Safety Advisor in Hitchin

The Safety Advisor will play a key role in ensuring the organisation operates safely through effective planning and support implementation of the company SHE programs. This position requires knowledge of the Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) requirements in relation to the organisation. The position sits in the local lab leadership team and has influence in the SHE objectives to drive consistent improvements in line with the Business Units priorities. This is a part time 20 hours per week position, based in Hitchin.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure consistent implementation and ongoing execution of organisational SHE policies, programs, practices, and procedures.
• Conduct compliance in laboratory through audits, inspections, and performance reviews.
• Review site SHE practices and collaborate with teams to drive continuous improvement.
• Share best practices, corrective actions, and lessons learned across Cluster laboratories and Divisions as required.
• Support cultural change initiatives to strengthen maturity of the Zero Harm Framework.
• Facilitate feedback loops to maintain engagement and ensure sustainability of SHE initiatives.
• Create local Improvement Plans based on risk profile focusing on the Hierarchy of control principles (Eliminate, Reduce, Substitute, Procedures, PPE).
• Engage with in-cluster best practice sharing.
• Encourage outward association with relevant regulatory and subject matter groups to look for new safety improvements.

Skills / Qualifications:

• Proficiency in MS.
• Proficiency in communication.
• Ability to enforce regulations and engage in conflict resolution in a respectful and engaging manner; ability to see both sides of a situation, analyse and resolve safety-related issues.
• Ability to analyse data and provide evidence-based solutions.
• Experience in a Health and Safety role and a suitable qualification in the discipline.
• Ability to solve practical problems.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions, data and details furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Company Overview:

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’. When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access. While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development. Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement:

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”. All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.