Head of SHE for Marine Shipbuilding

Job Title:            Head of SHE for Marine Shipbuilding
Location:            Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements 
Compensation:   £70,000 - £80,000 + Benefits
Role Type:          Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:              SF64693

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 Head of SHE for Marine Shipbuilding at our Rosyth site. 

The role
As a Head of SHE for Marine Shipbuilding you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will provide leadership, guidance and direction in the provision of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) in the Marine sector, ensuring the application of ‘best practice’ and the development of an engaged Health & Safety culture throughout the workforce.  
 

Day to day, your responsibility will be to ensure the operational delivery teams understand, own and are accountable for HSE within the work environment and establish an engaged safety culture across the sector.

• Create an environment of timely collective continuous improvement across the Marine Sector
• Proactively engage and build relationships within the Marine Sector management teams at all levels to influence the ownership and accountability for health, safety and environmental performance.
• Effectively lead, develop and line manage the SHE Shipbuilding team across the business unit within the Marine sector.
• Align business unit HSE improvement activities with the Marine Sector and Group HSE strategy and priorities.
• Provide expert advice and direction to the Business unit’s management teams on current and future HSE legislation, guidance and practices to ensure continual improvement.
• Advise operations on risk registers, policies and procedures to ensure successful control of HSE risk.
• Proactively engage with operational employees to develop and influence an engaged (just, reporting, flexible, questioning and learning) HSE culture within the business unit.

This role is full time 37 hours and will be based at one of our locations: Rosyth. The role offers hybrid working arrangements.  

Essential experience of the Head of SHE for Marine Shipbuilding

• Experience of proactively engaging with Senior, Contract and Site management to improve HSE
• Experience of delivering a high standard of compliance and exceptional health and safety improvement track record
• Candidates must have a track record of embedding H&S behavioural change
• Multi-Site HSE experience both UK & overseas.
• Extensive knowledge of ISO14001 and ISO45001

Qualifications for the Head of SHE for Marine Shipbuilding

• Level 5 or 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management (NEBOSH or BSC)
• Level 3 qualification in Environmental Management and Assessment - (Desirable)
• Chartered Membership of the Institution of Occupational Safety or other appropriate discipline   - (Desirable)

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
• 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.

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.

Closing date: 27/06/2025