Job Title: Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor
Location: Glasgow or Faslane + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Make a Difference in Defence and Nuclear Safety
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 Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor at Glasgow or Faslane, near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute.
The role
As a Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor, you’ll be at the heart of ensuring our operations are safe, compliant, and environmentally responsible. This is a role where your expertise will directly protect people, the public, and the environment, while supporting projects critical to national security.
Day-to-day, you will
1. Ensure Cavendish operates in a safe, healthy, and environmentally responsible manner.
2. Manage risks across diverse operational areas and projects.
3. Implement effective policies and procedures to support compliance.
4. Deliver training and conduct investigations to enhance awareness and accountability.
5. Support continuous improvement initiatives across HSE functions.
This is a permanent position, working 37 hours per week. You will be based at Glasgow or Faslane, with travel between Glasgow, Faslane, and Rosyth. Hybrid working patterns are available.
Essential experience of the Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor:
6. Previous experience as an HSE Advisor within a highly regulated environment.
7. Strong audit and inspection experience.
8. Proven ability to deliver training effectively.
9. Understanding of construction or similar operational environments and CDM Regulations.
Qualifications for the Health, Safety and Environmental Advisor:
10. NEBOSH General Certificate, NEBOSH Construction Certificate, or NVQ equivalent.
11. Membership of a technical community (e.g., IOSH).
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.Further details are available at
What We Offer
12. Generous holiday allowance
13. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
14. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
15. Employee share scheme
16. Employee shopping savings portal
17. Payment of Professional Fees
18. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
19. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
20. ‘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
21. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of