Senior SHE Advisor in Devon

Lead safety excellence across critical defence operations. 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 Senior SHE Advisor at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role involves providing expert safety leadership, assurance and governance across a complex operational environment. You’ll work closely with managers, delivery teams and suppliers to ensure legal, contractual and organisational health and safety obligations are met. Day‑to‑day, you’ll independently assess compliance, challenge unsafe practices and drive continuous improvement across operations and projects. Your work will directly shape safety culture, reduce risk and support confident decision‑making at all levels, while offering strong professional credibility and development within a high‑hazard, regulated environment.

• Delivering health and safety audits and assurance activities across operations and suppliers
• Identifying non‑compliance and improvement opportunities, providing clear, evidence‑based feedback
• Supporting managers and teams with specialist safety advice and risk management guidance
• Producing safety reports and management information to inform decision‑making
• Engaging with regulators and external authorities, including the HSE and emergency services

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.

Essential experience of the Senior SHE Advisor:

• Proven experience conducting health and safety audits in complex or high‑risk environments
• Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation, standards and contractual requirements
• Experience identifying non‑compliance and driving corrective and preventative actions
• Confidence influencing stakeholders at all levels, including senior management
• Experience working with regulators and external authorities

Qualifications for the Senior SHE Advisor:

• NEBOSH Construction Certificate
• Experience using structured HSE management systems and assurance frameworks - 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.

What we offer:

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave. This Window opens February to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave per year (or equivalent hours) to volunteer with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock is a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance. We call that lifetime engineering. Join us and see how far we can go, 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 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.