Confined Space Permit Controller

As a Confined Space Permit Controller, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will be working on state-of-the-art military platforms, supporting the Commissioning Group and production teams to ensure that maintenance programs can be conducted safety and to the project plan.

This is a critical role to ensure safe systems of work are adhered to and ensuring all confined spaces are safe to work in and all risks are mitigated.

Day-to-day, you'll play an integral part of the control of tanks and confined spaces on submarine platforms at Devonport Royal Dockyard in accordance with legislative and company policy requirements.

You will interact with sub-contractors, ships staff and production teams to provide advice, ensure adequate controls are in place and record all aspects of work within confined spaces across the submarine business unit.

• Acting as focal point for all confined space work activities within area of responsibility.


• Ensuring that the confined spaces Safe System of Work (SSoW) is in place, maintained and complied with, issue Permit to Work (PTW) for confined spaces.


• Ensuring correct, valid entry certificates or tags for confined spaces are in place and displayed correctly within confined space entry boards.


• Ensuring all services in the space are working and are correct for the task being undertaken, i.e. ventilation and lights.


• Ensuring atmospheric testing of a confined space has been carried out and a valid clearance certificate has been issued by a competent analyst prior to authorisation of work in the space.


This position involves working in confined spaces. Candidates must be able to work comfortably and perform tasks in restricted spaces.

This role is full time 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Confined Space Permit Controller

• Knowledge and experience of working in tanks and confined spaces - Beneficial


• Knowledge and experience of running a Safe System of Work (SSoW) - Beneficial


• Sound and demonstrable knowledge of confined space control requirements and standards - Beneficial


• Ability to communicate and interface with multiple stakeholders in a professional manner.


• A Basic knowledge/understanding of Health and Safety


Qualifications for the Confined Space Permit Controller

• IOSH Managing Safely - Desirable


• Risk Assessor- Desirable


• City & Guilds Level 2 Working in Medium Risk Confined Spaces - Desirable


• OPITO Level 1 Authorised Gas Tester (AGT) - Desirable


• Management and Supervision of Work in Confined Spaces - Desirable


We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you., The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).


• What we offer


• Generous holiday allowance


• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance


• Employee share scheme


• Employee shopping savings portal


• Payment of Professional Fees


• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave


• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement


• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity


• Potential to develop skills.


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