Health and Safety Advisor, Race Operations, Broadcast and Media

Are you ready to make your mark in the world of Formula 1?

At Formula 1, we are passionate about delivering the world’s greatest sports and entertainment spectacle leaving a positive legacy wherever we race. Innovation has always been at the heart of what we do ever since our first Grand Prix in 1950. Now, more than 75 years on, the sport remains a pioneer, developing technologies that have made a significant impact on society beyond the track.

Everything you see on screen or at an event comes via our passionate and dedicated people. Whether its engineering, broadcast, legal, logistics, security, event management, commercial, media rights, marketing, or communications there is always a talented team working to maximise the potential of the sport.

Role Overview

As Health and Safety Advisor, you will play a vital role in helping Formula 1 deliver some of the world's most prestigious and technically complex sporting events. Working at the heart of race operations, you will support the safe delivery of Formula 1's global broadcast, media and technical infrastructure across the Formula One World Championship.

In this role, you will travel internationally throughout the Formula 1 season, working alongside Technical, Logistics, Production and Broadcast teams to help ensure race weekends are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest possible standards. From the build-up of world-class broadcast facilities to the live delivery of Grands Prix and the subsequent derig, you will be embedded within the operation, providing practical health and safety expertise in some of the most fast-paced environments in global sport.

You will act as a trusted advisor to operational teams across the business, developing health and safety plans, conducting inspections and audits, supporting incident investigations and driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance safety across Formula 1's race operations. You will also play a key role in helping to shape and evolve safety processes, ensuring Formula 1 continues to operate at the highest standards as the sport continues to grow.

This is an exciting opportunity for a health and safety professional who enjoys being close to the action, building strong stakeholder relationships and making a tangible impact on the successful delivery of major international events. You will be practical, proactive and solutions-focused, with the confidence to operate in dynamic environments and the passion to contribute to one of the world's most recognised sporting brands.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

• Work closely with Production, Technical and Operations departments to support the safe delivery of Formula 1 activities at Formula One World Championship events and non-track productions.
• Support Formula 1 Broadcast and Logistics teams during the build, event and derig phases of Formula One World Championship events.
• Ensure safety compliance across race delivery activity while identifying opportunities for continual improvement.
• Act as a key point of contact for Formula 1 broadcast and technical teams on health and safety matters.
• Support the development of health and safety plans, risk assessments and key compliance documentation across the season.
• Provide updates on health and safety issues at each circuit and ensure detailed race reports are completed onsite.
• Lead and participate in production safety meetings when required, reporting on relevant health and safety matters.
• Support the Race Operations, Broadcast and Media Health & Safety Manager with the creation and implementation of health and safety improvement projects.
• Ensure accidents and incidents are documented correctly, investigated promptly and reported accurately in line with relevant procedures.
• Provide constructive, practical and pragmatic health and safety advice to Formula 1 technical and production departments, both onsite and remotely.
• Design, undertake and monitor health and safety checks, audits and inspections relating to race or event delivery.
• Conduct Formula One circuit inductions for staff and contractors.
• Manage first aid situations and refer personnel for suitable medical treatment where required.
• Work closely with the Health and Safety Manager and wider Health and Safety team to develop new systems that improve efficiency and streamline trackside safety processes and procedures.
• Support the continued development of the health and safety function across the wider Formula 1 business.

What Are We Looking For?

Personal Qualities

In this role it is essential that you are:

• Practical and hands-on in your approach to health and safety.
• Confident providing clear advice and guidance in fast-paced operational environments.
• Able to think quickly, anticipate issues and solve problems dynamically.
• Comfortable presenting and briefing large groups of people.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Able to maintain professional confidentiality when handling personal or sensitive information.
• Keen to develop your own capability and continue building your health and safety expertise.
• Willing to travel and work away for extended periods, including up to three weeks at a time.
• Comfortable with annual travel across the Formula 1 season.

Experience

Prior to the role it would be essential that you:

• Have a minimum of two years’ experience in a production-based or live broadcast health and safety role.
• Have experience operating in fast-paced and time-critical environments.
• Be confident supporting operational teams with practical health and safety advice.
• Have experience completing safety reports, inspections, audits or compliance-related documentation.
• Be able to support accident and incident reporting, investigation and follow-up activity.

Some desirable experience that you may bring to the role:

• Have experience working within a motorsport environment.
• Experience developing and delivering new health and safety systems or procedures.
• Experience supporting health and safety improvement projects.
• Experience developing or delivering training.

Qualifications

In this role it is essential that you have:

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, or equivalent.
• First Aid at Work, or equivalent.

Some desirable qualifications that you may bring to the role:

• Diploma-level qualification in Health and Safety Management.
• Other industry and safety related qualifications suitable to the role.

Knowledge & Skills

Prior to the role it is essential that you demonstrate:

• Strong practical knowledge of health and safety within a production, broadcast, motorsport or operational environment.
• The ability to develop and review risk assessments, method statements and health and safety documentation.
• A good understanding of health and safety systems and their application in a working environment.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage several tasks at the same time.
• The ability to prioritise effectively and deliver work to deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external teams.
• The ability to manage stakeholder expectations and solve issues calmly and efficiently.
• Experience completing workplace audits and inspections.
• The ability to identify compliance gaps and create improvement action plans with relevant teams.
• Strong reporting skills, including the ability to keep accurate records, analyse safety performance data and produce concise reports with appropriate recommendations.
• An understanding of project management principles, including planning, risks, resources and expected outcomes.
• The ability to develop presentations and communicate key health and safety information to stakeholders.

Some desirable knowledge and skills that you may bring to the role:

• Experience of developing and delivering new health and safety systems or procedures.
• Training development and delivery experience.
• Knowledge of broadcast, production or trackside operational environments.
• Experience supporting continuous improvement within health and safety processes.

Why join the force behind the sport?

Joining F1 means becoming part of a team that values innovation, collaboration and personal growth. We offer a dynamic work environment where ideas are heard, and employee contributions truly make an impact. We seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people to play their role in accelerating the future of the sport. As a member of the F1 team, you will be able to access our amazing benefits:

• Private Healthcare scheme  
• Dental Care 
• 4 x Grand Prix Paddock passes per season  
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave and other family planning policies 
• A free staff shuttle service running to and from surrounding trains stations near to Biggin Hill   
• Free healthy snacks in our offices 
• Subsidised canteen in Biggin Hill, serving breakfast and lunch 
• 25 days annual leave and 8 Bank Holiday days, plus a Christmas period closure  
• Opportunities to develop and request training for your role via our in-house Learning and Development team  
• Discount on F1 merchandise 
• Discount at F1’s experiences including F1 Arcade and F1 Drive 
• Perkbox benefit portal and more

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