Babcock
graduate scheme
Expires27 days

Human Factors and Behavioural Safety Graduate Programme

Job description

Human Factors has a crucial role in maintaining Babcock’s high safety standards – whether it’s nuclear, radiological, conventional or environmental safety.

Over the course of two years, you will work across a range of teams, projects and facilities, using the full breadth of your specialist knowledge to make a positive contribution to safe operations.

Human Factors and Behavioural Safety at Babcock

Working as part of multi-disciplinary teams, you will undertake a wide variety of exciting projects. These could cover the full design and safety lifecycle, from concept development through to construction, in-service support and decommissioning, as well as incident investigation and reporting and learning from events.

You’ll ensure that end users are set up for success in terms of having the right equipment, working environment, knowledge, procedures and organisational support to do their jobs safely.

There will also be the opportunity to be involved in training, sharing and learning from events, developing safety culture and safety engagement.

What you'll get

We will provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career. In addition:

  • Minimum 25 days holiday entitlements + bank holidays + agile working* subject to conversation 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 and volunteering activities, which our graduates find incredibly rewarding in all sorts of other ways.

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. . 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
Minimum £31,000

Salary is dependent on location, role and qualifications.

Contract, dates and working times
Fixed term

Full-time

How to apply

Click Apply to start your application now. This job will be available on Prospects until 14 December 2023

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Closing date:  14 December 2023

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