Risk & Assurance Manager

Salary: Competitive plus car/allowance, bonus and Veolia benefits

Hours: 40 hours per week

Location: National travel plus hybrid working available

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources and help it become a better place for everyone. It’s why we’re looking for someone who’s just as committed as we are to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life. 

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

What we can offer you:

• 25 days of annual leave.

• Access to our company pension scheme.

• Discounts on everything from groceries to well-known retailers.

• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health, so you can lean on us whenever you need to.

• 24-hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household.

• One paid day every year to volunteer and support your community.

• Ongoing training and development opportunities that will allow you to reach your full potential.

What you’ll be doing:

We are seeking an experienced Process Safety Engineer who is looking for their next move into a management role, to lead our business in developing and implementing a health and safety strategy for our Hazardous Waste UK operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be a trusted business partner to the Hazardous Waste UK operations teams

• Support the drive of a pro-active culture by ensuring your team actively supports the operations, including solutions and sharing good practice

• Lead and develop the Hazardous Waste Risk & Assurance team

• Monitor the performance of your sites to identify where additional support/actions are required. Drive health and safety and process safety initiatives across UK operations.

• Lead the implementation of improvement programmes across the business.

• Manage COMAH compliance and regulatory relationships

• Chair the process risk forum

• Develop and implement process safety KPIs

• Facilitate hazard studies and complex risk assessments

• Lead incident investigations

• Provide technical expertise on process safety matters.

The role reports to the Risk & Assurance Director - Treatment, IWE & Ireland and manages 2 direct reports across 16+ sites and will engage with stakeholders at all levels, from site operations to executive management, and represent the company with external regulators and industry groups.

What we are looking for:

• Engineering degree

• Extensive experience in process safety management, including managing COMAH, intervention visits and safety reports

• Strong background in chemical process operations

• Hazard study leader experience

• Functional safety management experience

• Proven leadership and team development skills

• An individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to provide industry-leading customer service to all internal and external customers

• A pragmatic approach to finding solutions, demonstrating the ability to develop practical and effective strategies to address safety concerns.

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation to work for two years in a row! This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.

We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.

We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants and members of staff are treated equally, without discrimination because of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We therefore welcome and encourage all candidates who meet the minimum requirements to apply.