HSE Manager

Job Title:               HSE Manager 
Location:               Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement 
Compensation:     Competitive + Benefits
Role Type:             Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:                  SF60461

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a HSE Manager, at our Bristol site.

The role
As a HSE Manager, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This role offers an excellent opportunity to deliver HSE support across our Clean Energy portfolio, such as with MEH Alliance and Commissioning Alliance activities, amongst also supporting work with Small and Advanced Modular Reactor vendors. 

Day-to-day, you’ll interface with wider Alliance HSE teams to deliver support both on-site and off-site. This includes supporting the Business Stream in ensuring that any new legislation, business or Group instructions are implemented following introduction into the Business Management System. 

• Setting HSE Strategy for the Business Stream.  Enforcing standards, providing proportionate and pragmatic expert advice and guidance to the team relating to specific problems or issues or on a more general basis relating to HSE management and promoting a strong HSE culture
• Ensuring a programme of HSE audits and inspections is fully planned and delivered, in compliance with national, group and company standards. 
• Interpreting statistical data to identify areas of business improvement and advise and work with line managers such that the required improvement is realised 
• Ensuring that all events are promptly investigated at the correct level, and that key lessons learned from events are identified and promulgated 
• Writing and circulating reports that summarise areas of non-compliance, discussing with local management and identify areas requiring improvement 
• Generating and delivering an overall Business Stream HSE Improvement Plan and supporting the development of local HSE Improvement Plans, as required 

This position involves travel/working across a range of internal and customer sites, as a requirement of the role.

This role is full time, thirty-eight hours per week and requires regular travel across a range of internal and customer sites on a weekly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Essential experience of the HSE Manager

• Have a proven track record preferably gained within a similar role in the Nuclear or other highly regulated high hazard industry
• Good working knowledge of all relevant health and safety regulations and legislation
• Good working knowledge and application of ISO14001, BS:OHSAS 18001/ISO45001
• Ability to investigate events using industry best-practice causal analysis tools
• Approved Auditor qualification (or has demonstrable skills and track record) is desirable 
• Competent Risk Assessor is desirable 

Qualifications for the HSE Manager

• Level 3 (or equivalent) accredited Health and Safety Qualification (e.g. BSC Level 3 
• Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health, National Vocational Qualifications 
• (NVQ) Level 3 Health and Safety at Work, NEBOSH General Certificate)

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. 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 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

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together. 

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: 06/01/25

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