Job Description

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Do you have an understanding and enthusiasm for health and safety related matters? We are looking for someone with a proactive approach, to work within our core engineering function, to support our high risk areas within Engineering with their health and safety related tasks.
Your role as Engineering High Risk Coordinator will be key in facilitating engineering managers to ensure compliance and to meet business demands and deadlines.
Whilst largely an administrative role, a strong interest and previous experience in Health and Safety is paramount, as we would expect you to maintain a working knowledge of relevant Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) legislation, along with company HSE policies and procedures.
You'll have the opportunity to interface with all levels of employees from various areas of the business, maintaining a professional, positive and proactive attitude and will be responsible for effective management of your workload.
What you'll do as Engineering High Risk Coordinator:

• Ensure consistency of approach and best practices is adhered to across all of the high risk areas (Materials Laboratory, Structural Test Laboratory, Avionics, Flight Test)

• Responding to health and safety queries, and raising health and safety queries with the Responsible Manager, highlighting our deficiencies and then actioning them to address them
• Monthly inspections across all areas on behalf of the Responsible Manager
• Preparation of slides for communication of Health and Safety documentation
• Chair Monthly departmental Health and Safety meetings, circulating minutes, managing actions
• Support regular shop floor walkabouts, reporting any issues to the administration team
• Support incident investigation and risk management activities, as directed by the HSE Department
• Supporting annual audits and managing the actions required

What you'll bring

• A strong interest and previous experience in Health and Safety matters
• Audit experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft packages
• Previous Sphera experience

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.
Security Clearance
This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit:
Why join us
At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work-life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we're here to help you thrive.

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks: Spend up to 500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.
Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team--they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.
At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.
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Primary Location: GB - Yeovil - Lysander Rd
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