Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Advisor – Construction

JR United Kingdom; Big Sand; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in construction seeks a Safety, Health & Environmental Advisor to ensure compliance and support client construction projects. You'll be responsible for providing guidance, conducting audits, and enhancing safety practices across major projects related to nuclear-powered submarines.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave

Company contributed Share Incentive Plan

Flexible working options

Employee assistance programme

Cycle2work scheme

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Certification in Nebosh Health and Safety required.
• Certification in Nebosh Environmental desirable.
• Experience within a high hazard construction environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and governance on health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Conduct audits and inspections for compliance.
• Lead risk reduction projects.

Skills

Auditing skills

Investigative skills

Compliance skills

Education

Nebosh Health and Safety Management for Construction certificate

Nebosh Environmental certificate

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Client:

BAE Systems

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Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Views:

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Posted:

06.06.2025

Expiry Date:

21.07.2025

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Job Description:

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. This role is on site

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 National 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

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 diversity 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 disability 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 nationality, any nationalities 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 National Security Vetting where applicants must typically leave 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending in the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

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.