Job Description

Job title: Health & Safety Manager

Location

:

Maidenhead, Berkshire

Salary: Negotiable (depended on experience)

The Malloy Aeronautics Team:

Malloy Aeronautics Limited specializes in the development of heavy lift unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) for both civilian and military uses. Located in Berkshire, our operations are notable for their focus on in-house design and manufacturing. This vertical integration means we control the production of most aircraft components on-site, enhancing our ability to innovate and maintain high standards across all stages of development.

About The Role:

The Health & Safety Manager will have responsibility for delivering safety, health and environmental improvement activities, and providing competent advice and coaching in a fast-paced and exciting manufacturing, engineering & development environment focus on VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) technology.

You will work with the business teams to drive implementation and maintenance of an ambitious programme of Health, Safety and Environmental improvements within the business framework. The successful candidate will display strong interpersonal skills and a can-do attitude, with the ability to communicate effectively with employees from all levels of the business.

You will be active in manufacturing and production areas of business at a site near Maidenhead, including supporting off site working visits. The main activities are supporting risk assessment, incident investigation, continual improvement activities, supporting coaching in safety, health and environment practices and providing support to the business. You must also be able to lead projects and drive safety, health & environment in a demanding environment with teams made of graduates and professionals. You will be comfortable with making interventions to discuss safe and unsafe behaviours, and challenging accepted practice in an appropriate and positive manner.

Ability to hold Security Clearance - 5 years residence in the UK

What you'll being doing:

Help embed & improve the safety, health and environmental policy and standards through presence in the business with effective communication.

Help transform the safety culture by modelling safe behaviours and providing effective observations and feedback to others. Demonstrate a continuous improvement mind-set.

Lead and contribute to risk assessments; provide advice and support implementation of appropriate control measures, ensure assessments are reviewed and updated with appropriate stakeholder support

Drive timely incident reporting and thorough root cause investigation, providing leadership and advice. Ensure timely closure of actions and sharing of learning with our teams

Provide suitable information and coaching to teams using all appropriate methods of communication. Develop internal training materials and work with others to help coordinate external training.

Perform regular workplace inspections and audits. Help ensure that audit actions are assigned to relevant stakeholders for completion.

Contribute to daily, weekly and monthly business performance review meetings, supporting the prioritisation of safety, health and environment and delivering actions as appropriate.

Provide competent and coherent advice and guidance to managers and employees on legal requirements and good practice, showing willingness to take personal responsibility to embed improvements.

Essential Skills and Experiences:

Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced working environment.

Health and safety experience in Manufacturing & engineering or similar environment

NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent as a minimum.

Experience of leading incident investigation in a multidisciplinary team, developing action plans and driving to completion.

Experience in carrying out workplace audit and inspections and determining appropriate actions and accountability.

Experience carrying out risk assessments, reviewing existing controls and recommending improvements, preferably in a multidisciplinary team.

Demonstrable experience in prioritisation of issues and working both independently and with others to ensure they are addressed with appropriate urgency.

Data management and reporting skills using Microsoft software packages.

Experience in managing a small team (1 - 3)

Desired Skills and Experiences:

Diploma (NEBOSH, NVQ, NCRQ level 5+) or equivalent higher qualification is an advantage.

Experience of coaching employees on safety, health and environment ranging from graduate entry-level personnel to experienced professionals.

Experience of products and platforms which feature VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) technology

Experience of delivering training & toolbox talks

Experience of writing and reviewing management system procedures, to comply with ISO or similar standards.

IEMA qualification or experience in Environmental Management.

Benefits you may be eligible for:

We have obtained Bronze Level Armed Forces Covenant

Company Pension Scheme

Access to 24 Hour Helpline

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (BAE Systems Share Incentive Plan)

Cycle to work scheme

Additional holiday with long service

Healthcare cash plan

20 Days of Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Statutory Sick pay

Three-Day Long Weekend Every Fortnight (Fri-Sun)

Freshly Cooked Lunch on working Fridays

Casual Dress

On-Site Parking

Why Malloy Aeronautics?

Our company benefits from a streamlined process where engineering teams are involved in the entire lifecycle of our UAVs -- from initial design through to production. This setup not only speeds up the development process but also improves the efficiency and effectiveness of our product launches. We value professionals who have a background in both research and development (R&D) and design for manufacture, as their expertise is crucial to our rapid and precise product development cycle.

Please be aware that many roles working for Malloy Aeronautics will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Malloy Aeronautics is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Note:

If you have not heard from our recruitment department within 14 days, unfortunately you have not been successful.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

Casual dress Company car Company pension Cycle to work scheme Discounted or free food Employee stock purchase plan Free flu jabs Free parking On-site parking Sick pay
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: MA162