SHE Advisor – Risk

JR United Kingdom; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a SHE Advisor, where your expertise will contribute to one of the UK's most exciting engineering programmes. In this role, you will be pivotal in ensuring compliance and safety in the construction and delivery of Nuclear Submarines. You will provide essential SHE advice, support investigations, and help foster a positive SHE culture across the organization. This position offers a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave, and additional benefits such as flexible working and employee discounts. Your contributions will make a real difference in keeping the business and its people safe and healthy.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave

Company-contributed Share Incentive Plan

Flexible working

Employee assistance programme

Cycle2work

Employee discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in SHE management systems and risk management.
• Proven track record in fostering a positive SHE culture.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with SHE standards and legislation.
• Lead key risk reduction and improvement projects.

Skills

SHE management systems

Risk management

Positive SHE culture fostering

Investigation processes

Report writing

Stakeholder interactions

NEBOSH General Certificate

Experience in regulated environments

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

Tools

Business reporting systems

Job description

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Location: Barrow-in-Furness. This role is fully onsite.

What you’ll be doing:

1. Ensuring timely and consistent advice, support, coaching, and governance of SHE (Safety, Health, and Environment) standards and legislation to support all activities across the organisation.
2. Supporting the development and embedding of a robust and compliant SHE management system within the Submarines business and supporting the SHE improvement programme.
3. Leading and delivering key risk reduction and improvement projects/activities.
4. Maintaining professional and accountable interfaces with all stakeholders.
5. Ensuring the delivery of the Safety, Health, and Environment Operations Plan and Strategy across all Submarine sites as scheduled.
6. Providing support and governance to investigations, ensuring comprehensive reports with root cause analysis.

Your skills and experiences:

• Knowledge of SHE management systems, including continuous improvement and risk management.
• Proven track record of fostering a positive SHE culture.
• Experience in assurance and governance over investigation processes, stakeholder interactions, report writing, and investigative skills.
• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent.
• Experience in conducting investigations.
• Experience working in a regulated or heavily regulated environment.
• Previous experience with business reporting systems.

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave, and a Company-contributed Share Incentive Plan. Additional benefits include 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 dedicated to keeping the business and its people safe, healthy, and environmentally compliant?

As a SHE Advisor with the Safety, Health, and Environment Team, you will be involved in one of the UK's most exciting engineering programmes, providing professional SHE advice to ensure compliance and safe construction, testing, 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 can make a real difference. We foster an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and empowers you to fulfill your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly encourage applications from underrepresented groups, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in assessments, please discuss reasonable adjustments with your recruiter.

Please note that many roles are subject to security and export control restrictions based on nationality, birthplace, and previous nationalities. All applicants must meet at least the Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Higher levels of security vetting may require 5 to 10 years of continuous UK residency, depending on the role.

Closing Date: 20th May 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. Therefore, early submission is encouraged.