De&s Health and Safety Advisor

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 402433

**Salary**:

- £35,200 - £38,100
- per annum (pro rata), plus generous benefits and an average 28.97% employer pension contribution. Existing civil servants should refer to the Further Information document for salary details.
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Other
- Senior Technical Specialist I

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- MOD - Defence Equipment & Support - Corporate Operating Group

**Type of role**:

- Health Adviser
Health and Safety

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- RAF Lossiemouth, Lossiemouth, Moray IV31 6SD

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver a vast range of essential defence programmes, and strive for what's next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe - for today, and tomorrow.

We offer 25+ days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of 28.97%, to help make work work for you.

Nationality, visas and vetting: For security reasons this role is open to sole UK nationals only. A ‘sole UK national’ refers to an individual who holds citizenship solely in the UK, without dual citizenship or nationality from another country. We’re unable to offer visa sponsorship.

This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance. Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you’ve been recruited for. If it isn’t obtained, or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn. Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn’t obtained within 12 months.

**Job description**:
Are you ready to take on a dynamic role at one of the UK's key Royal Air Force (RAF) stations? If so, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) are looking for a health and safety advisor to join their team at RAF Lossiemouth.

You'll join a team dedicated to providing exceptional maintenance, training, and support operations for the RAF's P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Excitingly, in the next 18 months, we'll also be rolling out support for the E-7 Wedgetail after a thorough test and evaluation phase led by our on-site contractors.

In this role, you'll collaborate closely with a diverse group of stakeholders and enterprise partners, including contractors, RAF Lossiemouth Air Base, and the RAF ISTAR Force Headquarters. You’ll deliver essential health and safety activities, drive business continuity planning, and ensure the safe operation of part of the Atlantic Building. As the local health and safety advisor for DE&S, you'll ensure compliance with legal obligations and support the site lead in fostering a collaborative and safe working environment for DE&S staff. With the anticipated growth of the E-7 program and an increase in Delivery Team staff, your role will be pivotal in managing our expanding presence and nurturing relationships with the Air Base.

We champion flexible ways of working. Regular in-person attendance is required to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance. You'll be required to be on-site on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and when it is necessary to conduct safety activities of your role in person. Additionally, you will need to attend face-to-face meetings at other times, which will be scheduled in advance.

**What you’ll be doing**
- Deliver compliance with UK legislation, MOD Policy and DE&S/RAF expectations through risk management and assurance activities.
- Meet building custodian processes.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and enterprise partners to deliver a safe place of work, conduct business continuity planning, and support the safe operation of the Atlantic Building.
- Communicate safety, security, and other relevant information to DE&S staff and contractors based at or visiting RAF Lossiemouth.
- Lead and deliver on matters of security, business continuity, office management, and air base service level agreements, driving continuous improvement and actively seeking opportunities to share knowledge and best practice with MOD and industry partners.
- Deliver health and safety Subject Matter Expert (SME) support to committees, hazard review boards, management plans, and management Boards.

**Person specification**:

- NEBOSH National General Certificate or equiv