Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor

Job Title:                      Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor

Location:                      Glasgow or Faslane + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation:            Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                    Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                         SF68606

Make a Difference in Defence and Nuclear Safety

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor at Glasgow or Faslane, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.

The role

As a Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor, you’ll be at the heart of ensuring our operations are safe, compliant, and environmentally responsible. This is a role where your expertise will directly protect people, the public, and the environment, while supporting projects critical to national security.

Day-to-day, you will

• Ensure Cavendish operates in a safe, healthy, and environmentally responsible manner.
• Manage risks across diverse operational areas and projects.
• Implement effective policies and procedures to support compliance.
• Deliver training and conduct investigations to enhance awareness and accountability.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across HSE functions.

This is a permanent position, working 37 hours per week. You will be based at Glasgow or Faslane, with travel between Glasgow, Faslane, and Rosyth. Hybrid working patterns are available.

Essential experience of the Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor:

• Previous experience as an HSE Advisor within a highly regulated environment.
• Strong audit and inspection experience.
• Proven ability to deliver training effectively.
• Understanding of construction or similar operational environments and CDM Regulations.

Qualifications for the Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor:

• NEBOSH General Certificate, NEBOSH Construction Certificate, or NVQ equivalent.
• Membership of a technical community (e.g., IOSH).

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.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
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• 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 UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 01/12/2025

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