Health and Safety Executive

Regardless of your role, being part of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) gives you a real opportunity to help Great Britain work well. We protect lives and livelihoods and also help employers innovate, be productive and grow. Our people do some of the most important work in the Civil Service, supporting the government.

As the national occupational health and safety regulator, we offer a range of rewarding career opportunities. We employ scientists, engineers, health experts, and IT and digital professionals as well as inspectors and many other roles. We invest in our people because together we can help more people come home safe and well from their jobs.

02 Apr, 2026  
£55,063 - £66,338 yearly
HM Specialist Inspector - Major Hazard Risk Assessment Basingstoke, Bedford, Birmingham, Bootle, Bristol, Buxton, Cardiff, Chelmsford, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxted or Sheffield About Us The Health and Safety Executive 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. A key part of HSE, the Chemicals, Explosives & Microbiological Hazards Division (CEMHD) regulates onshore major hazard industries across Great Britain, ensuring businesses effectively manage the risks of catastrophic events. Within this, the Major Hazards Risk Assessment Unit (MHRAU) plays a central role under Control of Major Hazards (COMAH), assessing the adequacy of operators’ major hazard risk assessments to protect people and communities. We are now looking for three major...
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Health and Safety Executive Basingstoke, Bedford, Birmingham, Bootle, Bristol, Buxton, Cardiff, Chelmsford, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxted, Sheffield Health & Safety Risk Engineer