At a Glance
- Tasks: Guide teams on safety practices and improve our SHE Management System.
- Company: Join SSE, a leader in energy transition with a commitment to safety.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, performance bonuses, flexible working, and wellbeing perks.
- Other info: Inclusive workplace with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on workplace safety and promote a healthy culture.
- Qualifications: Recognised SHE qualification or willingness to pursue one; experience in safety management preferred.
The predicted salary is between 36200 - 54400 £ per year.
Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Glasgow, Perth, Reading, Havant.
Salary: £36,200 - £54,400 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.
Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available.
The role:
At SSE, safety is at the heart of everything we do. We’re committed to creating a healthy, supportive and environmentally responsible workplace where everyone can thrive. As the Corporate SHE Advisor, you’ll play a key role in guiding and empowering colleagues and partners working across a broad range of Corporate Support Services throughout the organisation to make safe, informed decisions. Working alongside the Corporate SHE Manager, you’ll help shape and continually improve our Group SHE Management System, offering clear information, training and insights that strengthen our safety culture.
You’ll build positive relationships across teams and with Contractor Partners to ensure risks are well understood and managed in areas such as the safe management of work, CDM, contractor engagement, and environmental protection. By fostering collaboration, sharing learning from incidents, and championing good practice, you’ll help create an inclusive culture where people feel supported to deliver safe, reliable and sustainable outcomes.
This role involves engaging with a range of internal and external stakeholders, regularly visiting work sites across our UK and Ireland estate, and representing SSE at internal meetings and events. Through your thoughtful approach and commitment to our values, you’ll help ensure our people, customers and communities stay safe and well every day.
You will:
- Trusted Safety Partner – Build supportive relationships across the business and with contractors, offering competent SHE guidance, questioning current safety practices and working in partnership to find better ways of working safely.
- SHE Support – Provide practical SHE advice to help teams deliver safely and confidently, including communicating Occupational Health and Wellbeing initiatives and programmes to promote a healthy and safety conscious work environment.
- Culture & Behaviours – Champion positive behaviours and consistent SSE Safety Family practices, working with managers and partners to strengthen respectful, safety‑focused ways of working and uphold high performance standards.
- External Representation – Represent SSE with professionalism in engagement with contractor partners, ensuring strong collaboration and clear communication.
- Incident & Assurance Leadership – Support incident management and investigations, share learning across teams, and support audits, inspections and documentation improvements to maintain compliance, governance and continuous improvement.
You have:
- Recognised SHE Qualification in SHE Management e.g., NEBOSH General Certificate, or willingness to work towards qualification.
- Experience drafting clear, fact-based reports and supporting documentation.
- Experience of incident investigation processes preferred.
- Able to identify opportunities to improve safety, health and wellbeing within the Corporate Services function.
- Awareness of Health & Safety legislation, in particular Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015.
About SSE:
SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030. Safety is our number one value at SSE. We're committed to looking after people, partners, customers, and the communities we work in. Our Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) division ensures we get this right. They guide our teams, helping us minimise risk and work responsibly, so that everyone gets home safely.
Flexible Benefits To Fit Your Life:
- Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships.
- Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service.
- Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme.
- As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.
Work with an equal opportunity employer:
SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact francesca.palmer@sse.com / 01738 344763 to discuss how we can support you. We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.
Corporate SHE Advisor in Reading employer: SSE PLC
SSE plc is an exceptional employer that prioritises employee wellbeing and work-life balance, offering flexible working patterns in a dynamic hybrid environment. With a strong commitment to professional development, employees have access to generous benefits and opportunities for growth within the energy sector, making it a rewarding place to advance your career while contributing to impactful energy infrastructure projects.
