Cadent Gas Ltd
Make Safety Smarter – Become a Cadent Human Factors Advisor
Are you passionate about making work safer, smarter, and more human-centred? Do you believe that understanding how people interact with systems, environments, and processes is key to preventing harm and improving performance? We’re looking for a Human Factors Advisor to play a vital role in embedding human factors principles into our safety culture, systems, and decision-making, working closely with, supporting and reporting into our Human Factors Specialist. This is a unique opportunity to influence how we design work, manage operational risk, and support our people across the business, from frontline operations to strategic planning. You’ll help shape a workplace where human performance is understood, valued, and actively supported, driving improvements that make a real difference every day.
Why you will love this role
As a Human Factors Advisor, you’ll help shape a safer, smarter, and more human-centred workplace. You’ll work across teams to embed human factors principles into our safety culture, systems, and decision-making. Here’s what you’ll be doing:
Drive human-centred safety by engaging directly with engineers and operational teams to apply human factors thinking to real-world challenges.
Support strategic programmes like “Safe+Well”, helping to design and implement initiatives that improve safety and wellbeing across Cadent and its partners.
Integrate human factors into the design and delivery of health and safety management systems, ensuring usability and effectiveness.
Promote a learning culture by embedding human factors into incident investigations and helping teams understand and mitigate human error.
Lead and support key projects on behaviour, culture, fatigue, and shift pattern design, with opportunities to take ownership of high-impact work.
Advise on emerging risks including fatigue management and other human performance challenges, ensuring swift adoption of best practice and legislation.
Deliver actionable insights through clear, evidence-based reports tailored to a variety of stakeholders.
Collaborate across SHE and wider business teams to support continuous improvement and drive meaningful change.
What you will bring
Human Factors Expertise: Solid understanding of key principles, standards, and methods such as task analysis, human error and reliability assessment, fatigue management, and safety culture, applied within major hazard industries.
Safety Investigation Insight: Understanding of human factors and interest in applying them to safety investigations and improvement.
Project Delivery Skills: Ability to support safety projects with clear communication and outcome-focused contributions.
Effective Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
Collaborative Approach: A team-oriented mindset with the ability to work across departments and disciplines to drive shared safety goals.
Continuous Improvement Focus: A proactive attitude toward learning, innovation, and embedding sustainable improvements in safety performance.
Ready to Make a Difference? If you’re excited by the opportunity to shape how we think about safety and human performance, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and help us build a safer, smarter future