Environmental Health and Safety Lead

Job Title: Environmental, Health and Safety Lead
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol or Chippenham, Wiltshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63397

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 Environmental, Health and Safety Lead.

The role
As an Environmental, Health and Safety Lead, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. We need you to help us develop and enhance our Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) to enable an efficient delivery to our UK Armed Forces and allies - helping us to create a safe and secure world.

Day-to-day, you'll own and deliver the EHS strategy by working with the key stakeholders including Space Managers, Security, Engineering, HR, Business Improvement. You will also:

1. Own and deliver the EHS culture transformation within the Business Unit.
2. Work collaboratively to develop a EHS strategy for the current and long-term future of the Business Unit.
3. Lead the implementation of our EHS policy and arrangements into the day-to-day tasks and activities of the Business Unit.
4. Carry out scheduled audits to ensure best practice, compliance with legislation and ISO14001 and ISO45001. Support and develop managers to identify and implement corrective and preventative actions in line with the EHS strategy.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is adaptable and can be delivered from various locations including Bristol or Corsham this will include 2 days in the office/onsite and 2 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Environmental, Health and Safety Lead

1. You will be comfortable challenging existing ways of working to drive EHS excellence.
2. Good communicator: ability to convey EHS issues concisely and accurately.
3. Proven track record of working as an EHS Advisor.
4. NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent and/or CMIOSH.

Qualifications for the Environmental, Health and Safety Lead

1. We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

What we offer

1. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
2. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
3. Employee share scheme.
4. Employee shopping savings portal.
5. Payment of Professional Fees.
6. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
7. 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.
8. '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.
9. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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.

Closing Date: 28/03/2025