Head of Environmental Protection and Occupational Health

London, England, United Kingdom

7/28/2025

Job Title: Head of Environmental Protection And Occupational Health

Location: Rosyth, Fife

Compensation: £80,000 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66386

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 Head of Environmental Protection and Occupational Health at our Rosyth or Devonport sites.

The role

As Head of Environmental Protection and Occupational Health you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. In this new leadership role, you'll supoort the SHEP Director in establishing governance for environmental and health standards. Your role will be central to driving a consistent, sector-wide approach to safety, health, and environmental protection across international waterfront operations, with a strong commitment to achieving zero harm to people and the environment. The role is embedded within the Safety, Health, Environment (SHEP) team and is instrumental in shaping our Marine Sector’s strategic direction in these critical areas.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for designing and assuring Environmental and Health Governance across the Marine Sector, while also managing the Occupational Health contract delivered by a third-party provider. You’ll ensure the provision of accurate Occupational Health information to support any claims, and maintain oversight of the contract’s delivery by attending regular contract management meetings and ensuring service standards are met.

• Reducing, reporting and demonstrating with the People team a 3% reduction in long term sick across the Marine sector.
• Pro-actively interacting with environmental regulators, including but not limited to SEPA, EA and Local Authorities
• Working with Babcock Group wide Environmental and Health leads to standardise Babcock governance
• Developing and owning adequate risk/aspect registers at a Marine Sector level for Health and Environment
• Identifying key Environmental and Health trends, with clear actions to mitigate risk or remove hazard, which will include developing any potential business cases.
• Ensuring emergency arrangements are adequate and in place for environmental issues across the sector
  
  
  

This is a full-time position (36 hours per week) based in Rosyth, Scotland, with travel / work required at both Rosyth and Devonport Royal Dockyard in Devon as required.

Essential experience of the Head of Environmental Protection and Occupational Health

• Experience of senior environmental protection management within heavy manufacturing, waste management or defence, ideally with waterfront locations
• A full understanding of ISO14001 and ideally working knowledge of ISO45001
• An ability to translate international and UK Law into practical standards for delivery across the globe.
• Experience of managing commercial arrangements with suppliers
• Exposure to Occupational Health Management
  
  
  

Qualifications for the Essential experience of the Head of Environmental Protection and Occupational Health

• Chartered Environmentalist
• Full Member of IEMA or environmental body
• Level 6 Qualification in Environmental/Sustainability
• Level 3 qualification in Occupational Health and Safety
• Level 6 Qualification in Occupational Health and Safety
  
  
  

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. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

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 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
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
  
  
  

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 [email protected] 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: 20/08/2025