Safety Officer - Firefighting Training

Your role as Safety Officer will be to ensure safe delivery of high-quality fire-fighting training, to perform the role of operating the Unit by computer or facilitating the training requirements within the Fire-fighting Facility wearing Breathing Apparatus (BA). Ensure that they work in an effective collaborative manner with all staff, always displaying the appropriate behaviours. Customer / Student focus on Safety and Training outcome requirements.

This is a physically demanding role which can be exposed to both a wet working environment and extremes of temperature, whilst wearing BA and Fire Retardant Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Job title:

Safety Officer - Firefighting Training

Job Description:

What you’ll be doing:

• Be responsible for the Health and Safety of all personnel within the training facilities when conducting training operations.
• Completing relevant training operational documentation, recording and reporting all deficiencies occurring during training.
• Shutting down and handing back the training area in accordance with laid down procedures.
• Ensuring Company health, safety and environmental procedures are implemented and complied with at all times.
• Ensuring safe operation of training facilities
• Ensuring that the equipment and materials in all areas are fit for purpose, maintained, cleaned and in date for safe operation.
• Ensuring that all staff and student are wearing PPE, clothing and any specialist equipment is suitable, in date and in accordance with regulations

• Carrying out the duties of Breathing Apparatus Room Operator.
• Be responsible for the Health and Safety of all personnel within the training facilities when conducting training operations.

What we’re looking for:

Essential experience:

• Physically fit and able to wear Breathing Apparatus (BA).
• Good communications skills both verbal and written.
• A Team Player.
• A flexible “can do” approach to work.
• Demonstrate proficiency in using IT equipment in the workplace.

Desirable experience:

• First Aid at Work Qualified or equivalent.
• Experience of training in a dynamic environment.
• Demonstrable experience and understanding of regulatory requirements and commitment to compliance within a highly regulated SHE workplace.
• IOSH Working Safely.
• Professional Qualification in the education/training sector DTC Defence Training Course or equivalent.
• STCW MCA qualified in Fire Prevention and Firefighting.
• Experience within the Maritime Sector Military/Civilian

About Project Selborne

Project Selborne is a wide scale, 12 year transformation of Royal Navy Training. The contract worth GBP 1 billion was awarded in December 2020 to a consortium led by Capita to deliver and modernise training for the RN. The consortia of partners known as Team Fisher includes Raytheon UK, Elbit Systems UK, Fujitsu and University of Lincoln together with 14 other UK-based suppliers.

Our ‘one team’ philosophy is about collaboration and openness, key to the success of this programme. We are looking for people with the talent and experience who can help shape better outcomes for our customers. We are using our expertise in digital transformation to review service design, modernise courses and deploy cutting edge technology to enhance courses including synthetic training (simulator) systems and data analytics. This programme is a shared endeavour working alongside the Royal Navy’s Training Management Group (TMG) as a single integrated team. Together, we will address challenges and collectively improve outcomes for sailors and marines at scale across the naval enterprise – something we are proud to be part of over the coming years

What’s in it for you?

• Offering a salary of £24,750
• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform
• Very unique working with the Navy

• Excellent opportunity for career development – opportunity for gaining further training and qualifications

• Free Parking

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Please contact seona.treadaway@capita.com or lisa.scott2@capita.com for further information

We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you’d like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email Iqbal at reasonableadjustments@capita.com or call 07784 237318 and we’ll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.

Location:

Portsmouth

,

United Kingdom

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent