HSE Advisor

Rolls-Royce; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Annual Leave

Retirement Savings Plan

Group Life Assurance

Group Income Protection

Employee Shares (Match)

Job summary

Rolls-Royce Trentham in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking an experienced HSE Advisor to lead health, safety and environmental excellence at the site, ensuring compliance with statutory obligations, company policies and industry best practice while driving continuous improvement. The role will also cover environmental management, permits/consent-to-discharge, and may support other Midlands sites as required.

This role offers a proactive, collaborative environment and a clear path to impact across

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

NEBOSH Certificate

IOSH Membership

Strong communication skills

Job description

Job Description

HSE Advisor

Trentham

On-site

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.

Rolls-Royce has an exciting opportunity for an experienced HSE Advisor to join our Trentham facility in Stoke-on-Trent (formally Ross Ceramics) which ia a manufacturing facility of complex geometry ceramic cores used in the investment casting of high performance directionally solidified and single crystal gas turbine engine components both for aerospace and industrial applications.

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.

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

Our People are our power, so when join Rolls-Royce you are offered more than a salary. You are given a choice of flexible benefits from life insurance to gym discounts and tax free cycling.

• Generous Annual Leave
• Retirement Savings through the Rolls-Royce Retirement Savings Trust
• Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce
• Group Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Your Shares: Matched is a simple way to own Rolls-Royce shares and invest in our future, together. Buy one share, get one free!
• Digital GP provides a convenient way for you to access GP consultations
• Employee Assistance (EAP) and Live Well programmes

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:

16th September 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.