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Conventional Safety Specialist
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Your mission
£24,500 + BENEFITS | 12-MONTH PLACEMENT
Are you ready to spend your year directly influencing AWE?
As part of our Sustainability, Safety, Health, Environment & Quality (SHEQ) team, you’ll be a part of driving real change. You’ll be at the heart of our mission to improve environmental performance and make sure we stay ahead of the health and safety standards that keep our people safe.
Our work is of the highest national security so you must be a British Citizen to apply.
WHAT DISCIPLINES MAY FIT THIS ROLE BEST?
• Any Engineering discipline
• Any Science discipline
LOCATION: ALDERMASTON NEAR READING
You’ll be based at our Aldermaston site near Reading.
We work a nine-day fortnight. That means every other Friday off work + 270 hours of annual leave.
SKILLS YOU’LL NEED TO DEMONSTRATE
• Growth mindset
• Curiosity
• Innovation
• Resilience
• Teamwork
The opportunity
You’ll gain hands-on experience working with the central team and alongside deployed safety specialists supporting key delivery areas.
You’ll be collaborating with facility operators and project managers to assess risks, shape safety strategies and keep us compliant with health and safety legislation.
This is a dynamic role offering variety, teamwork plus the opportunity to use your knowledge and skills to pitch new ideas and ways of working to influence policies and future thinking.
What you’ll learn
SAFETY MANAGEMENT | RISK ASSESSMENTS | INDUSTRY STANDARDS
Undertaking risk assessments and helping identify appropriate control measures.
Supporting risk-based inspections in line with legislation, industry standards and AWE requirements.
Using relevant assessment tools and helping teams understand findings.
Supporting safety initiatives and continuous improvement activities.
Learning how AWE’s Safety Management System is applied across projects and facilities.
Working with the central SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment and Quality) team, deployed safety specialists, facility operators and project managers.
Building practical understanding of key health and safety legislation.
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