ROXUK00119 – Process Safety Advisor

Roxel is an Anglo-French company that designs, develops and manufactures solid propellant rocket motors for use in tactical missiles. Its operations are spread across several sites in the UK and France and it has an annual turnover over £100M and nearly 700 staff, over 250 in the UK.

The UK operations are entirely based at Summerfield Kidderminster.

Roxel is currently experiencing a period of rapid growth that includes the designing of new processes and equipment. A large part of this is the transfer of current manufacturing processes to newly built facilities.

A requirement for a Process Safety Advisor has been identified to coordinate and contribute to an exciting project that will be designing a Future Factory for Roxel.

The role will sit within the Future Factory project team, with a direct reporting line to the site Safety Function to the Process Safety Manager.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & REPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and manage process safety aspects of the future factory project, with particular focus on the processing of energetic materials.
• Provide expert guidance on current legal requirements for energetic material handling and design processes that comply with these requirements.
• Conduct risk assessments, safety studies and hazard analyses, ensuring all aspects of process safety are comprehensively addressed.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and interface with suppliers to ensure safety measures align with project objectives.
• Develop and implement process safety management systems, ensuring compliance with UK safety standards and best practice, utilising best available technology.
• Participate and coordinate safety reviews, hazard and operability studies, layers of protection analyses etc.
• Assist with the development of Explosive Licence applications in compliance to the Explosive Regulations 2014 for submission to HSE.
• Develop the COMAH Basis of Safety reports as required for processes affected by the Future Factory Project
• Working in conjunction with the SHE Manager – provide input and guidance to building specifications to ensure compliance

EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND

EXPERIENCE & BACKGROUND

Qualifications:

Essential Qualifications

• Higher level qualification in science or engineering subject, such as HNC/HND.

Desirable Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in a science or engineering subject.
• Process Safety Qualification such as NEBOSH Certificate or willing to work towards.

Membership or accreditation by a chartered institute

Experience:

Essential Experience

• Experience in high hazard industry (preferable explosives manufacturing).
• Experience and knowledge of the Explosive Regulations 2014 (HSE Publication L150).
• Understanding of Process Hazard Analysis techniques (HAZOP, PFMEA, LOPA, etc.).

Desirable Experience

• Experience of safety engineering in Upper Tier COMAH sites.
• Strong background and experience in safety engineering.
• Knowledge of explosives licensing.

Person Specification

• Strong communicator, both written and verbal
• Self motivated
• Attention to detail
• Team player with the ability to work unsupervised
• Able to make balanced and evidence-based judgements and decisions
• Able to manage own time and prioritise tasks

How to apply

Please note: As a sucessful applicant you will be required to undertake an Occupational Health Assessment be able to pass a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and at a later date Security Clearance (SC).   A further condition is for the sucessful individual to have lived in the UK consistanly for at least 5 years.

Please check guidelines by looking on the below link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels

At Roxel we work in a grading structure, based on experience, as part of your application please specify your salary expectations.

To apply please send your CV and covering letter to  uk_recruitment@roxelgroup.uk.com