Busway Health and Safety Officer

About the role
Cambridgeshire County Council is at the forefront of innovation to move our communities around safely and sustainably. We operate the world’s longest tracked Busway System allowing safe and reliable access to the city and science campuses that encompass our historic university city. We have 2 exciting roles to work within our dedicated Busway Health and Safety team.

The Busway Health and Safety Officers will undertake regular inspections and risk assessments of the busway, taking timely corrective action. They will provide health and safety advice, guidance, and support the safety culture of the Council and its busway stakeholders. They will support the Lead Busway Health and Safety Officer to ensure ongoing regulatory and policy compliance. The roles will maintain stakeholder relationships and collaborate effectively.

In person interviews will be held on Wednesday 5 March 2025 at Stanton House, Huntingdon.

What will you be doing?
**Accountabilities -**
- Assists in the delivery of health and safety across the whole of the Busway infrastructure.
- Undertake regular inspections and risk assessments, taking timely corrective action when required.
- Works collaboratively with stakeholders to provide support and advice, ensuring a strong safety culture.
- Delivery of the council’s health and safety management system.
- Meeting key performance indicators relating to the busway safe system.

About you
**The experience you will bring -**
- A recognised professional Health & Safety qualification or HND/HNC in Civil Engineering or Health & Safety or equivalent.
- Evidence of continuing professional development and knowledge in relevant professional area (Busway and Tracked Transport Systems).
- Experience of working in a health and safety related role within a complex organisation.
- Excellent customer service skills with experience of building collaborative relationships by engaging with services and influencing decision making.
- Proven track record of carrying out risk assessments, inspections, audits and writing reports.
- Experience of delivering health and safety training.

About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage
- A comprehensive **wellbeing package** to cover **all aspects of wellbeing**, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to **4 weeks additional annual leave** (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays **flexibly** to better suit **your personal circumstances**:

- Make **Additional Voluntary Contributions** (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to **development opportunities**, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support **your personal and professional growth**:

- **Paid volunteering hours** each year so you can make a **positive impact on our community** during your normal working day
- Access to **Peer Support Groups** through our IDEAL staff **equality, diversity and inclusion** network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive **Employee Recognition Awards**:

- An **Our Cambs Rewards** account, giving you access to in-store and online **discounts** as well as our **Car Lease** and **Cycle to Work** schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.