Health and Safety Manager - Headington, United Kingdom - SRG

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2 weeks ago

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Health and Safety Officer (R&D)

Permanent

Oxford, UK

£ Competitive salary and benefits

The responsibilities of the Health and Safety Manager include:

  • Provide a proactive and professional leadership role in ensuring there is consistency of Health and Safety policy and procedures across various units of the business. Providing expert health and safety advice through briefings, presentations and writtenreports of relevant matters.
  • Work closely with Laboratory Managers and other key staff members to establish and maintain a programme of continuous improvement in the management of Health and Safety.
  • Undertaking scheduled visits to relevant laboratories to monitor compliance with health and safety legislation.
  • Discuss areas for improvement with relevant professional services and academic staff and/or external bodies and agree appropriate corrective action.
  • Manage a comprehensive programme of risk assessments covering all aspects of the role's responsibilities which include CL3/CL2 activities and GM. A key part of this will be overseeing a schedule of regular safety testing, e.g. of portable electrical equipment,safety cabinets, pressure vessels and gas regulators. You will also carry out annual health, safety and environmental audits of all areas and ensure that appropriate followup action has been taken.
  • Take a proactive approach in identifying any potential deficiencies and reporting to the Head of H&S.. When any deficiency is identified, you will be expected to take containing action, usually without reference to others, to ensure immediate safety andthen to assess and provide recommendations for effective ongoing management.
  • Arrange for the monitoring and disposal of hazardous equipment, chemical, biological and radioactive waste.
  • As Biological Safety Officer, ensure that all genetically modified organism risk assessments are completed and up to date, including Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (CoSHH). You will assess all submitted risk assessments and advise Group Leadersof the suitability of the risk management control measures in place.
  • Ensure compliance with biosafety regulations for activities undertaken in the CL3 laboratories with infectious biological agents.

Person specification for Health and Safety Manager:

  • Experience of working in a life or biomedical sciences research environment including& biocontainment labs.
  • Knowledge and/or experience of working at Biosafety Containment Level 2&
  • Experience in reviewing risk assessments including for CL3 and GM research.
  • Knowledge and experience of Health and Safety legislation within a research environment.
  • Being proactive in developing new processes in H&S Management.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and concisely at all levels, both verbally and in writing, and have an empathetic approach to the needs of researchers without compromising safety
  • Proactively taking part in the development of a community of practice in NDM and the Division
  • Ability to relate to a very wide range of personnel
  • Good IT skills
  • Ability to work independently and on own initiative, as well as part of a team
  • Willingness to undertake continuing professional development
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Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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