Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Advisor – Construction

ATTB - The Big Jobsite; Askam-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Advisor for construction projects in Barrow-in-Furness. You will provide safety governance, lead risk reduction initiatives, and ensure compliance with safety regulations. This role is critical in supporting the construction of Nuclear-powered submarines within an inclusive team culture.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave

Share Incentive Plan

Flexible working

Employee assistance programme

Cycle2work scheme

Employee discounts

Potential annual incentive

Qualifications

• NEBOSH qualifications are essential.
• Ability to provide advice in high hazard environments.
• Professional interaction with Regulators and CDM duty holders.

Responsibilities

• Provide Safety, Health and Environmental assurance through compliance auditing.
• Conduct accident/incident investigations.
• Support design and construction phases of major projects.

Skills

Compliance auditing

Safety Management

Environmental Management

Investigation skills

Education

Nebosh Health and Safety Management for Construction certificate

Nebosh General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

Nebosh Environmental certificate

Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment certificate

Job description

Job title:

Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Advisor – Construction

Location:

Barrow-in-Furness. This role is on site

Salary:

Circa £45,000

What you’ll be doing:

Provide professional interface with timely and consistent advice, support, coaching and governance of Safety, Health and Environmental standards and legislation to support the client’s construction projects

Provide Safety, Health and Environmental assurance through compliance auditing, inspection and reporting of Principal and sub-contractors Safety, Health and Environment arrangements and construction activities

To provide conventional Safety, Health and Environmental advice and assurance to the design and construction phases of major construction projects

Supporting, leading and delivering key risk reduction and improvement projects / activities

Conduct, as necessary, accident / incident investigations, ensuring comprehensive reports with root cause analysis

Your skills and experiences:

Nebosh Health and Safety Management for Construction certificate or Nebosh General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent qualification are essential

Nebosh Environmental certificate or Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment certificate or equivalent qualification would be desirable

Ability to provide conventional health, safety and environmental advice to all levels within a high hazard construction environment

Professional interaction with Regulators, CDM duty holders as Client Safety, Health and Environmental representative

Compliance auditing, inspection and investigative skills

An understanding of assurance and application of Construction (Design and Management) regulations 2015

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave incentive and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Safety, Health and Environment team:

Would you like to work in a site-based team who helps keep our facilities, our construction projects and our people safe and healthy and the business compliant? As a SHE Advisor with the Safety, Health and Environment Team, you will support the design and construction of new facilities that will enable the safe construction, test and delivery of Nuclear-powered Submarines. We offer relocation support across all Submarine roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you will be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your , any you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of Security Vetting where applicants must typically leave 5 to 10 years of continuous in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:

10 th

July 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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