Chemring Energetics UK Ltd
Health Safety Environment Advisor
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Join our HSEQ Department
At Chemring Energetics UK (CEUK), safety isn't simply a requirement - it's fundamental to everything we do.
Working as an Advisor, you'll have the opportunity to use your health, safety and environmental expertise in a highly regulated manufacturing environment, helping to protect our people, our community, our environment and our operations.
Based at our Ardeer site, you'll work closely with operational teams and management to identify risks, improve standards and turn good HSEQ practice into meaningful, lasting change. From audits, inspections and risk assessments to incident investigations, training and continual improvement, this is a varied, hands-on role where your expertise will make a visible difference. You'll join a global business providing equipment based on energetic materials for defence, civil defence and key commercial customers, providing an excellent opportunity to develop your HSE expertise and build experience in a safety-critical industry.
What You'll Do
- Work in full compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation, company policies and procedures.
- Identify and report unsafe acts and conditions through the Near Miss system, encouraging proactive learning and continuous improvement.
- Support the HSEQ functions and plant management in embedding the Health, Safety, Security & Environment Policy and supporting HSEQ management systems.
- Conduct site inspections, audits and compliance monitoring, working with departments to manage actions through to completion.
- Maintain health, safety and environmental management systems, ensuring records and documentation remain accurate and up to date.
- Compile HSEQ statistics, analyse trends and prepare reports to support informed decision-making and performance improvement.
- Support the completion and review of suitable and sufficient risk assessments, ensuring appropriate controls are identified and implemented.
- Help develop safe operational procedures that identify relevant hazards and recommend practical, compliant improvements to working practices.
- Maintain relevant HSSE logs and documentation and support the preparation of regular performance reports.
- Assist with the development and delivery of relevant HSSE training and awareness materials.
- Build positive, proactive relationships with managers, employees, customers and regulatory agencies.
- Participate in detailed incident investigations, root-cause analysis and the identification and implementation of effective corrective actions.
- Work collaboratively with operational teams to identify opportunities to improve HSEQ performance and embed a positive safety culture across the site.
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What You'll Bring
We're looking for someone with a strong health, safety and environmental background who enjoys working collaboratively with operational teams and turning standards and requirements into practical solutions.
You'll ideally bring:
- A degree or equivalent qualification in occupational health and safety, environmental management or a closely related discipline.
- Experience working within an HSE, HSEQ, SHE, SHEQ, EHS, HSSE or QHSE environment.
- Experience within high-hazard manufacturing or another highly regulated industry.
- Practical experience of undertaking and reviewing risk assessments within a high-hazard or similarly regulated setting.
- Knowledge of ISO 45001 and ISO 14001, with internal-auditor experience or qualification highly desirable.
- Experience of incident investigation, problem-solving and root-cause analysis.
- Strong IT capability, including confident use of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- The ability to communicate clearly, influence constructively and work effectively with people across operational and management teams.
- An accredited training qualification or previous experience of delivering training would be advantageous.
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Experience within industries such as chemical, pharmaceutical, energy, nuclear, defence, aerospace, process manufacturing or other highly regulated environments would be particularly relevant.
What You'll Learn
We'll support you in developing specialist knowledge and expertise in our industry.
During your first six months, you'll develop your knowledge of basic explosive-safety principles, the Explosives Regulations 2014, COMAH requirements and relevant CEUK business systems, including Q-Pulse, Agility and Epicor.
You'll Thrive Here If You...
- Have a genuine personal commitment to safety, quality and environmental standards.
- Are proactive, curious and always looking for ways to make things safer and better.
- Enjoy being visible and working directly with operational teams.
- Can challenge constructively and influence people at all levels.
- Are confident turning HSEQ requirements into practical, workable solutions.
- Take ownership and follow issues through to resolution.
- Have a continual-improvement mindset and the confidence to suggest and implement new ideas.
- Build trusted relationships and use them to influence positive change.
- Communicate clearly and work collaboratively with a wide range of people.
- Have sound judgement and understand how policies, procedures and controls support compliance and operational performance.
Join CEUK and play a key role in shaping a safe, sustainable and high-performing workplace while developing your expertise in a unique and rewarding manufacturing environment.
If you're an experienced HSE, HSEQ, SHE, SHEQ, EHS, HSSE or QHSE professional looking for your next challenge - and you're ready to bring your knowledge to an environment where safety really matters - we'd love to hear from you!
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