Busway Health and Safety Officer

at  Cambridgeshire County Council

About the role
Cambridgeshire County Council is at the forefront of innovation to move our communities around safely and sustainably. We operate the world’s longest tracked Busway System allowing safe and reliable access to the city and science campuses that encompass our historic university city. We have 3 exciting roles to work within our dedicated Busway Health and Safety team.
The Busway Health and Safety Officers will undertake regular inspections and risk assessments of the busway, taking timely corrective action. They will provide health and safety advice, guidance, and support the safety culture of the Council and its busway stakeholders. They will support the Lead Busway Health and Safety Officer to ensure ongoing regulatory and policy compliance. The roles will maintain stakeholder relationships and collaborate effectively.
In person interviews will be held on Thursday 28 November 2024 at Stanton House, Huntingdon.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Simon Burgin, Road Safety Manager at: simon.burgin@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
What will you be doing?

ACCOUNTABILITIES -

• Assists in the delivery of health and safety across the whole of the Busway infrastructure.
• Undertake regular inspections and risk assessments, taking timely corrective action when required.
• Works collaboratively with stakeholders to provide support and advice, ensuring a strong safety culture.
• Acting as a subject matter expert for health and safety, works closely with the team to provide updates and share their knowledge.
• Delivery of the council’s health and safety management system.
• Meeting key performance indicators relating to the busway safe system.
  About you

THE EXPERIENCE YOU WILL BRING -

• Educated to NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area (Busway and Tracked Transport Systems).
• Experience of working in a health and safety related role within a complex organisation.
• Excellent customer service skills with experience of building collaborative relationships by engaging with services and influencing decision making.
• Proven track record of carrying out risk assessments, inspections, audits and writing reports.
• Experience of delivering health and safety training.
  About us
  Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
  Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
  We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
  Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network ‘IDEAL’ and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
  We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
  Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
  https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
  Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more

Please refer the Job description for details