Fire Safety Advisor

Job Title:                     Fire Safety Advisor

Location:                     Hinkley Point, Bridgwater, Somerset

Compensation:           Competitive + Benefits

Role Type:                  Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                      SF61244

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 Fire Safety Advisor at our Hinkley Point C site.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work as part of the MEH Alliance on the prestigious Hinkley Point C Nuclear project. The alliance work across the project to integrate and coordinate the delivery of all main MEH, cabling and associated support services. This innovative approach will help different contractors work as a single entity to deliver the complex installation of cabling and pipework in the power station’s 2,500 rooms.

The role

As a Fire Safety Advisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will ensure Emergency Preparedness, and Fire Health and Safety Standards of the HPC project are consistently met and become an integral part of the specialist fire safety team.  

Day to day, you’ll undertake Fire Safety Assurance Audits, Inspections and other monitoring activities of both controlled areas and all site contractors to ensure compliance with site Fire Safety Standards and UK legislation.

• You will support the HPC Way, ensuring the site work effectively and works to one culture, manage and own Emergency Exercises to support MEH Exercise Programme

• Write and own Emergency Preparedness, write reports and identify key learning from Exercises.

• Provide SME advice on Fire Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Demonstrates Positivity through always striving for solutions, demonstrates respect through valuing other points of view, demonstrate clarity through sharing information simply and concisely, observe and record ‘At Risk’ & ‘Reduce Risk’ behaviours.

This role is full time 38 hours a week and will be based on site at Hinkley Point C in Bridgwater.

Essential experience of the Fire Safety Advisor:

• Suitable site experience in a similar role within Fire Safety

• Producing Fire Risk Assessments in the construction or other dynamic environment.

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in order to explain EP/Fire procedures and expectations to a range of people

Qualifications for the Fire Safety Advisor:

• NEBOSH Fire and Construction Certificates would be desirable.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) 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
• 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:    06/01/2025