HSE Advisor

Location: Carlisle, GB, CA24 3HZ

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Help shape safer projects and make a lasting impact in one of the UK's most important industries. At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a HSE Advisor based at our Moor Row, Cumbria site.

As a HSE Advisor, you'll be a trusted safety professional supporting the delivery of critical nuclear projects and operational activities. Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Provide expert health, safety and environmental advice across projects and operational activities
• Conduct risk assessments, audits, inspections and investigations to identify improvement opportunities
• Support compliance with legislation, industry standards and company procedures
• Analyse safety performance data, identifying trends and implementing improvement initiatives
• Build strong relationships with project teams, customers and external stakeholders to promote a positive safety culture

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and based in Cumbria. Flexible working arrangements are available with hybrid working options.

Essential experience:

• Demonstrable experience working within a health, safety and environmental role
• Strong understanding of health, safety and environmental legislation, regulations, standards and best practice
• Experience carrying out risk assessments, incident investigations and safety performance improvement activities
• Ability to analyse data, identify trends and develop effective improvement plans
• Experience influencing stakeholders and promoting a proactive safety culture

Qualifications:

• Minimum NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent experience
• Membership of a recognised professional body such as the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)

We offer a matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance, access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+, an employee share scheme, and an employee shopping savings portal. Payment of Professional Fees is also included.

Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave. Holiday Trading 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.

We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance. Join us and discover 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 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.