Alarms System Implementation Specialist

Job Details

• Job title: Alarms System Implementation Specialist
• Job Type: Contract
• IR35 Status: Inside IR35
• Start date: ASAP
• Duration: 21 months
• Location: Salisbury
• Full time on site
• Hours of work: 37 hours per week

Role Information

We are seeking an experienced Alarms System Implementation Specialist to support safety, legal, and compliance activities within a high hazard laboratory environment. The role focuses on urgently improving an organisation wide alarm management model to reduce Major Accident Hazard (MAH) risks and ensure consistent implementation of alarm management policies across multiple facilities. You will work closely with senior stakeholders to design and deliver a structured implementation plan, including the upskilling of existing personnel to ensure a sustainable, compliant approach to alarm management. This is a senior, hands on role requiring strong technical expertise, leadership capability, and the ability to work effectively across complex operational environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and adaptation of alarm management policies across high hazard laboratory facilities
• Apply EEMUA Publication 191 principles to site wide and facility specific alarm philosophies
• Produce clear, detailed, and practical working documentation tailored to individual buildings and systems
• Design and deliver an implementation plan addressing both immediate and long term organisational needs
• Support and upskill existing personnel to build sustainable internal capability
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders at multiple levels to ensure consistent and compliant adoption
• Interpret, configure, and optimise industrial alarm and control systems to support safe and compliant operations

Qualifications/Experience Required

• Proven background in alarm systems and alarm management
• Demonstrable hands on experience applying EEMUA Publication 191
• Strong stakeholder management, leadership, and communication skills
• Experience implementing policies, processes, or operational frameworks
• Practical experience with industrial alarm and control systems, including: Trend, Vista, Schneider Systems / EcoStruxure, Sauter Systems
• Highly proactive, self motivated, and comfortable working across diverse teams and environments

Desirable Knowledge

• Awareness or working knowledge of DSEAR
• Understanding of Health, Safety & Environmental Protection (HS&EP) requirements

Company Information

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