HSENI has a recruitment opportunity for a Senior Professional Technical Officer (SPTO) (Product Safety Team)
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Location: HSENI Headquarters, 83 Ladas Drive, Belfast, BT6 9FR.
Salary: £47,304 - £49,515.
Closing Date: 12.00pm, Friday 3 October 2025.
As the regional authority for health and safety at work in Northern Ireland, HSENI is committed to working in partnership with industry and trade unions to raise standards and create a safer and healthier working environment.
Through a programme of targeted inspection and investigation activities, HSENI aims to reduce the numbers of injuries and incidents of ill health at work which are often devastating to the individual and costly to the local economy.
The role will be crucial in driving the day-to-day delivery of HSENI’s obligations under the various product safety regimes in the NI Protocol (NIP) and Windsor Framework (WF).
In the main this will focus upon the necessary market surveillance, handling complaints, investigations, providing advice and liaison with other regulators, etc.
The role of the Market Compliance Product Safety (MCPS) team is to promote and deliver a programme, develop new and existing partnerships and, in HSENI, join a growing team of dedicated professionals who are working to bring about a culture change in the way in which workplace risks are managed.
The work can and will make a real difference in helping to minimise risks, reduce costs and save lives. It is the perfect opportunity for someone with practical experience.
Working alongside the head of group this post will require an individual who can demonstrate a high level of technical knowledge and practical experience in product safety. The successful candidate must be confident and decisive enough to function effectively on their own in an enforcement environment, possess good analytical, communication and influencing skills.
This role will allow the postholder to develop new strategies and methods to this area of work. In HSENI we strongly advocate the care and development of our staff. This post will be critical in supporting and developing members of staff in an evolving area of work. The work is interesting and varied, and above all, delivers enormous job satisfaction.
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