An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Radiation Specialist to join our team. The Radiation Specialists in HSE’s Field Operations Division (FOD) support key frontline work in all sectors which use ionising and non-ionising radiation including manufacturing, engineering, medical and dental, veterinary, education and local authorities with the exception of nuclear licensed sites.

We are looking for high calibre specialists 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 decisive and able to influence those organisations to bring about improvements.

Part of your role will include will be to provide specialist advice on assessment, management and control of risks arising from occupational exposure to ionising and non-ionising radiation and continue to bring about Health and Safety improvements to national and international standards for radiation protection.

If you are interested  this role and would like to join our team of Radiation Specialist please click on the link to view full details and apply.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Explosives Safety Specilaist to join our team.  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 which could be either as an explosives specialist in an operational team or as an explosives topic specialist in a portfolio role. As you can see this role will broaden your knowledge and your professional credibility like no other role can

If you are interested in this role please see the advert and candidate pack for full details.

We are looking for a Process safety Specialist to join our team, you’ll work alongside other technical specialists to ensure the work activities of those we regulate are operating within the legislative framework by inspecting, investigating, and assessing organisations.

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

The sectors we regulate in CEMHD are essential to the country’s economy and social infrastructure, but they often involve hazardous substances and processes with potential for catastrophic accidents. The purpose of CEMHD is to make sure that the businesses that present a risk of such catastrophic events are managing those risks properly.

As a Specialist Inspector of Process Safety, you will be an essential part of the work that CEMHD do. You will use your technical knowledge and expertise to regulate major hazard industries and to influence whole sectors to improve health and safety standards, thereby helping to prevent catastrophic accidents.

Your work with HSE will make the most of your experience – whether that’s inspecting a chemical processing plant, assessing a company’s safety report or providing technical assistant to colleagues undertaking complex investigations into serious incidents.

As you can see, this role will broaden your knowledge and your professional credibility like no other role can.

We are looking for a Risk Assessor Specialist to join our Major Hazards Risk Assessment Unit.

At HSE, we work with one goal in mind – to help keep Britain’s workforce safe and healthy. Our work touches virtually every sector of Great Britain’s industry. Combining specialists from numerous fields, we strive to keep people and their working environments safe.We don’t just inspect workplaces and implement the law, we campaign for better H&S practice, we craft and review guidance and regulations, we provide specialist products and services both here and overseas, and we produce crucial research and statistics – all towards our goal of helping Great Britain work well.

You will help to maintain 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 to mitigate the consequences.

HSE has statutory responsibilities in the regulation of onshore major hazards, some of which are delivered by the Major Hazards Risk Assessment Unit. The Unit’s responsibilities include:

• Contributing to the regulation of onshore major hazard sites, with a focus on assessing major hazard risks;

• Working with other parts of Government, including in Scotland and Wales, to deliver statutory advice on development around existing major hazard installations and major accident hazard pipelines to local authorities, duty holders, developers and the public at large; and

• Providing statutory advice on plans to develop new businesses holding significant quantities of flammable or toxic substances.