HSE Advisor

Rolls-Royce; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace manufacturer in Rotherham is looking for an experienced HSE Advisor to support health, safety, and environmental excellence at its Advanced Blade Casting Facility. The role involves risk assessment, environmental compliance, and promoting a proactive safety culture. Ideal candidates will hold a NEBOSH Certificate, have relevant HSE experience in complex environments, and strong communication skills. This role offers excellent benefits and a collaborative workplace. Applications close on 04 Jan 2026.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Exceptional benefits

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Demonstrated, developing generalist HSE experience within a complex operational environment.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the identification, assessment and mitigation of health, safety and environmental risks.
• Act as a visible HSE leader, promoting a proactive safety and environmental culture.
• Be responsible for governance for our environmental management system.

Skills

Strong communication skills

HSE experience

Education

NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent

Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. IOSH)

Job description

Job Description

HSE Advisor

Rotherham

On-site

Rolls‑Royce has an exciting opportunity for an experienced HSE Advisor to join our state‑of‑the‑art Advanced Blade Casting Facility (ABCF) in Rotherham – a world‑leading aerospace manufacturing environment operating at the forefront of turbine blade technology.

ABCF is a highly automated, single‑crystal casting facility incorporating wax injection and assembly, shell mould manufacture, casting, polishing, inspection and additive layer manufacturing.

The HSE Advisor will play a key role in supporting and promoting health, safety and environmental excellence across the site, ensuring compliance with statutory obligations, company policies and industry best practice, while driving continuous improvement. The role will also hold responsibility for site environmental management, including permits and consent‑to‑discharge requirements, with the potential to support other Midlands sites as required.

Why join Rolls‑Royce?

At Rolls‑Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls‑Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world‑class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high‑performance culture.

What you will be doing:

• Lead and support the identification, assessment and mitigation of health, safety and environmental risks, providing expert advice to local management and ensuring effective governance and timely closure of actions.
• Act as a visible HSE leader, promoting a proactive safety and environmental culture, supporting leadership teams and contributing to sector and functional initiatives to continuously raise standards.
• Be responsible of governance for our environmental management system including our effluent treatment plant (ETP).
• Establish, support and monitor fit‑for‑purpose HSE governance arrangements, providing subject matter expertise, reporting on risks and performance, and escalating issues where required.
• Identify applicable legal, regulatory and company HSE requirements, undertake gap analysis, support improvement programmes and interface with regulators to ensure ongoing compliance.
• Manage site environmental compliance, including permits and consent‑to‑discharge requirements, while supporting effective environmental and compliance management across other Midlands sites as required.
• Support the development, delivery and review of credible emergency response plans, ensuring site preparedness and driving continuous improvement following exercises or incidents.
• Lead and support incident response, investigation and reporting, enabling shared learning through data analysis, trend identification and effective implementation of corrective actions.
• Collect, validate and analyse HSE performance data to inform decision‑making, support risk‑based planning and drive targeted improvement initiatives.
• Deliver and support assurance activities, inspections and audits, coaching leaders and supervisors while monitoring findings and driving continuous improvement.
• Engage effectively with internal stakeholders to build HSE capability, identify development needs and support the delivery of training, coaching and professional development.

Who we are looking for:

Essential

• NEBOSH Certificate (or equivalent)
• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. IOSH)
• Demonstrated, developing generalist HSE experience within a complex operational environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels

Desirable

• NEBOSH Diploma (Occupational health & safety or Environmental)
• Developing specialism in areas such as occupational hygiene, chemical management, process safety, automation or environmental management
• Experience within manufacturing, aerospace, chemical processing or highly regulated environments
• Exposure to complex plant and equipment including chemical process lines, X‑ray systems, effluent treatment plants, furnaces and CNC machinery

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi‑year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls‑Royce into a high‑performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls‑Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non‑discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Close Date: 04/01/2026

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.

Job Category HS & E Posting Date 19 Dec 2025; 00:12 Posting End Date 04 Jan 2026