£32 - 44 per hour
7 Month contract
Join Our Defence Client, Marshall Land Systems, in Cambridge as a HSE Specialist
Are you a proactive leader with a passion for creating safe, sustainable, and compliant workplaces? We’re looking for an experienced Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Specialist to drive our safety culture, ensure regulatory compliance, and champion continuous improvement across all operations. In this critical role, you’ll work closely with management and site teams to implement effective HSE strategies, manage risk, and promote a culture where safety is everyone’s responsibility.
Purpose of the position:
To support Head of HSE for ensuring adherence to best practice protocols, regulation and compliance, locally and internationally. To support the Head of HSE in Occupational Health queries and review meetings. To support the Head of HSE in achieving and maintaining ISO standards.
Job Summary:
The Senior HSE Specialist will support the Head of HSE in delivering the company’s objectives related to Health, Safety, and Environmental management. This role involves providing guidance and support to Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Specialists, ensuring compliance with regulations, and promoting a culture of safety and environmental responsibility within the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide expert advice and support to HSE Specialists on various health, safety, and environmental issues.
Provide day-to-day task guidance and leadership to the HSE team.
To oversee the HSE audit programme to ensure completion and timely delivery on non-conformances
To support the Head of HSE in Occupational Health/Health Surveillance demands to the business.
Develop and deliver training programs to enhance HSE awareness and competencies among employees.
Monitor and report on HSE performance metrics, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions.
Lead incident investigations and root cause analyses, ensuring timely and effective resolution of issues.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate HSE considerations into business operations and projects.
Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and regulatory changes to ensure the company’s HSE practices remain legal, current and effective.
Promote a culture of continuous improvement and proactive HSE management throughout the organisation.
To support the Head of HSE in ISO certification.
Behavioural Competencies:
Unrelenting focus on the customer and their needs with a desire to provide outstanding customer service.
Operate at the highest standards of integrity and fairness.
Maintain competitive edge through innovation and creativity, finding imaginative solutions to evolving customer demands and demonstrating a spirit of adventure.
Highly collaborative mindset, placing emphasis on inclusion, humility, and transparency.
Technical Competencies:
A background in highly regulated industry.
The ability to review and interpret all elements of environmental and safety regulation
Experience in ‘Lean’ methodology and continuous improvements
Education:
Professional qualifications to include NEBOSH General and IEMA, chartered status or equivalent experience.
Experience:
Minimum of 5+ years of experience as a Health, Safety, and Environmental specialist.
Strong knowledge of HSE regulations, standards, and best practices.
Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills.
Proven ability to conduct risk assessments, audits, and incident investigations.
Experience in developing and delivering HSE training programs.
Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at all levels.
Deep knowledge in areas of specialism combined with broad knowledge of the industry and the relevant external environment (legislative, regulatory, best practice standards, etc.).
Marshall Land Systems is a Canadian-owned global company with an unrivalled pedigree of British engineering excellence. From its origins in Cambridge, UK, through more than a century of innovation, pioneering advances from the nose of Concorde to the early Hydrogen fuel cell technology that ultimately powered the moon landings, Marshall engineers now continue to innovate specialist vehicles and infrastructure for NATO forces across the world. From bomb disposal vehicles to deployed shelters, from command and control to CT scanners on the battlefield, Marshall Land Systems protects people in critical situations with the very best in engineering. It employs 600 people with major facilities the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands.