to join our internationally respected Energy Division; a key operational arm of HSE, responsible for the regulation of the UK’s Offshore Oil and Gas industry, pipelines, mines, diving and renewable power generation. This role comes with outstanding benefits such as a Civil Service Pension with contributions of around 27.9%, a variable, non-consolidated/non-pensionable potential market supplement of up to £10,000 and, if located in Aberdeen, a further allowance of £7000 per annum.

From day one, you will be supported by your manager and colleagues to understand your role in HSE, develop your skills and support you in your continuing professional development. No two days are the same, our Offshore Engineering Inspectors will assume responsibility for a variety of pivotal tasks from conducting onshore and offshore inspections and assessing safety cases to investigating accidents providing expert advice.

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Head of Building Safety Regulator Strategic Communications

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior communicator who is looking to make a positive impact in citizens lives to join our award winning communications team.

We are recruiting for the role of Head of Building Safety Regulator – Strategic Communications. This is a high profile and key leadership position in the team with responsibility for setting the communications direction for the BSR programme, leading the team, and coordinating across government departments and with co-regulators.

You will report into the Deputy Director: Head of Communications and will be a key member of the senior leadership team of the communications branch.

You will need influencing skills and the ability to cut through a variety of competing priorities. You will be an expert in building good working relationships in pressured environments and be an enthusiastic team-player with a proactive and collaborative attitude.

You will be expected to demonstrate leadership qualities, be inspiring about our work, confident in your engagement and empowering your team. You’ll encourage mutual respect, value diversity and our different skills, experience, and specialisms.

For full details and the application process, please refer to the full job description.

Associate Application Support Engineer

We are looking for a Associate Application Support Engineerr to join our growing team.

You will join the existing IT Information Systems Team as an Associate Application Support Engineer, working in a team responsible for both supporting applications and delivering application maintenance & support services to best practice principles. You will also contribute to continually improving the service. This position provides an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic role at the core of HSE’s Information Systems Processes.

As an Associate Application Support Engineer, you will support, manage, and maintain applications running HSEs business. You will be a key member of the Application Support function, ensuring application support services are business driven, customer focused and provide HSE value for money.

To find out more about the role and the specific requirements and further information on IT careers within HSE by following the link – ITCAREERSHSE.CO.UK.

Infrastructure Operations Engineer (Hosting)

We are looking for an Infrastructure Operations Engineer (Hosting) to join our growing team.

This role will support the management of the HSE’s hosting estate, ensuring that technologies (data centres, servers, data storage, core switches, back up, load-balancers solutions) remain available, performant to SLAs/OLAs and relevant to business requirements. This role will monitor all technologies in the suite, investigating incidents, resolving problems, and developing and applying fixes and changes. The role will deliver upgrades to technologies, implement new functionality and seek to continuously improve the technologies to support the organisation in better ways. The role will ensure that the technologies remain secure, protecting HSE’s data and users from cyber-attack and unauthorised loss. This role will engage with users, supporting their needs and ensuring that a high quality customer-focused service is delivered.

To find out more about the role and the specific requirements and further information on IT careers within HSE by following the link – ITCAREERSHSE.CO.UK.

Major Incident and Continuous Service Improvement Manager

We are looking for a Major Incident and Continuous Service Improvement Manager to join our growing team.

This role will be managing all Major Incidents (high impact and urgent resolution required) and Incidents on the HSE’s IT estate ensuring that applications and infrastructure return to Availability quickly and users are able continue to deliver business processes with minimal interruption. This role will be very user/customer focused, mindful of the impact a major Incident has on business processes and activity and ensuring communication with all interested parties is paramount throughout the management of an incident.

To find out more about the role and the specific requirements and further information on IT careers within HSE by following the link – ITCAREERSHSE.CO.UK.

Electrical and Control Engineer Specialist

We are looking for a Electrical and Control Engineer Specialist to join our growing team.

This is a frontline specialist engineering post. You will need to apply your experience and knowledge to identify risk and underlying issues on site (often from first principles) make effective decisions on the adequacy of existing control measures and persuade and influence people at all levels to achieve compliance with the law.

We are looking for high calibre engineers who can, under challenge, think strategically, identify underlying core issues, and engage at different levels both with colleagues, site technical staff and at the most senior levels within an organisation. You will be able to influence those organisations to bring about improvements and be decisive and clear about what is needed.

If you would like more information on the requirements or selection process, please see the full job advertisement.

Radiation Specialist Inspector

We are looking for a Radiation Specialist Inspector to join our growing team.

Our Radiation Specialists help to ensure employers across Great Britain – across a whole range of industries – 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. You’ll work alongside general inspectors and other technical specialists to ensure work activities are operating within the law by inspecting, investigating, intervening and supporting companies.

If you would like more information on the requirements or selection process, please see the full job advertisement.

Risk Scientist

We are looking for a Scientist to join our Risk Team in the Risk and Human Factors Capability Group based in the Science Division of the HSE at our Science and Research centre, in Buxton, Derbyshire.

As a member of the Risk Team you will be involved in a range of work relating to hazard identification and risk assessment, with a focus on assessing low likelihood, high consequence risks and how these risks can be managed effectively.

In recent years, the team has been involved in: Developing methods and tools to assess chemical major hazards; Understanding emerging energies hazards and risks; Reviewing risk assessments to improve aviation and rail safety; Understanding how to manage the risks for UK-based spacecraft launches; The understanding and control of the risks to occupants of high rise residential buildings

You will be expected to contribute to the diverse portfolio of projects undertaken by the team. There will be a strong emphasis on team working and collaboration.

Capability Team Lead

The Risk Team, comprises process safety and major hazards risk specialists. As the Capability Team Lead in the Risk and Human Factors Group you will work alongside Technical Team Leads to manage operational demands and ensure we have the scientific capability and capacity to meet work demands.

You will need to be an experienced team leader with a background in operational management and people development to join the leadership team. In addition to providing pastoral line management support for around one third of the team (approx 8 staff) you will be required to manage day to day operations with the assistance of a Band 3 (SEO) line manager.

You will have responsibility for overseeing performance, attendance, development, and wellbeing of the Risk Team. You will need to engage with Project managers, commercial managers, and our Chief Scientific Advisers Office (CSAO) to ensure that projects are properly resourced and appropriately scheduled.

Line Manager x 2 posts

We are looking for two experienced line managers for two highly skilled teams of scientists and technical specialists. One role is for a permanent line manager working with the Risk Team and the second role is a two year fixed term appointment (FTA) with the Human Factors Team. The Risk Team includes process safety specialists, and experts in major accident risk. The Human Factors Team includes psychologists, and human factors specialists from a variety of technical disciplines.

As a line manager your role will focus on providing pastoral line management support for around two thirds of the team (approx 16 staff) working in collaboration with, and supported by, an established operations manager already in place within the teams.