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Job Title: Health and Safety Officer Reporting To: HSEQ Manager Location: On-site Contract Type: Permanent Job Type: Full-Time Role Summary The Health & Safety Officer is responsible for ensuring that all waste management operations and offsite environmental service activities are carried out safely, in compliance with health, safety, and environmental legislation, and in line with company policies. This role supports site based and mobile teams by providing competent advice, conducting inspections, delivering training, and driving a positive health & safety culture across the organisation. The position covers: • On-site waste processing operations Key Responsibilities Health & Safety Compliance • Ensure all activities comply with UK health & safety legislation (e.g., HSWA, PUWER, LOLER, COSHH, CDM where applicable)., • Maintain and update the company’s H&S policies, procedures, and risk assessments., • Conduct routine H&S inspections at waste sites, workshops, yards, and offices., • Perform safety audits of offsite works including confined space entries, high‑pressure water jetting, hazardous waste handling, and chemical cleaning., • Develop and review RAMS for waste activities and mobile environmental services., • Ensure RAMS are communicated effectively to teams before work begins., • Evaluate specialist risks such as:, • Confined space entry, • Working at height, • High‑pressure water jetting, • Hazardous substances, • Noise, dust, manual handling, • Investigate accidents, near misses, and environmental incidents., • Produce clear investigation reports with root cause analysis and corrective actions., • Support reporting under RIDDOR where required., • Support safe use of vehicles, plant, and equipment (telehandlers, forklifts, MEWPs, tankers, jetting units)., • Monitor PPE compliance and suitability., • Review contractor RAMS and safety documentation., • Perform contractor inductions and oversight during high‑risk activities., • Maintain accurate H&S data, logs, and performance indicators., • Prepare monthly safety dashboards and reports for management., • Promote a positive safety culture through visibility, communication, and engagement with staff., • Encourage reporting of hazards and near misses., • Support continuous improvement initiatives. Personal Specification Qualifications and Training • NEBOSH General Certificate (minimum) (essential), • Experience in waste management, industrial services, or a related high‑risk sector (essential), • Knowledge of relevant UK legislation and best practice (HSGs, waste sector guidance, Confined Space Regs, etc.) (essential), • Strong experience writing and reviewing RAMS (essential), • Confined Space and/or High-Pressure Water Jetting awareness (desirable), • First Aid qualification (desirable), • Experience working across multi‑site operations and offsite project-based work (essential), • Knowledge of ISO 45001 and integrated management systems (desirable), • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (essential), • Ability to influence safe behaviours at all levels (essential), • Strong organisational and reporting skills (essential), • Attention to detail and situational awareness (essential), • Confidence to challenge unsafe acts and conditions (essential), • Ability to work independently and proactively (essential), • Calm and effective under pressure (essential) Benefits • Attractive salary of £35,000 (DOE), • Company Pension, • Referral Scheme, • Free on-site parking

We are supporting a leading provider of mission critical communications infrastructure that delivers highly resilient networks used by emergency services, healthcare and other essential organisations across the UK. They now have an immediate requirement for a Communications Engineer to join their team in the South. This is a home-based role, and the candidate will travel to customer sites across the South of England and will be responsible for maintaining and supporting radio and paging networks, fault finding under pressure and ensuring systems remain operational at all times. Candidates living in or close to the following locations are of particular interest: Norwich, Bury St Edmunds, Peterborough, Cambridge, Northampton, Oxford, Luton, Chelmsford, Colchester, Dartford, Maidstone, Crawley, Eastbourne, Worthing, Aldershot, Croydon, Reading and Slough. This is an autonomous role where you will manage your own workload, offering long-term stability, structured working hours, modern equipment and the opportunity to continue working in a role that genuinely makes a difference. This is ideally suited to individuals from a military communications background who are used to operating in safety critical environments, responding to faults, and maintaining vital systems where reliability is essential. Communications Engineer Responsibilities: Maintain, fault find and repair mission critical radio and paging networks. Attend customer and radio sites for planned maintenance and reactive fault response. Respond to incidents as part of an on-call rota supporting 24/7 infrastructure. Install, commission and support communications equipment at sites across the South. Carry out work at height including rooftops and tower-based structures. Maintain accurate site records and engineering documentation. Ensure all work is completed safely and in line with regulatory and operational standards. Work independently in the field while remaining part of a close-knit engineering team. Communications Engineer Requirements: Hold a minimum of NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a communications/electronics discipline. Experience maintaining, repairing or operating communications equipment in the field. Strong understanding of radio systems such as VHF and UHF. Familiar with RF principles. Confident working independently at remote or critical sites. Able to work at heights including rooftops and tower-based structures. Working at height training and certification will be provided. Able to fault find calmly in time sensitive situations. Full UK driving licence. Communications Engineer Benefits: Competitive basic salary depending on experience. On call allowance and overtime payable. Monday to Friday 9am 5pm. Company car. Mobile phone and laptop. Company pension. Life assurance. Employee assistance programme. Structured working hours with stability and long term career prospects. Suitable Background: This role would suit candidates from a military communications or signals background including but not limited to: Royal Signals, RAF communications, Royal Navy communications, CIS. Candidates with civilian experience in radio, telecoms or broadcast environments are also encouraged to apply. TPBN1_UKTJ

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