Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Advisor - Construction

ZipRecruiter; Broughton in Furness; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A major defense contractor is seeking a Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) Advisor to ensure safety compliance in construction projects. Responsibilities include providing advice, conducting audits, and leading incident investigations. Ideal candidates will have necessary Nebosh qualifications and experience in high hazard environments. This position is on-site in Broughton in Furness, with a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Must have Nebosh Health and Safety Management for Construction certificate or equivalent.
• Desirable to have Nebosh Environmental certificate or equivalent.
• Ability to interact with high hazard construction environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on Safety, Health, and Environmental standards for construction projects.
• Conduct compliance auditing and inspections on sub-contractors.
• Lead accident and incident investigations with detailed reporting.

Skills

Knowledge of Health and Safety Management

Ability to advise on safety in construction

Compliance auditing skills

Investigative skills

Education

Nebosh Health and Safety Management for Construction certificate

Nebosh Environmental certificate

Job description

Job Description

Job title: Safety, Health & Environmental (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:

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 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 nationality, 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: 16th September 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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