HSE Advisor

Red Rock Renewables; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family medical care

Holiday purchase scheme

Pension 10% non-contributory

Life assurance

Income protection

Electric car scheme

Job summary

Red Rock Renewables is seeking an HSE Advisor to support the Corporate HSE Manager in implementing the HSE Management system across onshore wind sites and the Edinburgh office. The role involves weekly site visits, RAMS reviews, and coordination with Asset Management for safety plans.

Ideal candidates hold IEMA/NEBOSH certificates, with experience in renewables and construction, and a proactive, collaborative mindset.

Qualifications

• Experience in renewables/Construction environments is essential.

Responsibilities

• Site visits once per week on average including inspections, audits and contractor HSE meetings.

Skills

Communication

Proactivity

Assertiveness

HSE knowledge

Teamwork

Written communication

Office 365

Physical fitness

Driving license

Education

IEMA certification

NEBOSH certificate

First aid

Tools

GWO training

Job description

Job Title: HSE Advisor

Department: HSEQ

Location: Edinburgh

Reports to: Corporate HSE Manager

Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Company Profile

Red Rock Renewables is an investor, owner, operator and developer of renewable energy projects. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, our growing team are passionate about generating clean energy and supporting the UK and Europe’s net zero ambitions.

Our current portfolio includes part or fully owned wind farm projects, each at different lifecycle stages. Our operational wind farms – Afton (100% equity), and Beatrice (25%) – have an installed capacity of 638 MW, while our development projects – Benbrack onshore wind farm in the South West of Scotland (100%) and Inch Cape offshore wind farm off the East Coast (50%) – will deliver an additional 570 MW.

We are committed to long term investment in the Scottish and UK market, onshore and offshore wind sectors in particular, and have strong growth ambitions to expand into the wider European market and other sustainable energy technologies. We are actively pursuing acquisition and development opportunities, including the offshore wind leasing rounds. Our Edinburgh headquarters puts us at the heart of the UK industry, while our team’s expertise and experience working on some of the world’s largest energy infrastructure projects allows us a unique opportunity to consider a variety of different opportunities and we welcome candidates to join us on this journey.

Red Rock Renewables was established in 2016 when SDIC Power, a global power generation company headquartered in Beijing, China acquired Repsol’s UK wind portfolio. For more information on Red Rock Renewables and what it’s like to work with us, visit https://www.redrockrenewables.com/ .

Job Purpose

The HSE advisor supports the Corporate HSE Manager in all aspects of implementing the company HSE Management system across its sites.

Focussing on day-to-day activities concerning the onshore wind farm sites, the adviser will also support matters relating to the corporate function and office.

Time to be split between the sites and Edinburgh office.

Job Description

• Site visit once per week on average:
  • Site inspections
  • Audits
  • Contractor HSE meetings
• Reviews of risk assessments and method statements – supporting HSE manager with creation and review of risk assessment and method statements:
  • Contractor RAMS
  • Staff RAMS
• Supporting the Asset Management team in implementation of site safety management plans and environment management plans:
  • Contractor HSE meetings
  • Asset HSE registers
  • Management of PPE inventory
• Corporate HSE tasks to support the HSE manager include:
  • Collation of all HSE metrics and KPIs for reporting
  • Production of safety moments, bulletins and other promotional material
  • Creation of summary reports and analysis of all HSE data monthly and quarterly
  • First Aid cover when in office
  • Fire Marshall cover when in office
  • Review of all observations submitted and allocation of actions
  • Legionella testing in office

Skills

Essential

• Capable of effectively communicating
• A proactive attitude, always seeking improvement and achieving maximum results
• Assertive character with a ‘can do' mentality
• HSE knowledge
• Team oriented with a focus on achieving best results through teamwork
• Excellent written skills and a good working knowledge of Office 365
• Physical fitness (will be required to complete GWO training)

Desirable

• Driving license essential and experience of offroad driving desired

Knowledge and Experience Required

Essential

• Renewables Industry
• Construction
• CDM
• Risk Assessment and risk management
• Environmental Aspects

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant qualifications from recognised professional bodies:
• IEMA and NEBOSH (certificate level)
• First aid
• GWO

Core Competencies

• Effective Communication
• Trust & Integrity
• Team Orientated
• Decisive
• Strategic Vision
• Adaptable
• Commercial/Business Awareness

What we offer

A competitive salary and annual bonus along with a range of benefits including, family medical care, holiday purchase scheme, 10% non-contributory pension, life assurance, income protection and electric car scheme.

The chance to work amongst a friendly, dedicated, sociable team and benefit from social, health and wellbeing initiatives. We are committed to providing ongoing training opportunities for all staff and invest in allowing you to reach your career goals. Through implementation of our hybrid working policy, we are committed to supporting a positive work-life balance for our employees whilst also maintaining valuable face time in the office.

We're committed to achieving an equal gender balance and greater representation of all ethnic groups, both in our company and within the renewables industry. Diversity and inclusivity are central to our strength as a team as well as our culture as a business.

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application.