Ben S. CMIOSH

Experience

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  The Doctors Laboratory

  Mar 2010 - Oct 2012

  Health and Safety Assistant

  Providing companywide health and safety risk support and expertise across approximately 40 sites across Great Britain in the private pathology sector.• Delivered the health and safety compliance audit plan.• Influenced and worked collaboratively with all levels of the organisation.• Produced operational health and safety risk assessments, including specialist risk assessments (COSHH, Manual Handling, DSE and Working at Height).• Produced and provided health and safety training.• Administrated the company electronic health and safety training software.• Managed the external customer contract for waste management services.• Executed accident and near miss investigations, including follow up action plans. Show less

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  Network Rail

  Oct 2012 - Jul 2016

  Developing and managing an efficient and reliable health and safety management system to support the achievement of Network Rail’s objectives and subject matter expert/lead for the Safety Validation process.• Continuously engage with internal and external stakeholders (ORR, RSSB, DFT) to maintain an effective, corporate level health and safety management system which underpins Network Rail’s Safety Authorisation and acting as the Network Rail lead on the review of external Health and Safety Management Systems. • Responsible for managing the Network Rail Safety Validation process and chairing/organising multiple Safety Validation Panels to make sure that organisational change is implemented with health and safety risk managed to ALARP.• Designed and implemented a framework for compliance with the Common Safety Method on Risk Evaluation and Assessment; for organisational change.• Acted as the technical lead on behalf of the Director of Safety for Business Critical Rules to create risk control processes, tools and guidance for continual improvement of safety management.• Deputised for the Director of Safety to maintain a robust system for Health and Safety management through the current Standard control process for Health and Safety risk, including managing the Safety Standard deviation process.• Led the development of Health and Safety policies through collaboration with multiple key stakeholders to achieve a robust governing framework for managing key Health and Safety risks and meet legislative requirements.• Acted as a Management System Specialist, driven by multiple cross functional Network Rail customers and drawing on experience as an OHSAS 18001 qualified Lead Auditor.• Managed Network Rail’s Health and Safety Legal Register including developing new communication plans and providing key domestic and European legislative updates for health and safety. Show less Providing specialist risk knowledge and support to the Safety and Sustainable Development (S&SD) function, including the major programs of work; Business Critical Rules and Safety Culture Change. Including the development of multiple risk assessment and management products.• Key involvement and support for the S&SD Horizon Scanning Group (HSG); including performing horizon scanning and risk assessment of future health and safety risks.• Enabled the completion of corporate bowtie risk assessments for safety and sustainable development [S&SD] (Level 0 to Level 2, including the major S&SD programs) to manage key health and safety risks.• Conducted regular risk review meetings with directors and heads of S&SD, to facilitate population of the compay Risk Register with key health and safety risks pertaining to S&SD, including the risk relating to the delivery of the BCR programme.• Facilitating risk management through the use of BowTie XP and production of BowTies for the Corporate Audit Team to support the risk based audit plan.• Continually delivered reports of quantified safety risk data from the Safety Risk Model (SRM) and Precursor Indicator Model (PIM) for publication in the Safety, Health and Environmental Performance (SHEP) report and S&SD Executive Committee.• Collaboratively worked with all levels of the organisation and across functional areas for health and safety risk.• Acted as the business owner for the Network Rail Safety Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) Tool. Show less

  • Health & Safety Management System Specialist

    Aug 2014 - Jul 2016

  • Safety and Sustainable Development Risk Advisor

    Oct 2012 - Aug 2014
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  Office of Rail and Road (ORR)

  Jul 2016 - Feb 2024

  Responsible for regulating health and safety for passengers, the workforce and the public who use, operate and maintain Britain’s railways. Ensuring the railway industry meets the requirements of health and safety law and is working towards achieving zero industry caused fatalities. Carrying-out planned site visits and investigating accidents and incidents. Providing advice to duty holders and as necessary taking formal enforcement action. Representing ORR to railway industry stakeholders including trade unions. Undertaking the role of the organisational specialist for health and safety risk management.Key Activities:• Acted as the lead inspector for multiple Train Operating Companies, by undertaking proactive and reactive regulatory interventions (including investigations and taking enforcement action when necessary). • Acted as organisational specialist in health and safety risk for internal and external stakeholders and as an expert witness for legal proceedings.• Facilitated the use of risk based intervention tools (RARR) and risk management maturity assessments (RM3) to both internal and external customers, including delivery to other Regulators (both domestic and overseas).• Delivered the permission of multiple safety authorisations/certifications [safety cases] for various operators (Passenger Train, Station Operators, Infrastructure Managers etc). • Delivered ORR’s annual safety report by acting as Project Manager, Editor and Event Co-Ordinator. • Delivered Board Level papers and reports on health and safety risk performance across Britain’s Railways.• Acted as an organisational lead for various industry working groups (including trespass risk, risk tolerability and risk data/tools).• Supported Non-Specialist Inspectors by providing specialist advice and training on risk assessment, management and principles. Show less

  • HM Principal Inspector of Railways [CTSA and HS1]

    Sept 2022 - Feb 2024

  • HM Specialist Inspector of Railways

    Jul 2016 - Sept 2022
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  Office for Nuclear Regulation

  Feb 2024 - now

  Nuclear Safety Inspector [Leadership and Management for Safety/Licensing Specialist]