Health and Safety Champion x 2

Career Area: Operations Job Description: Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it. Job Title:  Health & Safety Champion  Salary:   £35,500  Contract:  Full time & permanent    Location : Stockton-upon-Tees  The Opportunity    We are seeking a proactive  Health & Safety Champion  to support and strengthen our safety-first culture across operations. You will play a key role in driving health, safety and environmental improvements, coaching colleagues, and ensuring safe working practices are embedded across the business.

As  Health & Safety Champion , your accountabilities will include, but are not limited to:   Deliver safety capability by designing and leading training programmes that build knowledge and confidence across Team Leaders and Section Managers  Drive safety performance by analysing data trends to identify risks and implement targeted improvements  Coach and influence behaviours by providing practical, hands-on support to embed safe ways of working across teams  Strengthen compliance by reviewing and maintaining risk assessments, ensuring adherence to health, safety and environmental standards  Lead proactive safety activity by conducting safety walks, facilitating safety forums, and reinforcing accountability at all levels  Support continuous improvement by contributing to investigations, CI processes, and promoting best practice across the operation  NB.   The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined. Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting.  What You Can Demonstrate:   Safety Awareness:  Applies core health, safety and environmental principles to everyday tasks, actively identifying risks and promoting safe behaviours  Communication:  Delivers clear, effective messages that influence understanding and encourage adoption of safe working practices  Coaching & Influencing:  Guides and supports individuals and teams to improve safety performance through practical coaching and behavioural reinforcement  Planning & Ownership:  Organises and prioritises workload independently, taking accountability for delivering consistent and high-quality safety outcomes  What You May Have:   Demonstrates commitment to developing formal health and safety knowledge, actively working towards recognised qualifications (e.g. NEBOSH / IOSH) and applying learning in practice  Proactively identifies opportunities to enhance safety processes, using structured thinking to drive better, safer ways of working  Uses tools such as Excel and PowerPoint to interpret safety data, communicate insights, and support informed decision-making  Just a quick heads-up:  We start reviewing applications as soon as they come in, so if you’re interested, don’t wait too long! We may close the advert early if we feel we’ve got a strong pool of potentially suitable applicants.  Don’t miss out, get your application in soon!   What You Will Get   One Company, Limitless Opportunities  Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. We do business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing