RDES Safety Advisor

The Research & Development Engineering Services (RDES) oversees and operates millions of square feet of space with a population of over 28,000 GSK and other staff, including pharmaceutical R&D laboratories / pilot plant, and commercial office accommodation for all GSK business units. This portfolio of property currently requires an annual spend of more than 450m in operating costs and 200m in capital investment.

The Global Supply Chain Operations Regional Safety Specialist establishes and maintains a culture that embraces safe working, protection of the environment, a sustainable healthy workforce and continuous safety performance improvement in the delivery of RDES-managed site facilities & engineering services. Responsibilities include monitoring of outsourced RDES Service Partners and third-party contractors to ensure that Safe Systems of Work are in place & in use and are effective in the management of safety risks.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Perform management oversight of field safety risks arising from maintenance, operations and engineering project work activities across a range of functional areas on site including mechanical plant rooms, electrical substations, research laboratories, warehouse/storage, offices, and amenity spaces.
• Conduct monitoring of routine day-to-day site operations work activities to provide assurance that RDES Service Partner methodologies for managing safety risks are proportionate to the nature and extent of risks introduced by the work activity. Ensure that risk assessment mitigation plans are applied in an effective manner and suitable controls are in place to reduce the risk of adverse safety events as low as reasonably practicable.
• Oversee non-routine high-risk work activities performed by RDES Service Partners in compliance with the site Permit to Work system. Train, embed and monitor the Permit to Work process to ensure safe systems of work are in place and in use. Ensure that appropriate communications are issued, and the required precautions are in place before work starts, e.g. isolation of hazardous energy and materials, and that the work area and/or equipment are handed back in a safe condition for use after work completion.
• Identify and assess safety information needs for third party Contractors and visitors including awareness training on the risks associated with hazardous areas/materials on site such as Asbestos containing materials. Support the delivery of contractor site induction training and ensure that contractor staff are provided with up-to-date site safety information. Monitor conformance with site safety policies by RDES & contractor staff and take corrective actions when required.
• Participate in investigation of adverse safety events, ensure immediate corrective actions are taken to promptly restore normal conditions or eliminate hazards, and engage key stakeholders before the affected activity/operation restarts.
• Analyze types and cause of adverse safety events over time to identify trends, assess the effectiveness of corrective and preventive measures and implement appropriate actions to avoid recurrence.
• Help define relevant safety indicators, metrics, objectives, and targets consistent with the RDES- specific risks and opportunities. Measure and report performance against established safety objectives to relevant stakeholders.
• Reward and celebrate safety achievements by RDES GSK and service partner staff. Apply discipline and enforcement mechanisms when there has been intentional breach of safety policies and procedures, or failure to operate within GSK's value or the code of conduct.
• Foster a culture of transparency and trust by ensuring roles and responsibilities are clearly defined and communicated. Escalate significant safety risks at site, business and company levels so that they are addressed and mitigated in a transparent manner.
• Interpret legal and GSK requirements associated with safety management systems and advise RDES on achieving compliance. Stay abreast of regulatory changes and external trends and translate impacts of emerging changes to RDES.
• The GSK Responsible Person for external license to support the statutory Duty Holders in RDES.
• As Responsible Person, ensure compliance to Quality and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) requirements and ensure that the Engineering activity is a safe place to work and 'inspection ready' at all times. Will specialize in one or more of these High Severity Risk statutory systems such as:
  • Asbestos containing materials
  • Pressure Systems
  • Hazardous utility systems
  • Construction / demolition works.
  • Machinery Safety
  • Building life safety systems
  • High voltage electrical
  • Stored bulk liquid & gas
  • Fixed & mobile lifting systems

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• High School Diploma
• 5+ years of Safety and Engineering experience or Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)
• Broad working knowledge of Facilities Management operations

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentational and persuasive skills to successfully interact with managers at all levels and the ability to manage internal relations with site customer base.
• Ability to establish strong working relationships with key external contract partners, to deliver appropriate site services in agreement with established contracts.
• Strong ability to act as a motivator of change.
• Acts as a role model for applying standards to ensure compliance.
• Displays knowledge of the Research & Development process and understands GxP requirements.

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