SHE Advisor – Risk

Job Description

Job title: SHE Advisor – Risk

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

Salary: Circa £44,984

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensuring that there is timely and consistent advice, support, coaching and governance of SHE (Safety, Heath and Environment) standards and legislation to support all activities across the organisation.
• To support in the development and embedding of a robust and compliant SHE management system with the Submarines business and support the SHE improvement programme
• Supporting, leading and delivering key risk reduction and improvement projects / activities
• Ensure professional and accountable interface with all stakeholders
• To ensure all applicable aspects if the Safety, Health and Environment Operations Plan and Strategy is delivered to schedule across all Submarine sites
• Provide support and governance to investigations, ensuring comprehensive reports with root cause analysis

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Knowledge of SHE management systems covering continuous improvement and risk management
• Proven background of driving 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 of equivalent

Desirable:

• Proven background of undertaking investigations
• Worked in a regulated / heavy regulated environment
• Previous experience of using business reporting systems 

Benefits:

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 who helps keep 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 most exciting engineering programmes in the UK, providing professional SHE advice to ensure compliance and safe construction, test 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’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.

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 have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 20th May 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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