Head of Environment, Safety and Health

Working arrangements

Please note this role does offer hybrid working, our model sets out a minimum 60% onsite / 40% home working split

Overview

We put safety first as part of our values.  At Tokamak Energy we take safety to mean EHS in a variety of forms, that have meaning and are important to staff, key stakeholders and partners.  Our strategy is based on future expectation of standards and performance, we continuously strive to improve.  Strong EHS performance is a key component of business performance and contributes to commercial success and how we want to continue to grow and improve.

As the Head of Environment, Health and Safety you will be a key member of the Operations Team reporting to the Director of Operations with reporting access to the CEO and briefing to the leadership team

You will be directly responsible for developing and embedding a strong and proactive safety and environmental culture at TE across its emerging world-wide presence.  You will need to establish and work with our industrial, university collaborators and across our supply chain to ensure their EHS standards match (and where we can learn from) to ensure our people and reputation are protected. 

You will work closely with the Head of Risk and Assurance to ensure the provision of an ISO certified integrated management system that promotes continual improvement in performance and minimising risk, and start a strategy and plan to develop an ESG framework.

Requirements

Responsibilities

• Lead Tokamak Energy in developing an effective and proactive Health and safety culture and embed it across the business promoting both physical and psychological safety for our staff, partners and visitors.
• Lead and nurture our environmental and sustainability credentials to deliver with Hd of R&A an ESG strategy across TE’s business and international operations.
• You will champion the delivery and, in the process, take the organisation on a safety and environment cultural improvement journey.
• Initiate and oversee a Health and Safety leadership change programme across the organisation with the support of staff, volunteers and other IOSH stakeholders.
• You will coach the leadership and management cohorts in their leadership of an effective and proactive safety culture throughout the organisation.
• Act as the key advisor on Environment, Health and Safety legislative and statuary compliance issues across the business.
• Manage, coach and lead the EHS Team, develop and maintain technical and behavioural competencies to ensure the delivery of optimised advice and service to the business.
• Representing Tokamak Energy in the field of EHS nationally and internationally
• Ensure the provision of a competent health physics function providing radiological and ionisation protection services and advice to the organisation Ensure our waste management strategy and controls are in place and enacted.
• Working in partnership with the People team to participate in the development of an appropriate workplace wellbeing programme, and on health and wellbeing issues particularly where a risk assessment has identified a need.

Requirements

• Chartered membership of one or more of the Professional Organisations in Occupational Safety Health and Environment undertaking a scheme of Continuous Professional Development (e.g CMIOSH status)
• Demonstratable experience in managing Health and Safety within an R&D, heavy industry or engineering environment.
• Experience of developing an Environmental strategy contributing  to an  ESG roadmap.
• Experience of managing and mitigating our top risks to our people which include but are not limited to: electrical risk, Ionisation, RAD Waste, Fire, COSH, LOLAR, Pressure, working at height, heavy lifting and cryogenic systems.
• Knowledge and experience of health & safety management systems and relevant areas of civil and criminal law implemented in complex and/or industrial environments.
• Proven experience in a lead role successfully managing and motivating a specialist team, with a track record of delivering customer focused services.
• Proven experience of working alongside leaders and managers to support and improve physical and psychological safety in the workplace
• Highly developed organisational awareness, effective interpersonal skills and the ability to influence, persuade and communicate with people at all levels within the organisation and regulatory bodies.
• Ability to provide effective, visible leadership in health and safety.
• Excellent report writing skills for preparation of BOARD and Committee reports.

Hazard-specific / Safety-critical duties

This job includes the following hazards or safety-critical activities which will require successful pre-employment health screening through our occupational health service before the successful candidate will be allowed to start work:

• Working at height (ladders, scissor lifts, & scaffolding)
• Night working (11pm-6am) if required to support business targets escalations
• Driving on Company business
• Regular manual handling
• Working with or in the vicinity of equipment that produces high magnetic fields
• Travel outside of Europe or North America on company business

Benefits

·         Salary dependent on skills and experience and will be discussed from the outset

·         28 days (inclusive of festive break) holiday plus bank holidays

·         Eligible for discretionary performance related bonus

·         Share options scheme

·         Pension scheme

·         Financial benefits – including; group life insurance, critical illness, health cash plan and discount scheme  

·         Innovation and Merit bonuses

·         Investment in training and development to support career progression

·         Opportunity to work on and contribute to world class innovation

About Us

What if there was a limitless, safe, clean, low-cost energy source, providing much needed global energy security? What if that energy source could also help reduce climate change? We believe that’s fusion energy. Tokamak Energy is a leading global commercial fusion energy company based near Oxford, UK. We have an unrivalled track record designing and operating spherical tokamaks; the optimal route to commercial fusion energy.

In addition to fusion energy, Tokamak Energy is recognised as the leader in High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) magnet, design, numerical modelling, and prototyping. Our dedicated HTS magnet team, in collaboration with key manufacturing partners, is focussed on becoming the leading supplier of HTS magnets to multiple markets.

The company, founded in 2009 as a spin-off from the UK’s Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, currently employs a growing team of over 250 people with experts from the UK and around the world. It combines world leading scientific, engineering, industrial and commercial capabilities. The company has 70 families of patent applications and has raised $250 million, comprising $200m from private investors and $50m from the UK and US governments. Our US subsidiary, Tokamak Energy Inc, was established in 2019.

Come and be a part of a dynamic and innovative team who are striving to provide a solution to one of humanity’s greatest challenges: clean and sustainable energy for all.

Important information

Please note that any personal data submitted to Tokamak Energy will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and related UK data protection legislation.

If you do not meet all the listed criteria for this position, we would still welcome your application.

Entry into employment with Tokamak Energy and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.

No applicant or member of staff shall be discriminated against because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.