Construction health and safety specialist

Job Title: Construction Health and Safety Specialist

Location: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute

Compensation: £48,000 - £56,000 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF73802

Overview

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 Construction Health and Safety Specialist at our RNAD Coulport site.

The role

As a Construction Health and Safety Specialist, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a key role within our Naval Base Projects team, supporting a diverse portfolio of construction projects in a unique, high-hazard environment. Acting as a subject matter expert in Construction Design and Management (CDM), you’ll ensure safety is embedded from the earliest design stages through to on-site delivery.

Day‑to‑day, you’ll be required to:

• Collaborating with designers, project managers, and contractors to embed safe design principles from project inception
• Applying principles of prevention to eliminate or reduce risk during the pre‑construction phase
• Reviewing risk assessments, hazard logs, and construction documentation to ensure safe, compliant delivery
• Contributing to design reviews, workshops, and project meetings across multiple sites
• Providing practical, on‑site health and safety guidance that supports safe and effective project delivery

This role is full time, 36 hours per week Monday to Thursday 07:15 – 16:45 and is based on site at RNAD Coulport with regular travel across internal and customer sites.

Essential experience

• Strong working knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015 and construction health and safety legislation
• Experience understanding and managing design risk, not just site safety
• Background working in live construction environments in a hands‑on role
• Experience engaging directly with contractors and multidisciplinary project teams
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence, challenge, and drive safe outcomes

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate or equivalent
• NEBOSH Diploma or NVQ Level 5–6 in Occupational Health and Safety or working towards
• Membership of a relevant professional organisation such as IOSH, IIRSM, CIOB, RICS or ICE or working towards

Security clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK.

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 shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
• Holiday trading allows 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

About Babcock

We’re Babcock – a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. We’re building a future that lasts through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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

17/06/2026