Human Factors Specialist (generalist, including MSDs)

In HSE SD, we use applied science to underpin and inform pragmatic guidance and advice to meet the current and future needs of industry. We are a leading provider of health and safety solutions to industry and government, nationally and internationally. The scope of our work requires a diversity of talented individuals.

We want to expand our team of ergonomics and human factors specialists and are looking scientists with experience of applying their knowledge in industry to join our Risk and Human Factors Group. You will be part of a team of Human Factors specialists and you will collaborate with other technical specialists across many other disciplines.

This is an excellent opportunity to use your skills in a highly diverse way across most industrial sectors to contribute to valuable industry research projects, incident investigations, commercial consultancy project and training delivery. The work of the team is not limited to supporting HSE in its policy and regulatory functions, so you can expect to contribute to a diverse range of projects within the health and safety sector, and to be involved commercial projects, consultancy or delivery of training

Band 3 Product Safety Operations Officer

We are looking for people who have experience of product safety and market surveillance, to work as part of a busy operations team.

In this role you will directly influence duty holders, work with HSE Inspectors, other Market Surveillance Authorities and stakeholders. There is a need to possess or rapidly acquire an understanding and knowledge of relevant operational procedures. This post offers significant development, providing insight to, and experience of operational interventions and policy, and in working collaboratively with a range of internal and external partners and stakeholders.

The post holder will require flexibility to adapt to new challenges – as the Product Safety and Market Surveillance Team grows to develop new investigation tools and techniques.

Chief Inspector of Buildings (SCS PB2)

This is a new post, offering an unparalleled opportunity to lead a dynamic team shaping and implementing a new regulatory system for the safety and standard of buildings.

As Chief Inspector of Buildings, you will be the face and voice of the new regulator. You will be passionate about working with the construction industry, residents and other regulators to improve practice and culture; confident about acting as the head of profession for building control professionals and, as a member of HSE’s Executive Committee – you will work closely with your fellow directors and with HSE’s Non-Executive Board to set and achieve HSE’s broader strategic ambitions.

To succeed in this role you will have a proven track record of achieving behavioural and cultural change in the construction industry or a comparable industry with a similar regulatory regime; as well as the excellent interpersonal skills needed to quickly establish credibility and authority. You’ll need to be adept in driving complex change both institutionally and behaviourally.

If you feel you have the leadership skills and experience necessary we encourage you to read the full details available via Green Park executive search.

Mechanical Engineering Specialist

We are looking for high calibre mechanical 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.

Our mechanical engineering specialists help some of our essential industries – with thousands of workers – to work safely. In this role, you can influence not only small individual employers but whole industry sectors.

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.

Electrical and Control Engineering Specialist

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.

Our Specialist Electrical and Control Engineers help Britain’s most diverse – and essential – industries work safely. In this frontline role you can influence not only individual employers but whole industry sectors.

Administration Officer

This is a very exciting time to be joining HSE, who are currently at the centre of the plans to create a new Building Safety Regulator responsible for implementing and enforcing a more stringent regulatory regime for high-rise buildings, as well as providing wider and stronger oversight of safety and performance across all buildings and increasing the competence of those working on building safety following the Grenfell tragedy (read more here: https://www.hse.gov.uk/building-safety/index.htm).

In addition, as the UK prepares for the end of the Transition Period of exiting the EU, HSE is in the process of setting up a stand-alone UK Chemicals Regulator. This will result in significant expansion for HSE.

We have a number of permanent and temporary roles in our Bootle and York offices. We are offering challenging and interesting opportunities across a range of different functions including, but not limited to: Human Resources (HR), Learning and Development (L&D), project support, policy roles, corporate support and roles supporting HSE Inspectors in frontline operational delivery.

Whichever role you are placed in you will, from day one, contribute to the important work we do.

Technical Architect

HSE’s IT Services are currently undergoing a modernisation and we are now getting started on significant IT enabled Business Transformation. We are reinforcing in-house capability to give us the skills and experience we need to take our ambitious business plans forward.

This new post provides a challenging opportunity for an experienced Technical Architect to help drive our transformation. You will be primarily focused on the modernisation of HSE’s Business Application landscape, developing strategies and target architectures. You will have a key role in developing Application roadmaps and determining how we best transition from legacy solutions to modern services that help HSE to meet its business objectives. You will also have a leading role in defining Integration Architectures, directing the design of new Application services and how they best Integrate with one another.

You will be helping HSE to delivery a new set of digital services, defining the Application Building blocks required with clear direction in terms of Integration and reuse.

As a Technical Architect, leading specifically on the Application side, you will be assisting with the development of HSE’s new IT Strategy. This will include the development of standards and principles to help direct and govern the delivery of new IT services.

You will have a key role in ensuring any IT solutions, developed internally or proposed by external suppliers are fit for purpose, aligned to strategy and compliant with Government Digital Service standards/Technology Code of Practice.

You will also help to deliver and maintain HSE’s overarching Enterprise Architecture (leading on the Application Architecture domain).

You will be part of the Enterprise Architecture team, alongside Business, Data, Technical (Infrastructure) and Security architects, within the Chief Technology Officer’s division.

Data Architect

This new post provides a challenging opportunity for an experienced Data Architect to help drive our transformation. You will be focused on developing all aspects of a Data Architecture for HSE, including developing and maintaining a Corporate Data Model, designing or assuring solution data models, supporting data management and data migrations for HSE’s new Application Services and leading on data governance frameworks (including GDPR). As a Data Architect in HSE you will have a key role in ensuring any Data related aspects, and Integration, of IT solutions developed internally or proposed by external suppliers are fit for purpose and compliant with Strategy and Government Digital Service standards/Technology Code of Practice.

You will also help to deliver our new Technology Strategy, Information Management Strategy and Enterprise Architecture (leading on the Data Architecture domain).

You will be part of the Enterprise Architecture team, alongside Business, Technical and Security architects, within the Chief Technology Officer’s division.

Senior Fire Scientist/Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Fire Scientist to join our Fire and Thermofluids Team in the Major Hazards Group.

Your role will be largely focused on research and testing programmes concerned with fire safety and protection measures across industry (typically construction, offshore, warehousing, and mining sectors).

This is an excellent opportunity to use your knowledge and skills to contribute to innovative work and consultancy advice to support the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) including the newly formed Building Safety Regulator, which will directly lead to maintaining standards and improvements in safety.

Principal Registered Gas Engineer

We are looking for a Principal Registered Gas Engineer to join our Engineering team in the Major Hazards Group. This is an excellent opportunity to use your skills to lead the HSE gas incident investigation team, and contribute to innovative work to support valuable HSE and industry research projects to directly improve the lives of people.

You will primarily be part of a team of mechanical, electrical and gas engineers delivering incident investigation and experimental testing, but you will also collaborate with technical experts across many other disciplines. You can expect to contribute to a diverse range of work within the health and safety sector, especially HSE incident investigation, but you can also expect to be involved in project work for HSE and industrial clients.