Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Advisor - Construction

BAE Systems; Borwick Rails; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Barrow-in-Furness is looking for a Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Advisor for construction projects. You will provide critical advisory and compliance services to ensure safety across high hazard construction environments. The ideal candidate should hold NEBOSH certifications and have experience managing safety-related issues. This role offers a competitive salary, benefits, and a chance to work on the construction of Nuclear-powered submarines.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Nebosh Health and Safety Management for Construction certificate or equivalent required.
• Ability to interact professionally with regulators and CDM duty holders.
• Experience in high hazard construction environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and governance of Safety, Health and Environmental standards.
• Conduct compliance auditing, inspection, and reporting activities.
• Lead accident investigations and ensure comprehensive reporting.

Skills

Nebosh Health and Safety Management for Construction certificate

Compliance auditing skills

Ability to provide safety advice in construction

Understanding of Construction regulations

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 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

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping 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.

Closing Date: 8 th August 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.