Shop Assistance jobs in United Kingdom

Job Title: Site Health and Safety Practitioner

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £41,000 - £46,000 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF68458

Make Safety Your Mission

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Site Health and Safety Practitioner at our HMNB Clyde Faslane site.

As a Site Health and Safety Practitioner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of our mission to protect people and operations across our Marine sector. This is a dynamic opportunity to make a real impact - ensuring compliance, driving continuous improvement, and shaping a culture of safety across one of the UK’s most strategic defence sites.

Day-to-day you’ll be:

• Delivering professional health and safety advice across the site and supply chain
• Conducting workplace inspections to identify hazards and reduce risks
• Participating in audits and managing corrective actions
• Investigating incidents to identify root causes and implement improvements
• Representing the department in meetings and sharing best practices

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and is based on site at HMNB Clyde Faslane.

• Demonstrated knowledge of statutory, regulatory, and standards compliance
• Experience in auditing and engaging with regulators
• Skilled in accident and emergency response
• Proven ability to lead incident investigations and safety interventions
• Previous experience in a similar industrial, shipbuilding, or engineering environment

• NEBOSH Certificate (essential)
• Working towards a Health and Safety Degree or NEBOSH Diploma (advantageous)

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 18/11/2025

#CLYDEWC25

#LI-WJ1