Environmental, Health and Safety Advisor

Job Title:              Environmental, Health and Safety Advisor
Location:              Ashton Vale, Bristol + Agile Working
Compensation:    Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF55356

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Environmental, Health and Safety Advisor at our Bristol site.  Our Mission Systems business is transforming and we’re looking for someone dynamic and ambitious who is eager to make an impact within our Environmental, Health and Safety Team, creating a real difference whilst also exploring the wider remit of EHS within Babcock.

The role
As an Environmental, Health and Safety Advisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. As a key member of the EHS Team we need you to assist in developing the Environmental, Health and Safety culture at Babcock. You'll contribute to developing procedures and guidance to ensure the best advice and support is available in order to deliver our aim of 'Home Safe Every Day' and Care and Learn.

Day to day, you’ll provide support and practical advice to managers and our people within a complex business, building strong and influential relationships with key stakeholders, including HR, trade union and employee representatives across the sector.

• Deliver training programmes, such as Front-Line Leaders, Investigation, Risk Assessment and Synergi Life.
• Contribute to develop and deliver innovative and engaging health and safety training media; including awareness and induction, E-Safety, Toolbox Talks
• Carry out scheduled audits to ensure best practice, compliance with legislation and ISO14001 & ISO45001.
• Contribute to developing and maintaining the Groups Health and Safety Management System.
• Contribute to the development of the EHS Teams KPI’s, Reports, Synergi Life Dashboards required across the business.
• Within the EHS Team you'll be a champion for specific EHS topics such as Environmental and Sustainability, Wellbeing and Occupational Health, Fire Safety, Compliance, PUWER, CDM and so on.

This role is full-time with an agile working arrangement, with three days per week working onsite at our Ashton House facility in North Bristol.

Essential experience of the Environmental, Health and Safety Advisor

• Credible; demonstrable, relevant knowledge and experience gained within a similar EHS role
• Experience of interpretation and application of relevant legislation
• Good IT skills; proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
• Confident; ability to convey health and safety knowledge and to deliver training knowledgeably in a clear and concise manner
• Effective interpersonal and communications skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to interface, influence and build productive working relationships with people at all levels

Qualifications for the Environmental, Health and Safety Advisor

• We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or quaifications, provided you hold some of the the following and can demonstrate the required level of experience then we would like to hear from you.
  • NEBOSH certificate or equivalent (as a minimum).
  • Member of IOSH or related professional body
  • Grad IOSH working towards CMIOSH (advantageous)

Security Clearance
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).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• 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 the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘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
• Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. 
• Autonomy to perform the role.
• Excellent development opportunities and an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International 
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.