Senior SHE Advisor – Contractor Assurance Team

JR United Kingdom; Millom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior SHE Advisor to lead a team in enhancing safety standards within a complex environment. This role involves managing Health and Safety processes, providing guidance, and fostering a culture of safety. The ideal candidate will have experience in high-risk settings, strong audit skills, and a commitment to developing a robust safety culture. Join a company that values diversity and offers a supportive environment where you can truly make a difference. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your SHE professional skills while contributing to vital safety initiatives.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Relocation support packages

Qualifications

• Experience in managing Health and Safety in high-risk environments.
• NEBOSH Diploma or working towards it is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team and support SHE Advisors in their development.
• Ensure compliance with SHE standards and legislation.
• Contribute to audits and accident investigations.

Skills

Health and Safety Management

Training and Coaching

Audit Skills

Investigation Skills

Construction Environment Experience

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

Job description

Senior SHE Advisor – Contractor Assurance Team, millom

Client:

BAE Systems

Location:

Barrow-in-Furness – Onsite

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

16

Posted:

18.04.2025

Expiry Date:

02.06.2025

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior SHE Advisor – Contractor Assurance Team

What you’ll be doing:

• Line managing a small team and supporting SHE Advisors with duties and development (2-3, could increase up to 6)
• Ensuring timely and consistent advice, support, coaching and governance of SHE standards and legislation
• Supporting the development of an improved safety culture within the Submarines function and the SHE improvement programme
• Providing professional accountable interface with all stakeholders including functional leads, regulators, contractors, and customers
• Contributing to audits and accident/near miss investigations, producing comprehensive reports with root cause analysis

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience supporting the management and Health and Safety Risk processes in a high risk environment
• NEBOSH Diploma or working towards
• Experience delivering training or coaching
• Audit and investigation skills
• Experience of working in a Construction environment or within the Submarine enterprise or similar

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 SHE team:

You will be operating across the build and construction areas in a very diverse and complex business. There will be opportunities to develop SHE professional skills and gain further certifications.

We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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.

Closing Date: 28th April 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.