EHS Generalist in Fareham

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Fareham, Hampshire

Position Role Type: Remote

Raytheon UK is proud of its Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) performance and is continuing to develop tools and processes to minimise risks to our employees and the environment we operate in. Raytheon UK is committed to health, safety and environmental compliance with UK regulations and Corporate EHS Standards and driving improvements to our performance.

We are looking for an EHS Generalist to join our UK EHS team, with a primary focus on the Selborne programme. The EHS Generalist provides support to the EHS and Facilities Team, as well as guidance to management and employees across the business.

The successful candidate will be committed to providing great service with the ability to build strong relationships across the business; be an excellent communicator, comfortable both in group settings and presenting to colleagues and committees across the business; be experienced in balancing a diverse workload with attention to detail and deadlines; and committed to their continuous professional development.

The role may be either customer site or home based and supports multiple locations (largely in the South of England). As such the role will involve occasional travel to support Raytheon UK Selborne teams on customer bases or to provide support on Raytheon UK locations.

Main Duties

• Working on various projects with the EHS team, prepared to act as the lead and present out plans to key stakeholders.
• Demonstrate initiative in developing EHS programmes and initiating change processes.
• Develop a good understanding of the EHS management system in line with legal requirements and corporate standards.
• Provide EHS advice and guidance, using escalation techniques when required.
• Working knowledge of risk assessment and initiating action plans.
• Point of contact in ensuring compliance to COSHH regulations.
• Lead and participate in audits, inspections and incident investigations, in any area of the site, which may involve using a ladder, working at height as well as physically accessing confined, underground and roof spaces.
• Prepare and present at programme EHS committee meetings. Attend and support other adhoc meetings as required.
• Working knowledge and understanding of Environmental compliance. Support company, partner and customer Environmental systems and initiatives.
• Ensure all documentation is available to present to legal compliance auditor for Environmental and Health and Safety Audits.
• Assistance with programme compliance and associated compliance tasks.
• Participates in continuous improvement activities.
• Keeps up to date with EHS requirements.
• Report writing on EHS related issues and performance objectives and metrics.
• Ability to work to timescales, achieve personal goals and contribute to team effectiveness.

Candidate Requirements

Education

• Appropriate professional qualification at a minimum NEBOSH General Certificate level.
• Environmental qualification or equivalent desirable.

Knowledge and experience

• Knowledge and experience of significant risk Health and Safety topics (e.g. PUWER, COSHH, Manual Handling).
• Knowledge and experience of working within the parameters ISO14001 and ISO45001.
• Detailed knowledge of UK Statutory regulation concerning Environment, Health and Safety.
• Working knowledge of General and Hazardous waste hierarchy.
• Good understanding of COSHH and all associated requirements.
• Previous experience in relation to Health and Safety Training and creation of content, ensuring audit ready at all times.
• Relevant experience in a manufacturing/engineering environment.
• Proficient at report writing, creating and presenting presentations using Microsoft office tools (in particular: Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
• Project management experience.
• High level of initiative and committed to meeting goals.
• Member of a relevant recognised industry professional body (e.g. IOSH, IEMA, IIRSM) or working towards.
• Good communication and analytical skills.
• Current holder of or eligibility to obtain MoD Secret (SC) level security clearance.

Desirable

• Willingness to enhance existing knowledge and qualifications and obtain an auditing qualification (ISO 14001 and 45001).
• Knowledge, experience of Health and Safety arrangements on MOD bases and/or the Team Fisher programme.

This position is classified as:

• Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite.
• Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite.
• Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home).

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.