HSE Advisor

Location: Stoke-on-Trent

Job Description HSE Advisor Trentham On -site

Why join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

Rolls-Royce has an exciting opportunity for an experienced HSE Advisor to join our Trentham facility in Stoke-on-Trent (formally Ross Ceramics) which ia a manufacturing facility of complex geometry ceramic cores used in the investment casting of high performance directionally solidified and single crystal gas turbine engine components both for aerospace and industrial applications.

The HSE Advisor will play a key role in supporting and promoting health, safety and environmental excellence across the site, ensuring compliance with statutory obligations, company policies and industry best practice, while driving continuous improvement. The role will also hold responsibility for site environmental management, including permits and consent-to-discharge requirements, with the potential to support other Midlands sites as required.

What you will be doing:

Lead and support the identification, assessment and mitigation of health, safety and environmental risks, providing expert advice to local management and ensuring effective governance and timely closure of actions.

Act as a visible HSE leader, promoting a proactive safety and environmental culture, supporting leadership teams and contributing to sector and functional initiatives to continuously raise  responsible of governance for our environmental management system including our effluent treatment plant (ETP)
Establish, support and monitor fit-for-purpose HSE governance arrangements, providing subject matter expertise, reporting on risks and performance, and escalating issues where required.

Identify applicable legal, regulatory and company HSE requirements, undertake gap analysis, support improvement programmes and interface with regulators to ensure ongoing compliance.

Manage site environmental compliance, including permits and consent-to-discharge requirements, while supporting effective environmental and compliance management across other Midlands sites as required.

Support the development, delivery and review of credible emergency response plans, ensuring site preparedness and driving continuous improvement following exercises or incidents.

Lead and support incident response, investigation and reporting, enabling shared learning through data analysis, trend identification and effective implementation of corrective actions.

Collect, validate and analyse HSE performance data to inform decision-making, support risk-based planning and drive targeted improvement initiatives.

Deliver and support assurance activities, inspections and audits, coaching leaders and supervisors while monitoring findings and driving continuous improvement.

Engage effectively with internal stakeholders to build HSE capability, identify development needs and support the delivery of training, coaching and professional development.

Who we are looking for:

EssentialNEBOSH Certificate (or equivalent)
Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. IOSH)
Demonstrated, developing generalist HSE experience within a complex operational environment

Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels

DesirableNEBOSH Diploma (Occupational health & safety or Environmental)
Developing specialism in areas such as occupational hygiene, chemical management, process safety, automation or environmental management

Experience with in manufacturing, aerospace, chemical processing or highly regulated environments

Exposure to complex plant and equipment including chemical process lines, X-ray systems, effluent treatment plants, furnaces and CNC machinery

What we offer

Our People are our power, so when join Rolls-Royce you are offered more than a salary. You are given a choice of flexible benefits from life insurance to gym discounts and tax free cycling.

Generous Annual Leave Retirement Savings through the Rolls-Royce Retirement Savings Trust Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce Group Income Protection provides an income in the event…