Health & Safety Regional Advisors (3 positions) – Andover, Catterick & RAF Wyton

£31,696 plus benefits

37 hours per week – permanent

Locations: Andover SP11 8HJ, Catterick DL9 3AU or RAF Wyton PE28 2EA

Join the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; be challenged; be unique.

The Role 

Can you support our highly specialist team who are responsible for managing technical services across the Defence Estate? If so, we have three vacancies at our Andover, Catterick & RAF Wyton sites.

The regional H&S team provide the intelligent customer capability for H&S and therefore undertake assurance and performance reporting; monitor and develop DIO policy to meet H&S legislation, codes of practice and MOD policies. The team also provide a professional support capability for DIO business areas in respect of advice and guidance on all matters H&S.

The post holder is accountable to Senior H&S Advisor for the delivery of H&S Regional Support/ Assurance functions, including supporting the Regional Functional Lead (Health and Safety) (RFL (H&S)) and will be responsible for leading H&S within their geographical areas, ensuring adherence to all agreed DIO and Top Level Budget Holders (TLB) processes and operating procedures. The post holder will be required to work collaboratively with all parts of the organisation and to facilitate appropriate DIO and TLB interfaces. Support for RFL (H&S) to be on both a regional and a subject matter basis.

The Regional H&S Advisors will provide support to the Assistant Head Regional H&S on health and safety matters and provide local support to non-regionalised areas of DIO e.g. Accommodation, Technical Services (TS), Commercial. 

The post holder will also support the H&S assurance programme, undertake centrally directed assurance and undertake incident investigations and root cause analysis via a regional support network for DIO business areas.

Benefits include:

• Support with Professional and Personal Development
• Flexible working hours upon completion of 6 months service
• Alternative working practices
• 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
• 9 paid public holidays per year
• Generous maternity and paternity package
• Highly competitive pension scheme
• Most sites have good travel links with free car parking; many also have other facilities such as a Sports & Social Club, Gym and/or site shops
• Opportunity to work alongside military colleagues

DIO is part of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). We play a vital role in supporting Defence by leading and managing the delivery of what the Armed Forces need to live, work, train and deploy on operations. Our people share the common goal of supporting our Armed Forces through management of the military estate.

Take a look at our YouTube video to see more about DIO: https://youtu.be/kl9c3vCIRqY.

For more information and to apply, please click the ‘Apply’ button to be forwarded to Civil Service Jobs. Job references are as follows: 1641052 (Catterick) 1641039, (RAF Wyton) and 1641012 (Andover).

Closing date: 31 July 2019.