Job description
Human Factors and Behavioural Safety plays a crucial role in maintaining Babcock’s high safety and business performance standards, whether it’s in nuclear, radiological, conventional or environmental safety – or simply by helping our people work smarter and more effectively.
Over the course of two years, you’ll work across a range of teams, projects, and facilities, allowing you to apply and expand your expertise in human factors while making contributing to safe and efficient operations.
As part of this programme, we encourage mobility across our sectors to give you a broader experience and wider exposure to our business.
Human Factors and Behavioural Safety at Babcock
As part of multi-disciplinary teams, you’ll engage in a wide variety of exciting projects. These could span the full design and safety lifecycle – from concept development and construction, to in-service support, decommissioning and incident investigation.
You’ll ensure that end users have the right equipment, working environment, knowledge, skills, procedures and organisational support to do their jobs safely.
You’ll also have opportunities to engage in training, share and learn from events and contribute to the development of our safety culture and engagement.
What you'll get
- We’ll provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career.
- A minimum of 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, with agile working options subject to discussion with your manager
- Generous pension and employee share schemes
- Flexible benefits, including cycle to work scheme, discounts
- Employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
- You’ll also have the chance to get involved in our STEM outreach activities and volunteering opportunities.
Your career development
It’s hard to beat the variety of fantastic opportunities and business experiences you’ll receive. You can expect real world encounters and exposure to exciting projects that will really help you navigate where you want to take your career.
Plus, when you join us, you’ll be automatically enrolled onto our Graduate Development Programme. Through a series of digital and face to face sessions, presented by wellbeing and performance experts and our external partner Gen Healthy Minds, we will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to thrive and perform at your very best on your programme and beyond.
What we are looking for
A BSc (Hons) degree in a Human Factors, Ergonomics or related Behavioural Science subject (e.g. Applied Psychology, Cognitive Science or Systems Engineering)
Many of our early careers roles are subject to Security Clearance and Trade Control restrictions which mean that your place of birth, nationality, citizenship, or residency you hold or have held may impact which roles you are eligible for. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK. For our early careers roles, you must be able to achieve BPSS and many of them require you to be eligible for Security Clearance.
Accepted degree subjects
Any
Additional job details
- Location
- Plymouth
- Salary
- £32,500*
Salary is dependent on location, role and qualifications.
- Contract, dates and working times
Full-time
How to apply
Please be aware that if there is a high level of interest in this programme, applications may close earlier than advertised. To give yourself the best chance of being considered for a place on this programme, please submit your application as early as possible.
Click Apply to start your application now. This job will be available on Prospects until 17 December 2024
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Closing date: 17 December 2024