At a Glance
- Tasks: Support safety performance and promote learning across our Naval Nuclear business.
- Company: Join Babcock, a global leader in defence and engineering.
- Benefits: Generous holiday allowance, matched pension scheme, and health benefits.
- Other info: Flexible working options and a commitment to inclusivity.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on safety and continuous improvement in a vital industry.
- Qualifications: Experience in health and safety, strong data analysis skills, and IOSH qualification.
The predicted salary is between 28300 - 35400 £ per year.
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 Safety Performance and Learning Advisor at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.
The role involves:
- Strengthening safety performance and continuous improvement across our Naval Nuclear business.
- Supporting the Health and Safety team to ensure compliance with company safety arrangements.
- Promoting organisational learning through effective event management, performance reporting and action tracking.
- Monitoring and tracking safety events throughout their lifecycle.
- Supporting Event Owners and Investigators to achieve timely closure and action completion.
- Facilitating event reviews and action effectiveness meetings.
- Producing and analysing safety performance data to identify trends and opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Collaborating with operational teams to promote learning from events and strengthen compliance with health and safety requirements.
This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard.
Essential experience:
- Experience within a safety, assurance or health and safety environment.
- Experience using Synergi Life or a similar safety management database.
- Strong data analysis, reporting and performance monitoring capability.
- Advanced IT skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Qualifications:
- IOSH Managing Safely qualification or equivalent experience.
- Advanced Excel skills.
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
What we offer:
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations.
- 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.
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year for volunteering work.
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: 01/09/2026
Safety Performance and Learning Advisor in Plymouth employer: Babcock
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