Total 7 job vacancies by Babcock International Ltd

Job Title: Principal Human Factors Consultant
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF57207

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 Principal Human Factors Consultant, at our Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Warrington, Cheshire site.

The role
As a Principal Human Factors Consultant, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will provide technical oversight and leadership to members of the Human Factors (HF) discipline and to be the single point of contact for Cavendish Nuclear with respect to HF capability. This role provides an opportunity to lead and grow teams whilst interfacing with large projects/programmes of work in New Build, Commissioning.

Day-to-day, you'll provide human factors input to design projects, ensuring that nuclear safety requirements are incorporated.

• Preparing and agreeing human factors integration plans.
• Managing delivery for the work undertaken within their agreed remit against cost and programme to the satisfaction of the key stakeholders.
• Producing, verifying, and approving calculations, analyses, design basis documentation and technical reports.
• Acting as the point of contact for the key stakeholders, ensuring adequate communication between the engineering delivery team, construction experts, operators, safety assessors, site safety case managers and other stakeholders.
• Ensuring that processes and procedures are correctly applied to technical activities.
• Bid support, e.g. reviewing bids and designs.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based in Bristol or Warrington, Cheshire alongside home working arrangements.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Essential experience of the Principal Human Factors Consultant

• Significant direct and relevant experience of undertaking human factors assessments in support of hazard analysis and safety justification.
• Significant direct and relevant experience of undertaking human factors design activities in support of design and engineering.
• Experience in a high hazard industry, ideally working across a variety of projects in the Nuclear industry.

Qualifications for the Principal Human Factors Consultant

• 2:1 Bachelor of Science Honours Degree (minimum) in Ergonomics, Human Factors or Applied Psychology.
• Chartered Status preferable.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance for this role.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• 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 the majority of 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
• Growth opportunities
• Potential to develop skills
• Opportunities to develop your career

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

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 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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Job Title: HR Administrator - PeopleCentre
Location: Rosyth, Dunfermline + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF57856

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an HR Administrator within the PeopleCentre at our Rosyth site.

The role
As an HR Administrator, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. The Employee Lifecycle Team (ELT) is a specialist department that provides accurate, efficient and effective support to employees and line managers across all Babcock sites and for all stages of the employee lifecycle process.

Day-to-day, you'll be expected to provide accurate advice and guidance across many HR related topics that we cover within the ELT. People are at the heart of everything we do and being committed to providing this support at the highest level of customer service is absolutely key.

• Manage escalated HR inquiries from the PeopleCentre, ensuring alignment with company policy and employment law.
• Process employee lifecycle events (leavers, contract changes) and provide advice on Work Life Integration and Inclusive Leave policies.
• Adhere to business standards and legal requirements in all HR processes and activities.
• Resolve employee payroll queries in collaboration with Time and Attendance and Payroll teams.
• Handle PENP calculations and ER outcomes for leavers.
• Draft letters and contracts for contract variations while meeting payroll deadlines.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with three days onsite at Rosyth and two days working from home.

Essential experience of the HR Administrator:

• Previous experience working in a similar fast paced HR role with a good understanding of current HR policies, GDPR and Employment Law
• Exposure to payroll practices
• Be committed to providing the highest-level customer service, while providing guidance and advice in a fast-paced environment
• Be proactive and organised to resolve queries within expected timescales
• Meticulous attention to detail required for updating the HR system Success Factors

Qualifications for the PeopleCentre Administrator:

• CIPD Level 3 qualification desired or relevant experience or working towards this

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be 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.

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 share scheme
• 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 the majority of 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

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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 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: 13/08/2024

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Job Title: Principal Human Factors Consultant
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF57207

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 Principal Human Factors Consultant, at our Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Warrington, Cheshire site.

The role
As a Principal Human Factors Consultant, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will provide technical oversight and leadership to members of the Human Factors (HF) discipline and to be the single point of contact for Cavendish Nuclear with respect to HF capability. This role provides an opportunity to lead and grow teams whilst interfacing with large projects/programmes of work in New Build, Commissioning.

Day-to-day, you'll provide human factors input to design projects, ensuring that nuclear safety requirements are incorporated.

• Preparing and agreeing human factors integration plans.
• Managing delivery for the work undertaken within their agreed remit against cost and programme to the satisfaction of the key stakeholders.
• Producing, verifying, and approving calculations, analyses, design basis documentation and technical reports.
• Acting as the point of contact for the key stakeholders, ensuring adequate communication between the engineering delivery team, construction experts, operators, safety assessors, site safety case managers and other stakeholders.
• Ensuring that processes and procedures are correctly applied to technical activities.
• Bid support, e.g. reviewing bids and designs.

