Safety and Health Improvements Advisor

UK Atomic Energy Authority; Culham; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Bonus program

Relocation allowance

Flexible working

Family-friendly policies

Generous leave

Job summary

UK Atomic Energy Authority is seeking a Safety and Health Improvements Advisor to strengthen health, safety and wellbeing across the organisation. You will lead improvement projects, analyse performance data and develop practical solutions to enhance safety culture and compliance, enabling world-leading research and engineering.

You will work closely with Safety and Health Business Partners, deliver safety training, inspections and governance activities, and drive continuous improvement with

Qualifications

• NEBOSH Certificate required.
• Experience in health and safety in a complex technical/engineering environment.
• Experience delivering safety training programmes and awareness activities.
• Ability to manage defined work packages with autonomy.
• Knowledge of confined space safety, investigations, RCA, auditing beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety and health improvement projects with independent delivery.
• Support larger safety improvement programmes across the organisation.
• Contribute to safety assurance activities, including inspections and reviews.
• Develop procedural guidance, training materials and content for new processes.
• Collaborate with Safety and Health Business Partners to embed improvements.
• Analyse safety performance data to identify trends and risks.
• Deliver safety training, toolbox talks and awareness activities.
• Manage safety communications and document workflows.
• Support safety committees and working groups with insights.

Skills

NEBOSH

Behavioural Safety

Risk Assessment

COSHH Management

Safety training

Job description

Fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our worldbadly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industryand research organisations to achieveground-breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the gridby developing the power stations of tomorrow and the skilled workforce to deliver them.

About the job

As a Safety and Health Improvements Advisor, you will help shape and deliver initiatives that strengthen health, safety and wellbeing across UKAEA. Working closely with teams across the organisation, you will drive improvement programmes, analyse performance data and support the development of practical solutions that enhance safety culture and compliance. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by helping create a safe, healthy and high-performing environment that enables world-leading research and engineering.

What You’ll be Doing

• Lead allocated safety and health improvement projects, managing delivery and outcomes independently.
• Support the delivery of larger safety and health improvement programmes across the organisation.
• Contribute to safety assurance activities, including inspections, monitoring and improvement reviews.
• Gather and evaluate feedback from stakeholders to identify process weaknesses and improvement opportunities.
• Develop procedural guidance, training materials and supporting content to enable successful implementation of new and revised processes.
• Collaborate with Safety and Health Business Partners to embed and sustain SHE improvements.
• Analyse safety performance data to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Deliver safety training, toolbox talks and awareness activities across a range of health and safety topics.
• Manage safety communications, procedural updates and document workflows to maintain accurate and effective information.
• Support safety committees and working groups, capturing insights and recommendations that inform the improvement programme.

What You’ll Bring

• NEBOSH Certificate.
• Knowledge of safety disciplines including Behavioural Safety, Risk Assessment and COSHH Management.
• Experience working in a health and safety role within a complex technical, engineering, industrial or scientific environment.
• Experience developing and delivering safety training programmes and awareness activities.
• Ability to manage defined work packages and deliver improvement activities with a high degree of autonomy.
• Knowledge of confined space safety, investigations, root cause analysis, auditing, inspections or safety management systems would be advantageous.

UKAEA is an onsite organisation, and this role requires regular onsite presence (usually between 3-5 days in any given week) in line with business needs. We actively support flexible working arrangements where this is compatible with the role

We have a generous range of benefits (see the full listhere ) and highlights include:

• A salary of£40,402 + excellent benefits including outstanding pension
• Up to 7% corporate performance bonus
• Final salary defined benefits pension scheme with an equivalent of21.5% employer pension contribution
• 25 days annual leave plus2.5 privilege days;8 Bank Holidays
• 3 days of site closure over Christmas break
• Flexible working options plus family-friendly leave provisions

Our commitment to ED&I

UKAEA’s mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity,inclusionand accessibility, and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce.

Please [e-mail] if you have any questions or require adjustments to help youparticipatefairly in our recruitment process, for example changes to the way we interview or share information. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates.

We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds. All appointments are made onmeritand further information can be foundhere .

£40,402 + excellent benefits including outstanding pension

As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:

• Outstandingdefined benefit pension scheme,details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
• Corporatebonus schemeup to7%and aRelocationallowance (if eligible).
• Flexible working optionsincluding family friendly policies.
• Employee Assistance Programmeand trained Mental Health First Aiders,
• Generous annual leaveallowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
• A vibrantculturecommitted to equality and being fullyinclusive

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What can I expect from the application process at UKAEA?

Once you have submitted a formal application via our website, all CVs will be reviewed shortly after the closing date of the advert.

By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.

Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs.

UKAEA leads the way in realising fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for groundbreaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovation, Commitment, Trust, and Collaboration.