Safety and Health Improvements Advisor

About us Fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research organisations to achieve ground-breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid by developing the power stations of tomorrow and the skilled workforce to deliver them. About the job As a Safety and Health Improvements Advisor , you will help shape and deliver initiatives that strengthen health, safety and wellbeing across UKAEA. Working closely with teams across the organisation, you will drive improvement programmes, analyse performance data and support the development of practical solutions that enhance safety culture and compliance. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by helping create a safe, healthy and high-performing environment that enables world-leading research and engineering. What You'll be Doing Lead allocated safety and health improvement projects, managing delivery and outcomes independently. Support the delivery of larger safety and health improvement programmes across the organisation. Contribute to safety assurance activities, including inspections, monitoring and improvement reviews. Gather and evaluate feedback from stakeholders to identify process weaknesses and improvement opportunities. Develop procedural guidance, training materials and supporting content to enable successful implementation of new and revised processes. Collaborate with Safety and Health Business Partners to embed and sustain SHE improvements. Analyse safety performance data to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement. Deliver safety training, toolbox talks and awareness activities across a range of health and safety topics. Manage safety communications, procedural updates and document workflows to maintain accurate and effective information. Support safety committees and working groups, capturing insights and recommendations that inform the improvement programme. What You'll Bring NEBOSH Certificate. Knowledge of safety disciplines including Behavioural Safety, Risk Assessment and COSHH Management. Experience working in a health and safety role within a complex technical, engineering, industrial or scientific environment. Experience developing and delivering safety training programmes and awareness activities. Ability to manage defined work packages and deliver improvement activities with a high degree of autonomy. Knowledge of confined space safety, investigations, root cause analysis, auditing, inspections or safety management systems would be advantageous. UKAEA is an onsite organisation, and this role requires regular onsite presence (usually between 3-5 days in any given week) in line with business needs. We actively support flexible working arrangements where this is compatible with the role . Benefits We have a generous range of benefits (see the full list here ) and highlights include: A salary of £40,402 + excellent benefits including outstanding pension Up to 7% corporate performance bonus Final salary defined benefits pension scheme with an equivalent of 21.5% employer pension contribution 25 days annual leave plus 2.5 privilege days; 8 Bank Holidays 3 days of site closure over Christmas break Flexible working options plus family-friendly leave provisions Our commitment to ED&I UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility, and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. Please email talent@ukaea.uk if you have any questions or require adjustments to help you participate fairly in our recruitment process, for example changes to the way we interview or share information. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds. All appointments are made on merit and further information can be found here .