A&P Group – Falmouth, Health & Safety Officer

Do you enjoy ensuring safety and working with people to minimise risks? Then we may have the role for you!

We have an exciting opportunity for a proactive individual to join our team as a Health & Safety Officer. Working at our facility in A&P Falmouth and reporting directly to the site Health and Safety Manager, you will play a critical role in our commitment to excellence and safety.

Who we are:

A&P Falmouth is one of the largest ship-repair facilities in the UK, providing a complete range of marine repair services thanks to our on-site engineering, electrical, paint and fabrication workshops.

Our number one priority is to safeguard the safety and wellbeing of our staff, customers and sub-contractors. Our Work Safe, Home Safe (WSHS) initiative defines the core values which form the basis of the safety culture here.

What you will do:

Joining our dedicated Health & Safety Team and reporting to the Health and Safety Manager, you will:

  • Undertake site inspections across our facility, ensuring safety onboard and off ships within the docks, our workshops, offices and other areas of the site.
  • Maintain and update our health and safety policies, procedures and guidance.
  • Carry out or assist others in the investigation, reporting and recommending of action on accidents, incidents, near misses and non-conformances with a view to driving positive changes and improvements
  • Carry out risk assessments and review safe systems of work
  • Provide advice on health, safety, environmental and quality matters to colleagues, customers and contractors across the business
  • Deliver health & safety training such as toolbox talks and health and safety briefings as required
  • Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation and Company policies
  • NEBOSH general certificate / NVQ Level 3 qualification or equivalent
  • Experience of working within the Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) function in an industrial / engineering environment with good knowledge of best practice within HSEQ
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective working relationships
  • Willingness to work various shift patterns including at night and during the weekend and to be on-call during unsociable hours and visit the facility during these times as required.
  • You’ll be involved in varied work throughout the facility which, providing opportunities for growth and advancement
  • A supportive and collaborative work environment
  • Attractive benefits including
    • Minimum 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • 4% pension contribution and a generous death in service benefit
  • Life cover at 7x your basic salary
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme

What we are looking for:

What we can offer:

    Due to the nature of the work we undertake, all successful candidates must undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check and attain Security Check (SC) Clearance as part of pre-employment checks, further information on this can be found here.