Health, Safety and Environmental Officer

HSE Officer, A&P Tyne

We have the largest commercial dry-dock on the East coast of England as well as a Fabrication facility complete with panel line, rolling, plasma and gas burning machines.

As part of our commitment to excellence and safety in our high risk environment, we are looking for another HSE Officer to support and maintain our team’s awareness of the Health and Safety risks that we need to manage in relation to training, behaviours and equipment.

A&P’s number one priority is to safeguard the safety and wellbeing of our staff, customers and sub-contractors. Our Work Safe, Home Safe (WSHS) initiative defines the core values which form the basis of the safety culture here.

So, what will you do?

It’s a varied role where you’ll get the chance to work across all safety principles and standards, training in those areas you’ve not experienced previously

We work within a heavy industry so you’ll play a great part in ensuring that through our safety culture process program, we all return home safe and healthy at the end of every working day

You’ll monitor conformance with health, safety & environmental regulations as well as A&P procedures

Reporting and recording health, safety, environmental and quality performance, you’ll also carry out or assist others in the investigation, reporting and recommend action on accidents, incidents, near misses and non-conformances to drive positive change and improvements

As part of our shared values with a focus on responsibility and sustainability practices you will carry out, and assist others with, risk assessments and safe systems of work as well as provide advice on health, safety, environmental and quality matters to line management and the wider team

You’ll review project requirements, and the impact on advice you give while maintaining legislation in a professional, competent manner with colleagues, customers and contractors

And what are we looking for?

• Qualified to NEBOSH general certificate or equivalent
• Experience of working within a HSEQ function with good knowledge of best practice within HSEQ

Why join us?

• Personal Growth - This is an opportunity to make a significant impact while working with and learning from a team of experts from the marine and structural engineering industries. The chance to be part of a team making a real impact on the future of the business
• Financial Security - with important benefits like your Pension which includes a monthly employer contribution by A&P Tyne up to 4% and Life cover at 7 x your basic salary is part of your package.
• Healthy Living - At APCL we support healthy living and provide help when its needed. To ensure that you are able to take time off when you need it, we offer sick pay and to cover everyday health we have a health cash plan, which gives you access to money back on everyday healthcare costs. Your dental, optical and physiotherapy as well as wellness services including counselling sessions, digital mental health support, 24/7 virtual GP, and an EAP are included.
• Work-life Balance - We offer 25 days of annual leave per year plus Bank Holidays. Maternity, Paternity and Parental leave support you during those significant life changes, helping you to balance your family responsibilities with work.

Due to the nature of what we do for some of the customers that we work with, some roles working for A&P are subject to security control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform with us.

You must also undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check before your employment starts, which will include a basic DBS check.