Health and Safety Advisor (High Hazard and Explosive)

BAE Systems.; Abergele; Hybrid; GBP 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Wales seeks a Health and Safety Advisor (High Hazard and Explosive) to ensure compliance with safety regulations in explosives management. The role involves advising on safety processes, managing a small team, and supporting new facility deliveries. Candidates should have a background in engineering or chemistry, and knowledge of the explosives industry is highly favored. Competitive salary and hybrid working arrangements offered.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Health and wellbeing benefits

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Knowledge of explosives and high hazard regulations.
• Experience supporting safety processes in regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Advise on explosives safety for new processes.
• Support delivery of explosive licences.
• Manage process safety coordinators.

Skills

Knowledge and/or experience working within the explosives industry

Engineering/Chemical/Process background

Working towards or willing to work towards NEBOSH

Previous process safety knowledge and experience

Job description

Job Title

Health and Safety Advisor (High Hazard and Explosive)

Location

Glascoed – we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary

£55,869 depending on skills and experience.

What you’ll be doing

• Advising on explosives safety on new and existing processes.
• Supporting the delivery of new processes and facilities on site.
• Supporting the delivery of explosive licences.
• Communicating and hosting the competent authorities including the HSE and NRW.
• Supporting the site deliver the safety report.
• Managing a small team of process safety coordinators.

Your skills and experiences

• Knowledge and/or experience working within the explosives industry or other high hazard/highly regulated industries including upper tier COMAH.
• Engineering/Chemical/Process background.
• Working towards or willing to work towards NEBOSH certificate/diploma or equivalent.
• Previous process safety knowledge and experience.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts. You may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The BAE Systems High Hazard team

This is a central function made up of SME’s ranging from chemical engineers, explosives specialists, process safety engineers and human factors to name some. There are 5 main sites within the munitions business – 3 manufacturing sites and 2 test and evaluation sites. The team supports and advises these sites where high risk and high hazard operations are conducted to ensure legislation and best practice are adhered to, ultimately allowing the company to demonstrate we have adopted an ALARD approach. Projects could include the explosives licencing of new and existing facilities, developing and conducting explosives testing, supporting the implementation of emergency planning under the COMAH regulations, visiting external organisations to share best practice, product technical justifications for complex processes or situations.

The business is currently undergoing significant investment which requires the development of new processes and facilities. There is a requirement for the High Hazard team to contribute or advise on many of these projects.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date

27th November 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role., if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.