Environment, Health and Safety Specialist

Environment, Health and Safety Specialist- Operations

Location: Leeds

Salary: Salary range £41,134 - £47,463 (depending on experience)

Up to 10% bonus

£3,900 per annum car/ car allowance

Start Date: ASAP

Please note: A full UK Driving licence is required for this role

Northern Gas Networks reserves the right to close adverts early whereby a high volume of applications are received

Why work at NGN?

We know that right now, finding a rewarding role within an established organisation is not easy to come by. You may have never even thought about working in the gas industry, but did you know we have tonnes to offer?

So, who are we?

We are Northern Gas Networks.

We are a team of underground and overground heroes that keep our 2,700,000customers in the North of England 'cooking on gas'.

Our network is VAST and measures the same as travelling from our headquarters in Leeds, UK to Sydney, Australia...and then back again!

However, we are not 'just pipes' either!

We care about our people, our communities and our planet.

How about our 'H21' project? This project supports the conversion of the UK gas networks from natural gas to hydrogen. This will reduce carbon emissions in line with the UK commitment to achieve net zero by 2050... Talk about changing the future!

There has literally never been a more exciting time to apply!

The Role:

The purpose of the role is to work within a small team of EHS Specialists to support NGNs Operations in ensuring a safe working environment at all work sites and associated NGN offices.The EHS Operations team provides support, expert advice, guidance and assistance on Health, Safety and Environmental matters to ensure the business understands and is able to comply with all relevant EH&S legislation, company policies, procedures and the EH&S management system, and effectively manage risks to the health, safety and wellbeing of colleagues and others who are affected by NGN's operations.

The focus of the team will be to work in partnership with business leaders and managers to develop and embed effective risk controls within their teams and support them in delivering safety excellence and positive safety behaviours.Individual team members to be aligned to specific operational areas to enable collaborative partnership working, strengthen relationships and ensure consistency of support.

Key Duties:

• Ensure NGN colleagues and contractors fully understand and comply with all NGN Environment, Health and Safety policy and procedures, and support NGN managers and colleagues in ensuring safety risks are effectively identified and controlled.
• Build and maintain effective positive and proactive relationships with all levels of internal customer, adopting a partnership-working approach to better integrate the EH&S team into business operations (e.g. attendance at monthly meetings with designated stakeholders)
• Support the development of develop positive safety behaviours across all levels of the business, including supporting the delivery of behaviour change programmes and working with the business to embed sustained improvements in safety behaviours.
• Provide advice and guidance and support business stakeholders in identifying and managing risks associated with all aspects of EH&S including but not limited to safe management of gas operations, emergency response, escape location and repair and mains replacement, supporting managers within designated regions to plan and deliver work activities safely.
• Lead/facilitate the timely investigation of injuries, incidents and near misses to accurately identify root causes and determine appropriate corrective and/or preventive actions
• Identify areas of improvement and implement solutions/actions to mitigate EH&S risk
• Adhere to all applicable statutory and company reporting requirements
• Support in delivering aspects of EH&S training to colleagues and take an active role in briefing EH&S strategy and learnings to colleagues within Maintenance and Capital Projects
• Provide EH&S support to the innovations team in relation to the development or introduction of new or innovative techniques and materials into NGN, or the appointment new maintenance / construction contract partners
• Provide EH&S support to other areas of the business, as business need dictates
• Any other duties that may reasonably be requested by your line manager to support the effective identification and management of health and safety risks within the business

About you:

You will possess the ability to work effectively and influence a wide variety of stakeholders at all business levels to become better safety leaders. Industry- specific is advantageous however not essential.

• An understanding of the safety management principles required to safely work with pressure systems, electrical installations, pipelines and civil works/construction activities
• Wide knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and risk control as applied to the utilities sector.
• Experience in accident & incident investigation procedures to identify immediate and underlying causes of accidents
• Extensive experience in identification of risks and assessment of controls.
• Significant experience of working collaboratively with business stakeholders to deliver safety excellence
• Proven experience of supporting businesses to develop safe behaviours and deliver positive cultural change
• Previous experience in establishing and maintaining effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, enforcing authorities and principal contactors
• Good IT capabilities with competence in the use of Microsoft Office
• Understanding of a regulated company's strategic positioning.

What we Offer:

We believe that our people should be recognised for their contribution. Therefore, we offer the below package:

• A competitive salary of £41,134 - £47,463 per annum (depending on experience)
• Up to 10% bonus
• Car/car allowance £3,900 per annum
• 40 hours per week
• Free onsite parking
• 25 days annual leave (plus recognised bank holidays and 2 half days over the Christmas period)
• SSP for first 7 calendar days then occupational sick pay
• A generous stakeholder 5/10 pension scheme
• Flexible benefits and salary sacrifice options... from discounts on a variety of UK attractions, gym membership, restaurant discounts, experience days...and much more!
• An array of fantastic family- friendly policies such as 6 weeks' paternity leave (for eligible employees) and 6 months' full pay for employees on maternity leave (for eligible employees), as well as shared parental leave and many more!

Our Values:

We are looking for people who can demonstrate and live all our values, which are at the heart of everything that we do.We are ...

Trailblazing, Empowered, Community Focused

Intellectually Curious, Heartfelt

And most importantly... we are...Happy!

Diversity at NGN:

We value diversity at NGN and this is embedded in everything that we do. We will be delighted to hear from a diverse range of applicants, so we can continue to grow our mind-blowingly great team of people.

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant, helping ex-services personnel back into employment, as well as being members of WISE (Women in Science and Engineering).

Any applicants that require reasonable adjustments or further flexibility are able contact us directly to inform us of any additional support that is required throughout the recruitment process.

FAO Current NGN Colleagues Only:

Please note that any NGN colleague may apply for this vacancy.

It is important to note that;

-You must inform your current line manager of your application, prior to applying.

-You may only apply to this vacancy, should you have been in your current role for a minimum of 12 months

-Please attach your CV to your application- this is a mandatory part of the application process.

• You may also attach a covering letter, outlining your interest in the vacancy (optional).

Should you have any queries before you apply, please email NGNCareers@northerngas.co.uk marked FAO the Recruitment Team.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Best of Luck!