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based in Bristol or Warrington, Cheshire alongside home working arrangements.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Essential experience of the Principal Human Factors Consultant

• Significant direct and relevant experience of undertaking human factors assessments in support of hazard analysis and safety justification.
• Significant direct and relevant experience of undertaking human factors design activities in support of design and engineering.
• Experience in a high hazard industry, ideally working across a variety of projects in the Nuclear industry.

Qualifications for the Principal Human Factors Consultant

• 2:1 Bachelor of Science Honours Degree (minimum) in Ergonomics, Human Factors or Applied Psychology.
• Chartered Status preferable.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) clearance for this role.

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• 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 the majority of 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
• Growth opportunities
• Potential to develop skills
• Opportunities to develop your career

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

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 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: 12/08/2024

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Job Title: Human Factors Engineer
Location: Devonport, Plymouth + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: £42,245.00 - £51,726.00 + Benefits Role
Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF56338

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 Human Factors Engineer at our Devonport Royal Dockyard site.

The role
As a Human Factors Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary where you'll provide a vital role in the production and modification of safety cases and provide technical advice to Plant Managers to support safety critical operations.

Day to day, you'll support the development of modern standards safety cases and engineering facilities that support the UK Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme. You will work within and be supported by a team of human factors professionals who work within the Safety Engineering Team.

• Responsibilities as a Human Factors Engineer will also include:
• Undertaking human factors assessment work to support the nuclear safety assessment process
• Undertaking the design development of administrative arrangements that are important in maintaining nuclear safety on site
• Supporting the ergonomic design development of engineering equipment, technology, and facilities
• The authorship and checking of technical documentation

This is a full-time role (36 hours) mostly based from home and a requirement to be on site at Devonport Royal Dockyard one day per week.

Essential experience of the Human Factors Engineer:

• Technical report writing, good verbal and written communication required - from director level to industrial
• Safety assessment and safety case production
• Application of human reliability analysis
• Application of human factors knowledge / understanding in support of engineering design

Qualifications for the Human Factors Engineer:

• Qualified in an Ergonomics related discipline or in Occupational Psychology / Applied Psychology and are able to work towards professional status with the IEHF or BPS.

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National and must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• 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 the majority of 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

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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: 20/03/2024

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Job Title: HR Advisor
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: £32,000- £43,000 dependant on experience
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF54962

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 HR Advisor at our Bristol site.

The role

As an HR Advisor you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will apply HR experience and knowledge to a range of situations, problems, and issues, and provide advice and guidance on HR policies and procedures to the business. As HR Advisor, you will support HRBPs and Line Managers in implementing, integrating, and delivering HR policy and procedures and ensure employees and line managers are fully aware and appraised of their legal obligation and the approach of the business to HR matters.

Responsibilities of the HR Advisor:

• Provide support to the HR Business Partner Team in the delivery of a customer focussed, professional and competent HR Service to the business ensuring consistency in approach on general working practices.
• Support application of HR policies and procedures in the light of changing company requirements and in line with evolving legislation and HR best practice
• Provide advice and guidance on a range of employment and performance issues, including investigation and resolution of all stages of disciplinary and grievances, and all other case work in line with Company policy.
• Encourage employees and people managers to use correct service channels, including channeling information to and from People Centre and give guidance to the business on how and where to access appropriate support.
• Support HRBP team in positively influencing employee relations to maintain and improve business output requirements and ensure increased employee engagement.
• Produce management information as required in support of the business decision making processes.

Essential experience of the HR Advisor:

• Ability to quickly assess operational problems arising from an individual, team or line manager and to provide solutions and/or appropriate interventions to ensure an expedient response, which will minimise any risk to the business and are in line with current legislation and HR best practice.
• Ability to effectively influence line managers to ensure that decisions made are fair, consistent and justifiable.
• Ability to apply logical thinking to resolve conflicting requirements and any limitations arising.
• Up to date knowledge of employment law.
• Experience of providing HR support to acquisitions, business tenders and managing the transition of people in and out of a business according to TUPE legislation is advantageous but not essential.

