Health & Safety Advisor - Explosives Safety

Our client provides world-class, cutting-edge science and technology expertise to support the defence sector of the UK and her allies.  They are currently looking for a Health & Safety Advisorto provide critical Health & Safety advice in relation to Explosives Safety.
Health & Safety Advisor (Explosives Safety)
The Health & Safety Advisorwill promote a culture of continuous safety improvement relating to project delivery, infrastructure and the workplace.
You will:
 

• Provide practical Health & Safety advice relating to explosives across the business.
• Assure compliance of work in high hazard areas including explosive laboratories, explosive processing, chemistry laboratories, explosive storage and scientific trials areas.
• Conduct fact finding, identify safety trends and analyse root causes of incidents.
• Lead and report on safety tours (workplace inspections).
• Support facility management teams to resolve issues, faults and defects.

To be considered for this role, you will have previous experience in a similar role, with excellent knowledge of Health & Safety and providing safety advice in relation to explosives. You will have knowledge of the manufacture and synthesis of explosives, with a background in characterising, handling or working with novel chemical mixes or explosives compositions, reviewing safe systems of work (SSoW), writing and reviewing COSHH risk assessments and explosive hazard data sheets.
You will hold a recognised Safety qualification, ideally level 6 NEBOSH Diploma (level 3 certificate for the less senior roles) in Health & Safety and a recognised qualification in Auditing (e.g. ISO 9001).  In addition, you will need to hold qualifications to HND/Degree level in Chemistry, Pyrotechnic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or another related Physical Science.
Higher qualifications and certifications would be highly desirable.
Health & Safety Advisor (Explosives Safety)
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Hybrid working (3 days on site).
To circa £51k DOE
Generous benefits including excellent pension contribution.
 
Key Skills: Health & Safety, Safety Assurance, Explosives Safety, Explosives, Munitions, Pyrotechnics, Energetics, Safety, NEBOSH, COSHH, Auditing, ISO 9001, SSoW
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the nature of work undertaken by our client, incumbents of these positions are required to be sole British Nationals and undergo pre-employment screening, able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK Security Vetting to SC Level.
 
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time. 
   
This role is a PERMANENT position.