Senior Health & Safety Manager

As a Senior Health and Safety Manager, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll be responsible for undertaking inspection and monitoring activities to monitor compliance with Cavendish Nuclear health and safety management arrangements and for the production of the Health and Safety Management System

Day-to-day, you'll design, develop and deliver HSE services for a business to meet the current and future needs of the business and such that all relevant Company standards and legislative requirements are achieved.

• Lead, coordinate and control one or several teams such that staff are developed, utilised and deployed effectively, employee performance and motivation is maximised to meet organisational standards and requirements


• Plan, develop and deliver a programme of HSE audits and inspection schedules to ensure full compliance with all process standards set out in law and business policy and deliver a proactive HSE advisory service to meet ongoing monthly, quarterly and annual KPIs, SLAs and objectives for the department or unit


• Support the SSHEQR Director in defining and enforcing standards, providing pragmatic and proportionate HSE advice and promoting a strong HSE culture within Cavendish Nuclear


• Ensure that policies, standards and procedures are developed and implemented across the business such that HSE standards can be fully assured consistent with group policy and legal requirements


• Manage, monitor and control budgets and plans such that the department meets its obligations and business objectives at or below the agreed cost


This role is full time, 37 hours per week with hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Senior Health and Safety Manager

• Have a proven track record within a senior health and safety role, working within a highly regulated/high hazard industry.


Qualifications for the Senior Health and Safety Manager

• Level 3 accredited Health and Safety Qualification or equivalent. Examples include BSC Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health, or National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) Level 3 Health and Safety at Work, or NEBOSH General Certificate


Security Clearance, The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Health and Safety Manager.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance


• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance


• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+


• Employee share scheme


• Employee shopping savings portal


• Payment of Professional Fees


• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave


• 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


• '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


Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.