Job Title: Head of Environmental Protection And Occupational Health
Location: Rosyth, Fife
Compensation: £80, + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Head of Environmental Protection and Occupational Health at our Rosyth or Devonport sites.
The role
As Head of Environmental Protection and Occupational Health you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. In this new leadership role, you'll supoort the SHEP Director in establishing governance for environmental and health standards. Your role will be central to driving a consistent, sector-wide approach to safety, health, and environmental protection across international waterfront operations, with a strong commitment to achieving zero harm to people and the environment. The role is embedded within the Safety, Health, Environment (SHEP) team and is instrumental in shaping our Marine Sector’s strategic direction in these critical areas.
Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for designing and assuring Environmental and Health Governance across the Marine Sector, while also managing the Occupational Health contract delivered by a third-party provider. You’ll ensure the provision of accurate Occupational Health information to support any claims, and maintain oversight of the contract’s delivery by attending regular contract management meetings and ensuring service standards are met.
1. Reducing, reporting and demonstrating with the People team a 3% reduction in long term sick across the Marine sector.
2. Pro-actively interacting with environmental regulators, including but not limited to SEPA, EA and Local Authorities
3. Working with Babcock Group wide Environmental and Health leads to standardise Babcock governance
4. Developing and owning adequate risk/aspect registers at a Marine Sector level for Health and Environment
5. Identifying key Environmental and Health trends, with clear actions to mitigate risk or remove hazard, which will include developing any potential business cases.
6. Ensuring emergency arrangements are adequate and in place for environmental issues across the sector
This is a full-time position (36 hours per week) based in Rosyth, Scotland, with travel / work required at both Rosyth and Devonport Royal Dockyard in Devon as required.
Essential experience of the Head of Environmental Protection and Occupational Health
7. Experience of senior environmental protection management within heavy manufacturing, waste management or defence, ideally with waterfront locations
8. A full understanding of ISO and ideally working knowledge of ISO
9. An ability to translate international and UK Law into practical standards for delivery across the globe.
10. Experience of managing commercial arrangements with suppliers
11. Exposure to Occupational Health Management
Qualifications for the Essential experience of the Head of Environmental Protection and Occupational Health
12. Chartered Environmentalist
13. Full Member of IEMA or environmental body
14. Level 6 Qualification in Environmental/Sustainability
15. Level 3 qualification in Occupational Health and Safety
16. Level 6 Qualification in Occupational Health and Safety
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
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What we offer
17. Generous holiday allowance
18. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
19. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
20. Employee share scheme
21. Employee shopping savings portal
22. Payment of Professional Fees
23. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
24. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
25. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
26. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.