SHE Advisor – Dreadnought

JR United Kingdom; Broughton in Furness; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering organization in Broughton in Furness seeks a SHE Advisor to ensure safety and health in the construction of Nuclear Submarines. The role involves providing professional advice, managing risks, and supporting a strong safety culture. Candidates should have relevant NEBOSH qualifications and experience in high-risk environments. Competitive benefits are offered, including a pension scheme and flexible working.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave

Flexible working

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Ability to positively influence stakeholders in safety planning and management.
• Practical experience in managing health and safety risks in high-risk environments.
• Ensure compliance and continuous improvement in health, safety, and wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely advice and governance of SHE standards.
• Support safety culture improvements and SHE programs.
• Provide reports and support audits and investigations.

Skills

NEBOSH general certificate or equivalent

Experience of working as a SHE professional in high-risk environments

Audit and investigation skills

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

Job description

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Client:

BAE Systems

Location:

broughton in furness, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

04.08.2025

Expiry Date:

18.09.2025

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Job Description:

Job title: SHE Advisor – Dreadnought

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensuring that there is timely and consistent advice, support, assurance and governance of SHE standards and legislation to support all activities across the organisation
• Supporting in the development and embedding of an improved safety culture within Submarines business and supporting the SHE improvement programme
• Enabling the build operations teams through the SHE plan and committee framework. Development, governance and assurance of the process, provision of data in relation to risk assessments accident statistics etc
• Focussing on the transition from reactive to proactive development of LfE process to left shift SHE and enable a zero-accident focus
• Ensuring professional and accountable interface with all stakeholders including all functional leads, regulators, contractor and customers
• Providing support to audits and accident / near miss investigations. Producing comprehensive reports with root cause analysis

Your skills and experiences:

• NEBOSH general certificate or equivalent
• Experience of working as a SHE professional in potentially high-risk environments
• Assist and positively influence stakeholders in their planning, management, monitoring, investigation and assurance activities
• Ensure compliance and continuous improvement in health, safety, environment and wellbeing
• Practical experience of supporting the management of Health and Safety risks and/or processes in a high-risk environment
• Audit and investigation skills
• NEBOSH Diploma

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 SHE team:

Would you like to work in a team responsible for keeping everyone safe and healthy at work? As a Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) advisor, you will be involved in one of the most exciting engineering programmes in the UK, providing professional SHE advice to ensure safe construction and delivery of Nuclear 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: 29th 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.