HSE Business Partner - Solihull

Working Pattern: Full Time - 37 hours - 5 Days per week on-site

Working location: Solihull - UK

Lead HS&E locally in support of the Business priorities and based on a sound understanding of the local HS&E performance and risk profile. Coach managers in effective HS&E leadership and implementation. Be the principal HS&E point of contact for your assigned responsibilities and accountabilities. Deliver on agreed improvement plans and be proactive in seeking out emerging issues. Identify and promote good practice. Work collaboratively with Business HS&E and the wider HS&E function, to build a sense of team, and alignment to business and functional strategies.

What you will be doing:

• Risk Management: Maintain good risk management, including up to date local risk profiles, to keep management informed and drive prioritised improvement actions. Identify common issues to incorporate in business-based improvement programmes. Ensure HSE critical controls are identified, managed (including through appropriate maintenance programmes) and effectively assured.
• Leadership and Culture: Set expectations and lead by example on the Journey to Zero Harm. Lead improvements to functional or business HSE maturity by proposing and implementing changes. Represent the business on functional initiatives and lead changes, including on business initiatives. Engage beyond your sites on initiatives to optimise the programme.
• Learning from Incident Investigation: Respond to incidents and maintain communications on the situation as needed. Coach Managers to undertake and complete investigations. Further, analyse incident data to identify and understand trends and to propose improvements actions which can be implemented across the sites. Support the sharing of incident learnings and apply learnings from elsewhere in a prioritised way. Monitor and communicate action closure status arising from incidents at site level.
• Assurance: Develop the local risk-based assurance programme, consistent with the Business programme, including compliance with legal and other requirements. Monitor progress and support site senior leaders to deliver their lower tier assurance plans. Interpret, communicate and drive action on trends and insights. Use assurance findings to improve risk management.
• Stakeholder engagement and communication: Building on the Business arrangements; identify, prioritise, agree with senior management and implement engagement plans with HS&E stakeholders. Use good communications practices to support improvement and change. Maintain good relations with Regulators. Work with the Senior HS & E Business Partner(s) to ensure standards and improvements are implemented as necessary.

Who we’re looking for:

Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Must:

• Hold a NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (or equivalent)
• Qualified member of an appropriate HSE professional body such as IOSH with evidence of continual professional development (CPD)
• Demonstrated experience in influencing managers and taking a stand when the situation demands it.
• Strong leadership qualities
• Strong inter-personal and communication skills

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience of working in cross functional teams

Additional Information: 37 hours - Days Grade/Level: C Job Category HS & E