Safety Advisor

Inzpire Ltd
Lincoln, ENG Full Time | Other
POSTED ON 7/8/2024 CLOSED ON 9/2/2024

Job Posting for Safety Advisor at Inzpire Ltd

The Role:

Inzpire are seeking to appoint an experienced Health and Safety practitioner into a new role of Safety Advisor. The Safety Advisor will be our safety specialist, providing advice and support on all aspects of health and safety to managers and employees within the business. The position will require a proactive individual who can develop, implement, and manage effective health and safety policies, procedures and programs to meet the needs of the business, while ensuring compliance with legal regulations, industry standards and best practice. The Safety Advisor must be personable and able to engage and collaborate with managers and employees to minimise safety risks, prevent accidents, enhance skills and promote a culture of safety engagement within our diverse and highly skilled workforce.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Identifying appropriate safety standards for business activities and developing and implementing Health and Safety policies, procedures, and systems.
  • Working with leaders and managers to conduct risk assessments and manage safe systems of work across business operations.
  • Delivering training, education and online resources to ensure our people are aware of their responsibilities, remain safe and can thrive.
  • Undertaking accident and near-miss triage, investigations and reporting including tracking of lessons identified.
  • Auditing, compliance, and monitoring of safety outcomes within the business.
  • Promotion of continuous safety improvement.
  • Keeping up to date with new legislation and best practices in the industry, through continuous professional development.

The Person:

We require an experienced and engaging practitioner with a safety background in a complimentary sector. To be our successful candidate you must be at ease collaborating alongside operational leaders and departments at all levels. You must have the ability to understand the operational needs of the business, explain the benefits of workplace safety and be a credible and persuasive voice for safe and healthy working environments. You will also be expected to take a leading role in our Health Wellbeing and Safety management group and our Employee Safety Network.

As our Safety Advisor, we will expect you to be technically knowledgeable and have completed a NEBOSH/NCRQ Level 6 Diploma in Health and Safety or equivalent. You should also have 3 years’ experience in a H&S Advisor role and be able to demonstrate a track record in implementing health and safety programmes. Ideally you will have completed accident investigator training.

Your place of work will be our Lincoln Office albeit there will be the opportunity for hybrid working. This will be a highly visible role that operates across the business, and you will be required to travel to Inzpire and customer sites within the UK approximately once per month, and possibly to conduct safety visits to overseas locations.

Due to the location of some sites away from public transport, you should have a UK Driving License.

Location:

Lincoln or hybrid, with travel to UK sites

Due to the nature of elements of the business, the successful applicant must be a UK National and will be required to successfully complete HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard pre-employment checks which will require identity, nationality, immigration, employment history and unspent criminal record checks.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

  • 30 days paid holiday plus 8 days bank holidays per year
  • Uncapped leave scheme (upon successful completion of probation period)
  • Company provided private medical and dental insurance
  • Company Share Incentive Scheme
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
  • Annual profit and performance related pay scheme
  • Generous death in service (£100k)
  • Company contributions into a group personal pension scheme
  • Business travel insurance
  • Funded role specific training and financial assistance with professional development
  • Tax efficient cycle to work and charitable giving schemes
  • Tax efficient electric vehicle company car scheme

The Company

We are a highly innovative and rapidly growing defence and technology company that design, develop, and deliver some of the world’s most advanced defence related training, products, and services.

We were recently crowned Employer of the Year at the British Ex-Forces in Business Awards 2023. We have been listed as one of the ‘100 Best Large Companies to Work For’ in the UK and Midlands by Best Companies several times as well as achieving ‘Best Companies 3 Star Accreditation’ and a rating of ‘world-class’ for our employee engagement on a number of occasions. We are also proud to have been honoured with two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in Innovation, for our next-generation GECO military mission planning system.

As part of a unique and specialist defence company, our friendly team consists of experienced and highly capable individuals, working together with a mature ‘can do’ work ethic. Our central business functions are located in an easily accessible, bright and modern head office to the west of Lincoln, alongside our mission systems team, while the majority of our operational specialists are embedded alongside our Defence customers.

Equal Opportunities

Inzpire are committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment for current and prospective employees. We recognise that a diverse, talented and highly motivated workforce is pivotal to our continuing success, therefore our selection decisions are based on the merit of the individual, irrespective of their race, colour, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any other characteristic.

We genuinely recognise the benefits of a diverse and inclusive working environment. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, a supportive signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant and a Gold award winner within the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We are therefore delighted to offer a guaranteed interview scheme to service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners (including those of service leavers) who meet all our advertised requirements.

Applications

You will receive an acknowledgement email upon submission of your application (please make sure to check your spam/junk folder if you don't receive one!). Please be assured that your CV will be reviewed and that we will be in contact to update you on the status of your application; this may take 3-6 weeks.

Contract Type:

Permanent, Full-time.

Practice Areas:

3 years in a Health and Safety Advisor role

The Salary:

£37,000 – £42,000

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £37,000.00-£42,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Additional leave
  • Bereavement leave
  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Enhanced maternity leave
  • Enhanced paternity leave
  • Free flu jabs
  • Free parking
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Life insurance
  • On-site parking
  • Private dental insurance
  • Private medical insurance
  • Sabbatical
  • Sick pay
  • Unlimited paid holidays
  • Work from home

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday
  • No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

  • Performance bonus

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 19/07/2024
Reference ID: 24-23

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