Emergency Response, Safety and Security Officer

Emergency Response, Safety and Security Officer

CF Fertilisers UK Limited, a subsidiary of the multinational group CF Holdings, a leading Fortune 500 Company, are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic ERSS Officer to join our progressive and positive values driven Environmental, Health and Safety Group at our Billingham Manufacturing site in the UK.

At CF Industries, our mission is to provide clean energy to feed and fuel the world sustainably. Our employees are focused on safe and reliable operations, environmental stewardship, and disciplined capital and corporate management. By joining CF, you will be part of a team that brings their varied experiences, wide-ranging knowledge, and diverse talents together to deliver important work and you’ll be able to pursue complex, exciting opportunities that help you continue to grow and achieve your potential in different areas. You’ll take pride in working for a company that lives its values and where you can be yourself at work, as part of an authentic team that encourages you to share your views and opinions.

CF Industries is advancing a culture of Environmental, Health, Safety, and Security excellence where everyone is engaged, empowered and innovative in cultivating a workplace that promotes the safety and health of our employees, contractors, customers, business, communities where we operate, and the environment.

On successful appointment you will not only ensure compliance with CF Industries, and UK regulatory requirements, but ensure our Environmental, Health, Safety, Emergency Preparedness and Security services remain best-in-class. This diverse role focuses on promoting emergency preparedness, security and safety through site visibility, on-site and classroom exercise scenarios, and providing training for employees, contractors, and visitors. The successful candidate will liaise with CF personnel in the UK and North America as part of the Security and CERC councils, the emergency response and security provider, and external agencies as required.

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes, bonus scheme, exceptional pension scheme contribution and life assurance, employee assistance programme and health care scheme.

CF Fertilisers UK Limited is an Equal Opportunities, Affirmative Action employer. We support and enable each other to deliver and succeed placing equal value on all individual perspectives. Embracing a diverse and inclusive culture are at the forefront of our company values.

We Do It Right - We Do It Well - We Execute as a Team, and We Take a Long-Term View.

Key Accountabilities

• Coordination of the site emergency services security, safety and compliance training.
• Developing and sustaining a working relationship with the on-site Emergency Response/Security, training providers, and other key local emergency or security stakeholders.
• Site Fire protection systems including coordinating with external/internal, auditors as required.
• Focal point for site communication systems and contractor management.
• Measuring emergency services, security performance by monitoring KPI data and encouraging continuous improvement.
• Monitoring current and future emergency response, security regulatory requirements as well as Company current and future EHS Standards.
• The sites Incident Duty Team competence, regular emergency exercise sessions simulations with response team and site operations/duty teams to cover the COMAH set scenarios.
• Duty rota coordination and Incident management response documentation for plant areas, off-site Emergency Control Centres and on the company SharePoint site.
• Liaising with site departments to ensure emergency services, security and safety policies, programs and processes meet or exceed regulatory and company expectations.
• Acting as the location’s key representative on appropriate Corporate Security and Emergency Response Councils. Analysing data, resources, constraints and alignment with overall EHS and site annual strategy
• Continuous development of leadership and technical skills and promoting a learning environment that encourages efficient and effective processes.
• Communication or emergency response, security and training requirement to the site via learning platform and other avenues as required.
• Embedding the emergency response, security and safety culture of the site.

Skills and competencies you will have

• A minimum of 5 years directly related experience with demonstrable knowledge of industrial emergency response and/or chemical location security operations, and COMAH regulation knowledge.
• NEBOSH General Certificate/Diploma desirable.
• A recognised emergency response and/or security certification is preferred.
• Compliance training/learning and development knowledge and experience preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, change management skills, analytical and decision-making abilities, and aptitude to deal effectively and diplomatically with regulatory authorities and external auditors.
• Be able to demonstrate leadership capabilities including employee development, employee engagement and training skills.
• Ability to manage and influence both up and down in the organisation.
• Computing skills and proficiency with Windows operating system and Microsoft Office suite of business applications required.