Health and Safety Professional

As a Health and Safety Professional you will be able to embrace a wide and updated vision for creating and managing a flexible, competent and motivated workforce and maintaining a high performing safety regime.

You will work closely with line management and employees across Corporate Functions and ESCS so well developed communications skills will be essential.

You will be involved in liaising with trade unions, occupational health and staff representatives. The representational role will involve dealing with external bodies such as Local authorities, Health and Safety Executive as well as external service providers.

You will also be required to travel to other parts of the UK to support the wider Health and Safety Team as required

Accountabilities:

To be responsible for providing health and safety advice to their region within Corporate and Steering Functions and ESCS office locations.

To assist with the maintenance and implementation of health and safety policies, procedures and guidance to cover all activities and assets within Corporate and Steering Functions and all office locations within ESCS.

To communicate policies throughout the business unit including contractors working on behalf of the business unit.

To liaise with other Health and Safety professionals across EDF Energy.

To promote a pro-active culture within the business units to ensure effective implementation and integration of safe and healthy working in the workplace, providing advice and support to staff and management.

To conduct local audits and assurance checks as part of the overall Corporate and Office audit and assurance strategy.

To assist with the production of EDF Energy Industrial/Office daily safety message along with accompanying guidelines

To coordinate local active and reactive monitoring systems in order to provide performance data

To assist with the updating of the health and safety information on the intranet.

To assist with contractor prequalification checks and procurement tenders as required.

To undertake project and development activities to continuously improve health and safety activities across Corporate and Office.

Skills and Qualifications:

Professional qualification in health and safety (NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent) or working towards this

Membership of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

Experience of providing H&S support in a large office environment

Post qualification experience evidencing ability to develop and maintain management systems (e.g. OHSAS 18001) preferred

Strong communication skills

Pro-active and able to act on own initiative

Capable of ensuring the business delivers its targets in a challenging change environment

Comfortable with delivering under pressure .

Salary: TBC. Date posted: 16/07/2013