Health & Safety, Strategy & Improvement Specialist

Job Description

Location We operate a flexible, hybrid working environment with the candidate required to travel to a local Arqiva office up to twice a week (Crawley Court Winchester, London, Huddersfield)

We offer

• Up to £74K base salary
• 10% Bonus
• 6% pension contribution
• Private Medical
• 25 days annual leave
• Access to our comprehensive flexible benefits including discounts on big brands, wellness and employee assistance programmes, gymflex, buy and sell annual leave, travel and dental insurance
• Work. Life. Smarter. Our commitment to a flexible and hybrid working culture
  
  

Role Purpose

To lead on ensuring an effective Management System for H&S management in Arqiva. Producing comprehensive H&S reports utilising data to provide insights and intelligence to all stakeholders to drive both assurance and identification of focus areas. Act as the lead for external engagement including across industry groups. Ensure an effective assurance programme through the outsource partner.

Key Accountabilities

• Develops and maintains comprehensive safety policies, procedures, and standards (H&S IMS) aligned with industry regulations and best practices (including occupational health).
• Identifies & implements further documentation to support business needs such as standard BID response information, etc.
• Ensures quality control of H&S IMS and continual improvement
• Undertakes independent investigations into high-potential incidents and serious injuries (where the BP is involved in the work or functional approach)
• Conducts research and stays updated on emerging safety risks and regulations
• Sets and monitors KPIs, and reports performance to senior management and business functions to drive a culture of ownership across Arqiva (this includes regular report content e.g. monthly R&R report, Ops LT report, ORC report, etc)
• Work collaboratively with the Health & Safety Improvement Professional to analyse data to identify trends and focus areas/improvements
• Controls demand management process
• Responsible for development of the H&S comms and engagement plan including the contractor H&S forum
• Leverages emerging technology to drive efficiencies (e.g. AI to synthesise / refresh policy documents, chat bots to support self-service through the hub, dashboards for data monitoring and analysis)
• Monitors and improves team governance
• Owns overall assurance, inspections and audits plan for Outsourced Partner to fulfil
• Lead and manage engaged and effective Health & Safety, Strategy & Improvement business team ensuring development and succession plans in place
• line manager experience is preferred
  
  

Essential Role Delivery Experience Required

• CMIOSH or working towards
• NEBOSH General Certificate
• Working technical knowledge of RF, Work at height, electrical and asbestos hazards and legal requirements
• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly both written and verbally
• Proficient in prioritising multiple tasks and assess risk
• Ability to influence
• Preferably a Bachelors in an Engineering discipline / HND or equivalent or relevant experience
  
  

Desired Role Delivery Experience

• Significant experience of working as a safety professional in the construction and telecoms industry
• Track record of leading a team of multi-disciplined skills and manage the allocation of resources to projects effectively and efficiently
• Experience of managing portfolios of H&S initiatives across business units.
• Experience of defining and implementing H&S framework models across cross-functional organisations
  
  

Other

• Driving Licence – essential
  
  

Why join Arqiva? We are the undisputed leader in UK TV and radio broadcast and the UK’s leading Smart utilities platform. This means we have a strong heritage and foundation for future growth for you to grow your career with us.   

Our journey is to transition global media distribution to cloud solutions, where we aim to double our revenue and continue to grow by being an innovator of scalable solutions for new connectivity sectors. We have opportunities in new technology applications and products, you will have opportunities to learn and develop with us. 

Your wellbeing…. Our wellbeing mission is to help our people to be the best version of themselves at work and still have the time and energy to live a full life outside of work. 

Our focus for 2024 is to Win, Grow, Go Faster – find out more, contact us and apply!  

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