Job Description

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Description

The opportunity has arisen to join an industry leader in UK's & Ireland's Building Services sector. Alternative Heat design, develop and deliver a wide range of offsite-prefabricated, innovative, and sustainable building service solutions throughout the UK & Europe.


We specialise in the design, supply, and installation of a wide range of prefabricated energy solutions, typically built in NI and shipped throughout the UK & Europe. We also offer turnkey design, build, and operate solutions for commercial energy centres and large-scale district heating solutions and have experience with successfully procuring and delivering many similar packages to a wide range of public bodies throughout UK & Europe.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Health & Safety Officer to provide general assistance and support to the Office, Site & Fabrication Teams, ensuring safe practice, & environmental compliance is all being controlled in a safe and healthy environment. Liaising with Staff, Principal Contractors, Clients & partners ensuring the correct policies are being followed, including your attendance on any site H&S walks and daily briefs.###

Key Responsibilities

Provide HSE advice and support to Managers, supervisors, and colleagues for the entire company workforce, subcontracted labour, other site workers and members of the public. To develop a strong working relationship with all levels of employees and promote a culture of engagement and continual improvement. To create & maintain safe systems of work (RAMS etc) and ensure these are being effectively applied. Driving continual improvement. To complete/maintain HSE Site, Workshop & Equipment inspections & records. To complete incident investigations and identify and implement improvement measures. Become aware of the functions of other members of staff in the department as they affect your work. To attend necessary meetings as required. To undertake assigned work in a professional and efficient way, in compliance with current HSE legislation, regulatory requirements and the company's Integrated Management Systems. To communicate in a professional, helpful and non-prejudicial manner in all your dealings with clients and customers as you will be regarded as a representative of your department and the Company, and you should behave accordingly. To behave in a professional manner and always cooperate with all other members of staff. Deliver regular toolbox & induction talks. Plan, review and record Emergency preparedness across all sites across company locations To maintain high standards of work within your department. Any other duties deemed necessary by Management

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Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

NEBOSH Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety. Proven HSE experience for a minimum of 5 years. Experience of working in New Build and M&E construction environments. Experience of undertaking health and safety audits. Experience of lifting operations and associated hazards. Experience of creating RAMS for complex works. Knowledge of health and safety aspects, including legislation and technical standards. Accident and incident investigation experience. Excellent attention to detail, organisational, planning and communication skills both verbal and written with the ability to deal with clients & internal staff. Ability to influence change and challenge those who flaunt H&S rules and guidance. Ability to work under pressure and on own initiatives to achieve self and team targets. Ability to proactively deal with employees all levels across the company to come up with solutions. Proficient in Microsoft Office Packages I.e. word, excel, PowerPoint, outlook etc Ability to travel to other sites across the UK. Full UK Driving licence


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Benefits

Full in-house training and career development opportunities. Competitive pension scheme. Life assurance scheme. Health cash plan. Full access to smart wellbeing platform. Annual flu vaccine Free annual health check during working hours. Annual leave increasing in line with length of service. Lavish Long service awards Generously funded social events organised for all employees throughout the year via our Social and Wellbeing committee. Electric vehicle charging ports Full access to car emergency kit. Annual Christmas raffle Yearly allowance for AH Branded clothing merchandise Secure, free onsite parking. Dedicated departmental budget allocated annually for team building events during working hours Free Barista Style Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Tea, and Fruit provided daily. Friendly and supportive working environment in state-of-the-art facilities.


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About Alternative Heat

With over 17 years of experience within the Commercial Offsite Fabrication industry, Alternative Heat have established themselves as a market leader in this sector.

Located centrally between Dublin and Belfast our 8.5 acre Head Office and feabrication facilities, which are fully equipped with overhead cranes and 8,000m of workshop floor area, provide an ideal factory construction environment which is reflected in the high quality solutions we offer.

We employ a strong team of design engineers, CAD technicians, contracts managers and skilled trades personnel who utilise their vast industry experience to assist in the design, fabrication and delivery of our bespoke MEP solutions, which we supply throughout the UK and Ireland.