Health, Safety and Environment Advisor

Job Title:              Health, Safety and Environment Advisor
Location:              Rosyth, Fife
Compensation:    £43,542 - £50,838 + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF64152

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 Health, Safety and Environment Advisor at our Rosyth site.

The role
As a Health, Safety and Environment Advisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be responsible for managing HS&E risks, ensuring compliance with legislation, and implementing company standards. Working closely with operational teams and site staff across Babcock Marine – Rosyth, you’ll help drive a proactive safety culture.

Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with Site Managers, management teams, and the associated supply chain to manage Health and Safety effectively. Being part of a proactive, high-functioning team, you will contribute to maintaining and improving HS&E standards. You will also: 

• Guide contracts and sites on implementing HS&E legislation, policies, and standards.
• Assess site risk controls, provide competent guidance, and collaborate with operations to enhance safety measures.
• Conduct HSE audits, manage corrective actions, and ensure effective learning from reviews.
• Support site managers in meeting legal and company HS&E requirements, review policies, and promote a positive safety culture.
• Investigate accidents and incidents to determine root causes and implement corrective actions.

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

Essential experience of the Health, Safety and Environment Advisor

• Proven experience in an HS&E role, ideally within shipbuilding, engineering or other high-risk industries.
• Actively engaged in CPD, working towards higher IOSH membership status or relevant specialisms in Occupational Health & Safety.
• Experience of working in a shipbuilding, electrical, mechanical or engineering technical discipline, or other high-risk industry
• Strong working knowledge of the Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations
• Professional Membership: IOSH or an equivalent

Qualifications for the Health, Safety and Environment Advisor

• NEBOSH Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (or equivalent). 

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: 28/05/2025