COMM ENT 5602 G3 - Engineering Officer (Health and Safety) (600653)

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by Thursday 1 October 2026 at 11:55pm.     Please ensure that you read the full advert text and do not submit a CV, as these will be disregarded as they do not form part of SLC application process.   If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.       INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE.     Location: Canderside Roads Depot, Carlisle Road, Birkenshaw, Larkhall, ML9 2GA Hours: 35 hours per week Work Pattern: Monday • Thursday 8:45am - 4:45pm and Friday 8:45am - 4:15pm Salary: £42,228 - £48,633 annual salary     We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated, and committed Engineering Officer/Health and Safety Professional to be part of the Health and Safety, Performance and Training Team. Applicants should have excellent communication skills, be enthusiastic, motivated and committed. Applicants should be able to contribute positively to an improving safety culture and have a strong desire to bring about service improvement across the Roads Operational Service, in a range of areas including health and safety, training, performance and quality.  Applicants will also have excellent organisational and I.T. skills as well as be able to demonstrate the ability to manage and prioritise a diverse workload. Applicants with experience of developing and implementing Health and Safety management systems and particularly encouraged. The successful candidate will be working as part of a small team who are responsible for Roads Operations development and ongoing management of health and safety, performance and training. You should also be able to demonstrate job specific behaviours as contained within the job profile. The successful applicant should have a minimum of HNC in Civil Engineering (or equivalent), or suitable Health and Safety qualification i.e Nebosh construction certificate, IOSH-accredited Level 6 qualification. You must have the ability to travel as you will be expected to travel throughout the Council area.  For this post and other across the Service we have adopted a flexible approach to the working arrangements.    View the Engineering Officer (Health and Safety Professional) job profile [https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/downloads/file/18737/comm-engineering-officer-health-and-safety-]   Please answer the following questions as part of your application submission, your answers should be uploaded under supporting documents 1. Please provide any gaps in employment history apart from any you have already detailed in the work experience section of the application form. 2. Performing • Outline your experience of working within an operations/construction environment? 3. Efficient • Please describe your involvement in developing and implementing service improvement initiatives and what do you see as the main challenges facing local government over the next five years? 4. Performing • In terms of efficiency, can you please outline your experience of investigation and assessing options when seeking to implement a change in order to improve an area if the service. Could you please advise with examples how would you promote and implement efficiency and performance within the Roads Operation Service? 5. Performing • Outline your experience of health and safety with regards to onsite work and in particular your experience in developing and implementing health and safety systems. 6. Performing • Could you describe your understanding of the term "Safety Culture" and how would you seek to develop, maintain, and improve Safety Culture within the Roads Operation Service? 7. Efficiency • Why do you want to apply for this post and what abilities would you bring to the job?   If you require to submit any further additional information to support your application (not a CV), please upload this under supporting documents.   Please Apply online • All correspondence will be via your email address   Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may automatically be withdrawn from this position. Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.   Applications to this post are particularly encouraged from Female applicants   Overseas Criminal Records Check An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants born outside the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of 12 months in the past 10 years. Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check. The check must be translated into English and should come from the police, judicial authority, government department or home embassy of the country or countries concerned. The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending criminal record proceedings. Checks may be carried out to authenticate the documents provided.   Equal Opportunities and Inclusion statement The Council is committed to fostering equality, diversity and inclusion in its workforce. Therefore, we welcome applications from all sectors of the community, including under-represented groups within our workforce. We are keen to receive applications from candidates who have a disability, who are from a care experienced background, who are from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background, from a military service background and from those who are new Scots. As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile for this position. As proud holders of the UK Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, the Council is also committed to supporting members of the armed forces community, including service leavers, veterans, reservists and their families. In line with this commitment, service leavers, their close family members, veterans and reservists will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile.   As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including: • Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme • To increase the value of their pension pot, Local Government Employees can opt to join the Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme. • Up to 33 days annual leave • Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days) • Occupational sick pay • Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave enhanced leave. • Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema. • Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support) South Lanarkshire Council is the unitary authority serving the South Lanarkshire council area in Scotland. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton, has 16,000 employees, and a budget of almost £1bn. The large and varied geographical territory takes in rural and upland areas, market towns such as Lanark, Strathaven and Carluke, the urban burghs of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, and East Kilbride which was Scotland's first new town. Our vision is for South Lanarkshire as set out in our Economic Strategy is to have one of the strongest and most dynamic economies in Scotland, where businesses, communities, and residents achieve their full potential and prosper. We will achieve this through three key interrelated themes: • People - skills, learning and employability • Place - physical infrastructure and place • Business - business development and growth