Health & Safety Advisor

EDF Energy Limited; Bridgwater; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

GXO Logistics in Bridgwater is seeking a Health & Safety Advisor to champion safety standards and drive a proactive culture across a complex, highly regulated environment.

The role is full-time and permanent with core hours 8am–4pm, Monday to Friday, plus flexibility for logistics needs. You will lead safety training, risk assessments and SSOW, and report HSE data for GXO and client systems.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate or NVQ Level 3 in Health & Safety (plus evidence of ongoing CPD).
• Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation and promoting a safety first culture.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships at all levels.
• Experience within construction, infrastructure or defence environments (ideal but not essential).
• Confidence in auditing, risk assessment, incident investigation and driving continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Management Plans, Risk Assessments and SSOW.
• Deliver and record safety training, identifying gaps and escalating as needed.
• Input, analyse and report Health, Safety and Environment data in GXO and client systems.
• Chair and present at HSE meetings, track actions and escalate when required.
• Manage contractors end to end—from permit checks to inductions and exit requirements.

Skills

Safety knowledge

Communication

Auditing

Contractor management

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate or NVQ Level 3 in Health & Safety

Job description

Health & Safety Advisor | Bridgwater
GXO Logistics

Permanent

At Hinkley Point C, we're helping to build Britain's first new nuclear power station in a generation-providing zero carbon electricity for around six million homes. As a Tier One partner, GXO delivers essential warehousing and transport services to support the project.

Here at GXO, we're looking for a Health & Safety Advisor to champion safety standards, drive a proactive safety culture, and support our teams across a complex and highly regulated environment.

This is a full-time permanent position. You'll be working Monday to Friday, between the hours of 8am to 4pm. However, some flexibility is required, this is logistics after all!

What you'll do on a typical day:

• Developing, leading and maintaining Management Plans, Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work (SSOW)
• Delivering and recording colleague safety training while identifying and escalating any gaps
• Inputting, analysing and reporting Health, Safety and Environment data into both GXO and Client systems
• Chairing and presenting at HSE meetings, ensuring actions are tracked, closed and escalated where required
• Managing contractors end to end-from permit checks and inductions to compliance, pass control and exit requirements

Qualifications:

• NEBOSH General Certificate or NVQ Level 3 in Health & Safety (plus evidence of ongoing CPD)

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• NEBOSH General Certificate or NVQ Level 3 in Health & Safety (plus evidence of ongoing CPD)
• Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation and proven experience promoting a safety first culture
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships at all levels
• Experience within construction, infrastructure or defence environments (ideal but not essential)
• Confidence in auditing, risk assessment, incident investigation and driving continuous improvement

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home‑grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We're not just building new nuclear power stations. We're developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there's always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it's also an industry which is changing.

We're a responsible business and proud to be Britain's biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.