Safety Technician

Job reference number 292661

Starting salary £43,520 - £47,034 per annum pro rata (dependent on experience) plus future incremental pay progression, £1,500 electric car allowance per annum pro rata, 10% bonus potential
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and pension scheme

Full time, 41 hours per week

Permanent

North East Area

Royal Mail is transforming; it’s an exciting period as we adapt and invest in cutting edge technology as we continue to transform into a highly efficient, delivery business for the future. Automated parcel ‘super’ hubs are opening, our green credentials are growing as our vehicles are going electric and most importantly, we put people at the heart of our business.

With a property portfolio of 2,500 and the UKs largest fleet of approx. 50,000 vehicles, this is a great time to join a UK wide, large scale organisation. Our organisation is huge and so is our safety responsibility. To support this, we have several vacancies for Safety Technicians to provide expert safety advice to a defined area.

The role
Working with the Strategic Safety Business Partner, Safety team and senior stakeholders, you’ll be accountable for a large geographical area to support the implementation of safety standards and programmes to reduce safety risks and impacts nationally.

You’ll be responsible for completing comprehensive annual integrated audits for 30-40 sites which will include delivery offices, collection hubs and admin buildings. This will involve taking ownership of the planning, scheduling, conducting audits and sharing the outputs to drive safety, improve performance and ensure legal compliance.

As the safety subject matter expert, you’ll provide support to operational and non-operational leaders to ensure the effective development of safety resources and provide a professional advice service to leaders to drive consistent safety approaches and incident reductions initiatives within their business function.

You’ll represent the function at local forums, providing safety subject matter expertise to operations, promote safe behaviours, challenge unsafe conditions, and encourage local consultation arrangements with safety representatives.

With a passion for safety, you’ll deliver safety coaching, training, and upskilling to the management teams, driving compliance to the Safety Health and Environment Management System (SHEMS).

The role is big, with potentially demanding timescales, however the rewards will be vast. You’ll have ownership of your audit plans, manage your own diary, priorities and schedule your own site audits. Furthermore, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your safety career with one of the UKs largest organisations.

Locations

We have vacancies to cover the following North East postcode areas:

S (Sheffield), HU (Hull), DN (Doncaster), LN (Lincoln), HX (Halifax), HD (Huddersfield), WF (Wakefield), BD (Bradford), HG (Harrogate), LS (Leeds), YO (York), DH (Durham), DL (Darlington), NE (Newcastle), SR (Sunderland), TS (Cleveland) and TD (Galashiels).

You will be asked to state your preference during your application:

The role will require continued flexibility to support managers over a 24-hour operation and involve periods of travel, overnight stays, on a workload demand basis. Coverage is dependent of postcode area - c30-40 Units; c600 – 2,000 commercial vehicles and c600 – 3,000 people.

About you
From a safety background, you need to demonstrate the following skills and experience on your CV:

Closing Date: Tuesday 7th February. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

Your career in safe hands

At Royal Mail we value our people and we want our people to be proud to work for our businesses.

We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don’t, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. We are responsible for the largest B2B customer database in the UK and are one of the largest employers in the UK, providing one in every 194 jobs.

An operation of this size needs a strong support network, and the HR, Legal, Finance, IT, Risk & Governance, Customer Experience, Sales & Marketing departments are all integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations.

Royal Mail is a forward thinking, innovative organisation, that is also committed to reducing emissions and improving air quality in our communities. This includes investing in technologies such as electric vehicles, drones, alternative fuel trucks and energy improvements to our estate.

For more information about Royal Mail’s values of being positive, brilliant and part of it, please click on the link below:
About Us (royalmailgroup.com)

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