Fluid Flow Modeller - Buxton, United Kingdom - Health and Safety Executive
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Salary:
- £32,802 - £36,625
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade: - Higher Executive Officer
Contract type: - Permanent
Business area: - HSE
- Science Division (SD)
Type of role: - Operational Delivery
- Science
Working pattern: - Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available: - 2Contents
About the job
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Location
- Buxton, East Midlands (England), SK17 9JNAbout the job
Job summary:
This post will be based in the Science Division of the HSE at our Science and Research Centre in Buxton, Derbyshire.
Our capabilities encompass a wide range of topics including; fire, explosion, process safety and engineering; occupational and environmental health; risk assessment; work environment; and specialist photographic and analytical services.
This breadth of expertise underpins our particular strength in creating multidisciplinary teams to support major incident investigations and policy development, as well as undertaking high quality research.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is Britain's national regulator for workplace health and safety. We are dedicated to protecting people and places and helping everyone lead safer and healthier lives.Our role goes beyond worker protection to include public assurance. We work to ensure people feel safe where they live, where they work and, in their environment.
Great Britain's health and safety record is the envy of much of the world.
Central to this is our work to protect people by managing risk in a proportionate and effective way, supporting innovation and increasing productivity.
Job description:
The work carried out by the team is project based and can vary greatly in nature. Projects may be internally or externally funded, research or support projects, or incident investigations.
There is a strong emphasis on team working and collaboration, and you will be expected to work with specialists and technical experts across many other disciplines.
Please note:
as part of this role there will be some occasional travel required, this will include travelling for meetings and events.
Full notice will be provided if successful in post when this will occur.Part time working hours are available for this role. We can accept part time applicants who can commit to working a minimum of 28 hours per week
Person specification:
You will be able to:
- Report the outcomes of scientific work through writing reports and papers, presentations and providing verbal feedback to customers
- Liaise with colleagues in other parts of HSE to support multidisciplinary teams to offer the best possible service to customers
- Manage your time and resources within your control to ensure that projects are completed to time and cost
- Contribute to the development of future work for the Team by providing ideas and technical input to bids
- Take personal responsibility for ensuring that your training and development are aligned with business objectives
Essential skills:
- Good communication skills, including report writing and presenting to customers
- Ability to work with scientists from a range of disciplines
Qualifications:
- A Degree in a relevant numerate discipline
Behaviours:We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: - Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
Technical skills:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
Benefits:
- Alongside your salary of £32,802, Health and Safety Executive contributes £8,856 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
We invest in our people with;
- Competitive rates of pay
- Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme to which HSE contribute 27.1% far more than in the private sector.
- Family friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career
- Carer friendly policies to help create a supportive working culture
- 25 days annual holiday increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays and 1day Civil Service privilege leave
- Parental leave benefits
Selection process details:
- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills
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Application Information:
For further information on technical skills please see here GSE Career Fram
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