Technical Team Lead – Explosives and Hazardous Materials

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About Us

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. We’re dedicated to protecting people and places, ensuring everyone can lead safer and healthier lives at work.

We are now looking for a Technical Team Lead to join us at our research laboratory and outdoor testing facilities in Buxton on a full-time, permanent basis. We are also offering this role on a part-time basis working a minimum of 30 hours per week.

Your Rewards

– Salary of £68,381 – £78,577 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
– Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme with contributions of up to £19,809 (28.97%)
– 25 days’ annual holiday increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays and 1-day Civil Service privilege leave
– Parental leave benefits
– Cycle to Work Scheme, E-Gift Cards and Vouchers via our partner EdenRed
– Learning and development tailored to your role
– Family friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career
– Carer friendly policies to help create a supportive working culture
– An environment with flexible working options
– A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

This is an exciting opportunity for an explosives expert with a safety-focused mindset and deep knowledge of explosives and pyrotechnics testing to join our world-leading testing facility.

You’ll have the chance to work at the cutting edge of safety research, with some of the leading minds in the field and an array of exciting projects that will drive your career to the next level.

What’s more, alongside the excellent benefits package, you’ll be working in areas that are inaccessible to others in industry, gaining exposure to projects that are leagues ahead of your peers.

So, if you are ready to technically lead the way and make a real impact, read on and apply today!

The Role

As a Technical Team Lead, you will join our Major Hazards Group and take the lead in practical testing and research work focused on explosives testing.

Based at our licenced explosives site in Buxton, you will provide technical leadership and insight to the team, ensuring the safe delivery of experimental explosives and pyrotechnics testing. You will provide clear technical leadership for complex, high hazard experimental work and ensure that the end results are scientifically robust and meet project scope.

You will also contribute to the work of the UK Explosives Approved Body, work closely with business development and customers and other stakeholders to develop work in this area and contribute to a range of public and private sector projects.

Additionally, you will:

– Support and lead incident investigations
– Act as an expert witness for investigations
– Help to develop commercial projects and present technical solutions
– Coach and mentor colleagues and support ongoing professional development

As part of your role, you will be required to undertake travel and occasional overnight stays.

About You

To be considered as a Technical Team Lead, you will need:

– The proven ability to lead technical teams in delivering complex, high hazard testing and research
– In-depth knowledge of explosives and pyrotechnics testing, including standard (UN and EMTAP) and bespoke tests
– A strong understanding of explosives and pyrotechnics safety
– The ability to work independently and collaboratively
– Excellent communication skills and experience engaging diverse stakeholders
– At a minimum, an honours degree in Explosives Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physics, or a closely related field
– A full, valid driving licence

The closing date for this role is midday on Friday 16th May 2025.

Other organisations may call this role Explosives Testing Lead, Pyrotechnics Technical Lead, High Hazard Research Team Lead, or Hazardous Materials Testing Specialist.

Webrecruit and the Health and Safety Executive are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you want to lead explosives safety innovation as a Technical Team Lead – Explosives and Hazardous Materials, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.