Job Title: Head of Environmental Protection & Occupational Health
Location: Rosyth with hybrid working arrangements
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 & Occupational Health at our Rosyth or Devonport site.
The role
As a Head of Environmental Protection & Occupational Health you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This role will assist the SHEP Director in setting both Environmental Protection and Health governance across the Marine Sector.
The Marine Sector are working to introduce a standardised approach to Health, Safety and Environmental Protection through this new role. The Sector operates internationally at various waterfront locations and are driving toward Zero harm to people and the environment.
The role of Head of Environmental Protection & Occupational Health sits within the Safety, Health, Environment (SHEP) team within the Marine Sector at Babcock International Group.
Day-to-day, you’ll be designing and providing assurance for Environmental and Health Governance, and managing the Occupational Health Contract which is operated by a third-party provider. You will be also ensuring provision of adequate OH information for any claims, and providing oversight of the Occupational Health Contract Provision, including attending contract management meetings.
- 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
Please note that this position involves travel/working to both locations Rosyth & Devonport as required.
This role is full time 36 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with remote working plus travels to Rosyth or Devonport as required.
Essential experience of the Head of Environmental Protection & 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 & 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: 11/08/2025 
