Health & Safety (Sc&Eng) and Chemical Safety Manager

About the Role

We are seeking a Health and Safety Manager to lead on health and safety for the Faculty of Science and Engineering, supporting a safe, innovative, and high-quality learning and research environment. Alongside this Faculty leadership role, you will also act as the University’s Chemical Safety Adviser and Non-Ionising Radiation Protection Officer, providing specialist advice and assurance on chemical management and radiation safety across the institution.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence safety culture at one of the UK’s leading universities, working closely with academic, technical, and professional colleagues.

About You

You will require a degree in a relevant discipline and a NEBOSH Diploma (or working towards/equivalent) as well as experience of health and safety management in a complex, high-hazard environment such as science, engineering, or research. The role demands in-depth knowledge of chemical safety (COSHH) and non-ionising radiation safety alongside strong leadership, influencing, and communication skills.

Chartered membership of IOSH, experience in higher education or research, and knowledge of biological or ionising radiation safety would be an advantage.

About the Department

The Health & Safety Directorate provides a comprehensive advisory health, safety and fire safety service to all Queen Mary University of London staff and students. The Health & Safety Manager supports the HSD Team in achieving this objective. The directorate has 14 staff and is part of the Office of the Principal, which is a central Professional Services department. This post manages the Health & Safety (Science & Engineering) Adviser and reports directly to the Director of HSD.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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