Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Advisor - Construction

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

Job summary

A leading defense contractor is seeking a Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Advisor to ensure compliance on-site in Barrow-in-Furness. The ideal candidate will have essential qualifications in health and safety management, and experience in high-hazard construction environments. Competitive benefits include a pension scheme and share plans.

Benefits

Employee share plans

Flexible health benefits

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Essential qualifications in Health and Safety management.
• Desirable qualifications in Environmental management.
• Ability to interact professionally with a range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for construction projects under Safety, Health and Environmental standards.
• Conduct compliance audits and inspections.
• Lead accident/incident investigations and provide reports.

Skills

Nebosh Health and Safety Management for Construction certificate

Compliance auditing skills

Investigative skills

Ability to provide health and safety advice

Education

Nebosh General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

Nebosh Environmental certificate

Job description

Overview

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

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 , 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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