Health & Safety Representative
Location: DSG Donnington, Shropshire, UK
Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid
Job Title: Health & Safety Representative
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF71794
Drive a Positive Safety Culture Across Defence Operations
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Health & Safety Representative at DSG Donnington, Shropshire.
The role
As a Health & Safety Representative, you’ll take on an important role supporting operational management teams to embed strong Health, Safety & Environmental (HS&E) practices across our Defence estate. This is a unique opportunity to influence and drive cultural change, help shape safe ways of working and ensure compliance with HS&E standards that protect our people and sites. You’ll work closely with site staff, managers, and the Defence Equipment HSE Team to deliver meaningful improvement and best practice.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
* Support operational teams with managing HS&E risks and ensuring safe systems of work
* Collaborate with site management to implement HS&E standards and achieve site safety objectives
* Work under the guidance of the Defence Equipment HSE Team to deliver HS&E requirements and initiatives
* Engage proactively with site staff to promote positive HS&E behaviours and best practice
* Maintain accurate HS&E records, including reporting, documentation and compliance activities.
This role is full time, working Monday to Friday, based at DSG Donnington, Shropshire, with 4 days onsite and 1 day working from home.
Essential experience of the Health & Safety Representative
* Considerable experience in a full‑time operations role
* Experience producing clear, concise reports.
Qualifications for the Health & Safety Representative
* Full UK driving licence.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. 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 (www.gov.uk).
What we offer
* 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 is a benefit that allows UK Babcock 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.
* ‘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.
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.
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