Qualifications of the HR Advisor:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
• CIPD qualified or working towards qualification.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• 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 the majority of 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

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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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Job Title: Group Head of Talent and Performance
Location: UK Wide, Hybrid arrangements available
Compensation: Competitive + Bonus, Car Allowance, Private Medical & Benefits
Role Type: Full time and Permanent
Role ID: SF54929

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as our Group Head of Talent and Performance.

The role
As our Group Head of Talent and Performance, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll lead the strategic initiatives aimed at identifying, nurturing, and optimising talent to ensure a pipeline of capable leaders and high-performing individuals within the organisation. Your role will be pivotal in aligning career growth, performance, and succession planning strategies with the dynamic needs of the defence industry.

Day to day, you'll balance complex business priorities and needs with talent aspirations to ensure there is an effective plan in place to build strong, diverse talent pipelines capable of driving current and future value creation.

Key Duties of the Group Head of Talent and Performance include but are not limited to:

• Collaborating with business leaders and HRD colleagues to map the critical value creation roles across the organisation and help define a talent to value methodology to secure future talent pipelines
• Developing and overseeing a robust succession planning approach to identify and prepare internal talent for key leadership positions and critical value creation roles within the organisation
• Collaborating with senior leadership to assess their future leadership needs and Develop strategies to secure pipeline for critical future leadership roles (build, buy, borrow)
• Career Development Programs - Design and implement comprehensive career development programs that offer employees clear pathways for growth, skill enhancement, and advancement within the organisation
• Performance Management Systems - Lead the development and implementation of performance management systems that facilitate ongoing feedback, goal alignment, and individual development plans
• Talent Assessment and Development - Conduct talent assessments to identify high-potential employees and provide tailored development opportunities to nurture their capabilities

This role is a permanent full-time post with the ability to work from home/WFH when appropriate with travel throughout the UK as required

Essential experience of the Group Head of Talent and Performance:

• Proven broad HR experience including talent management and performance management
• Proven experience designing, developing and supporting organization-wide programs that cover performance management, talent development, coaching, succession planning, data analytics and relationship management
• Previous experience in capturing metrics and generating relevant insights to inform future strategy
• Skilled collaborator and builds trusted, productive senior stakeholder relationships with ease
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to leverage data to drive strategic talent decisions
• Can create simplicity from complexity to recommend solutions in dynamic and evolving scenarios

Qualifications for the Group Head of Talent and Performance:

• Desirable - Bachelor's degree in human resources or related field or other recognized certification e.g. CIPD or appropriate local chartered body

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• 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 most 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

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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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Job Title: HR Advisor
Location: Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: £32,000- £43,000 dependant on experience
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF54761

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 HR Advisor at our Warrington Site.

The role

As a HR Advisor you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will apply HR experience and knowledge to a range of situations, problems, and issues, and provide advice and guidance on HR policies and procedures to the business. As HR Advisor, you will support HRBPs and Line Managers in implementing, integrating, and delivering HR policy and procedures and ensure employees and line managers are fully aware and appraised of their legal obligation and the approach of the business to HR matters.

Responsibilities of the HR Advisor:

• Provide support to the HR Business Partner Team in the delivery of a customer focussed, professional and competent HR Service to the business ensuring consistency in approach on general working practices.
• Support application of HR policies and procedures in the light of changing company requirements and in line with evolving legislation and HR best practice
• Provide advice and guidance on a range of employment and performance issues, including investigation and resolution of all stages of disciplinary and grievances, and all other case work in line with Company policy.
• Encourage employees and people managers to use correct service channels, including channeling information to and from People Centre and give guidance to the business on how and where to access appropriate support.
• Support HRBP team in positively influencing employee relations to maintain and improve business output requirements and ensure increased employee engagement.
• Produce management information as required in support of the business decision making processes.

Essential experience of the HR Advisor:

• Ability to quickly assess operational problems arising from an individual, team or line manager and to provide solutions and/or appropriate interventions to ensure an expedient response, which will minimise any risk to the business and are in line with current legislation and HR best practice.
• Ability to effectively influence line managers to ensure that decisions made are fair, consistent and justifiable.
• Ability to apply logical thinking to resolve conflicting requirements and any limitations arising.
• Up to date knowledge of employment law.
• Experience of providing HR support to acquisitions, business tenders and managing the transition of people in and out of a business according to TUPE legislation is advantageous but not essential.

Qualifications of the HR Advisor:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience.
• CIPD qualified or working towards qualification.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• 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 the majority of 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

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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.