Health & Safety Engineer

Your Impact:
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
About the Opportunity
Our Nuclear Power Engineering & Technical Solutions (NPETS) business provides engineering and technical solutions across the full nuclear lifecycle up to Decommissioning, evolving our credibility as new reactor technologies come to market - creating the UK's most compelling Engineering & Technical solutions provider across all reactor types to contribute to the world's global climate change challenge.
Jacobs are recruiting for an experienced Health and Safety Engineer to join our NPETS team supporting our key client EDF Energy Nuclear Generation with their nuclear fleet in the UK.
This role will be based at EDFs Hinkley Point B Power Station location, where you will provide positive leadership on HSE matters within the Portfolio Project Teams and promote the adoption of best practice with an enthusiastic HSE culture that delivers positive commitment to and engages all employees in continuous improvement in HSE performance. Key responsibilities will be:

• Monitor and report on the effectiveness of the HSE Management System and progress against HSE Performance Standards
• Make recommendations for improvement to the HSE Management System
• Promotion of best practice, high safety standards and culture
• Develop key relationships and maintain effective networks

Here's What You'll Need:

• HNC in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent.
• Current qualification/knowledge of the CDM Regulations.
• Minimum NEBOSH General Certificate, Construction Certificate or NVQ Level 3
• Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) desirable
• IEMA Foundation Certificate in Environmental Management
• Operational knowledge of current HSE legislation associated with project work
• Good communication skills and the ability to develop network and working relationships with other groups involved in project delivery
• Suitable relevant experience working as a HSE Professional in a project context. This needs to include experience working within a highly regulated, operational environment
• Must be experienced in managing contractors and experience of accident investigation and reporting

Our Culture
Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.
We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.
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