Health Safety Environmental Advisor

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear is seeking a Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor to ensure compliance with HSE regulations at their Reading site. This role involves managing safety policies, auditing, and training, while contributing to a safer workplace environment. The position offers a competitive salary and a range of employee benefits, highlighting Cavendish's commitment to health and safety in the nuclear sector.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance

Access to a Digital GP and annual health check

Employee share scheme

Paid volunteering day

Holiday Trading benefit

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a HSE Advisor in a regulated environment.
• Audit and inspection experience.
• Construction-related experience preferred with understanding of CDM Regulation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with HSE regulations and manage risks.
• Implement policies, conduct training and investigations.
• Protect employees, public, and environment while ensuring compliance.

Skills

Risk Management

HSE Compliance

Training Delivery

Education

NEBOSH general certificate or NEBOSH Construction certificate or NVQ equivalent

Membership of a technical community (IOSH)

Job description

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Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor

Location:

Reading, GB, RG14 2PZ

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor
Location: Reading, Berkshire
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF64070

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 our Reading, Berkshire site.

The role
As a Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Advisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be responsible for ensuring that Cavendish Nuclear complies with HSE regulations, as well as implementing policies and procedures to manage risks and hazards.

Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Ensure Cavendish operates in a safe, healthy, and environmentally responsible manner
• Manage risks across various operational areas
• Implement effective policies and procedures to support safety and compliance
• Conduct training and investigations to enhance awareness and accountability
• Help protect employees, the public, and the environment, while ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and standards

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at Reading, Berkshire. This role will require occasional travel to Bristol and Newbury.

Essential experience of the HSE Advisor:

• Previous experience of working as a HSE Advisor within a highly regulated environment
• Audit and inspection experience
• Experience of delivering training
• Understanding construction or similar operational experience and understanding of CDM Regulation

Qualifications for the HSE Advisor:

• NEBOSH general certificate or NEBOSH Construction certificate or NVQ equivalent
• Membership of a technical community (IOSH)

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check(SC)security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available atUnited Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• 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 [e-mail] 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: 04/08/2025

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