Health Safety Environmental Advisor

Job Title:           Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor
Location:           Reading, Berkshire 
Compensation:  Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:         Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:            SF64070

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 Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor, at our Reading, Berkshire site.

The role
As a Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be responsible for ensuring that the Cavendish complies with safety, health, and environmental regulations, as well as implementing policies and procedures to manage risks and hazards. 

Day-to-day, you’ll 

• Ensure Cavendish operates in a safe, healthy, and environmentally responsible manner
• Manage risks across various operational areas
• Implement effective policies and procedures to support safety and compliance
• Conduct training and investigations to enhance awareness and accountability
• Help protect employees, the public, and the environment, while ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and standards

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based at Reading, Berkshire. This role will require occasional travel to Bristol and Newbury.
 

Essential experience of the Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor:

• Previous experience of working as a HSE Advisor within a highly regulated environment
• Audit and inspection experience
• Experience of delivering training
• Understanding construction or similar operational experience and understanding of CDM Regulation

Qualifications for the Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor:

• NEBOSH general certificate or NEBOSH Construction certificate or NVQ equivalent
• Membership of a technical community (IOSH)

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 Cavendish 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

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: 10/06/2025

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