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SHE Advisor

At NIS Ltd, maintaining the highest standards of Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) performance is not only fundamental to our success, but non-negotiable.

We are now looking for a SHE Advisor who will provide competent support across the business, ensuring compliance, strengthening our SHE culture, and enabling safe, efficient delivery of our strategic objectives. It’s a key role in supporting the SHE Manager, engaging with teams across all departments, and contributing to the development of a proactive, positive and collaborative approach to SHE and Nuclear Safety.

Specific Areas of Responsibility

  • SHE compliance supportProvide competent SHE advice and guidance to ensure compliance with statutory requirements, company procedures and ISO management systems.
  • Audit participationParticipate in internal and external audits, ensuring findings are addressed and closed out efficiently.
  • Legislation awarenessMaintain up‑to‑date knowledge of SHE legislation and industry best practice, applying this to drive compliance and improvement.
  • Risk identificationIdentify hazards and support the assessment and control of risks to people, plant, equipment and the environment.
  • Design and engineering inputProvide SHE input into engineering and design activities to ensure risks are eliminated or reduced ALARP.
  • Operational monitoringMonitor operational activities, intervening where standards are not met, including stopping work where necessary.
  • Incident investigationLead or support investigations into incidents, identifying root causes and ensuring corrective actions are implemented and tracked.
  • Operational engagementMaintain a visible presence across operations, providing practical SHE support to manufacturing, projects and site activities.
  • Inspections and observationsCarry out SHE inspections, audits and observations, working with teams to address issues and improve standards.
  • Training and communicationDeliver toolbox talks, briefings and SHE communications to support awareness and engagement.
  • Committee participationContribute to SHE committees and safety forums
  • Systems and reportingMaintain SHE records, reports and action tracking systems, contributing to KPIs, performance reporting and improvement plans.
  • Continuous improvementSupport the development and review of SHE policies, procedures and processes, and contribute to external submissions such as ROSPA awards.

Closing date for application Thursday 2nd July 2026

Security clearance

We request that before applying for this position that you review the requirements necessary for the Baseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS) clearance (available here) and [Security Check (SC) clearance (available here)] OR [Developed Vetting (DV) clearance (available here)] to ensure that you satisfy the relevant criteria. Any offer of employment will be strictly subject to the relevant security requirements for the role being met. This means that you will need to be able to obtain, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance and if applicable a Security Check (SC) OR Developed Vetting (DV) clearance as set out above. These applications will be funded by us.

Location
Chorley
Reporting to
SHE Manager
Salary
Competitive
Contract
Full time

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