HSE Advisor

Drax Group; Selby; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Private Healthcare

SAYE

Personal accident cover

Group pension up to 10%

25 days + bank holidays

Professional body membership reimburse

Job summary

Drax Group is seeking an HSE Advisor for the Drax Power Station in Selby. You will work with Operations, Maintenance and Engineering to provide practical HSE guidance, manage risk and ensure safety and environmental responsibilities are met on site.

This role goes beyond compliance; you’ll influence how we work, support major outages, investigate incidents, and develop initiatives to strengthen our HSE culture.

Qualifications

• Broad HSE experience in high-hazard environments such as energy or manufacturing.
• NEBOSH Certificate completed; ideally pursuing NEBOSH Diploma.
• Experience leading incident investigations and implementing corrective actions.
• Strong understanding of HSE and environmental legislation and practical application.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide trusted HSE advice, helping teams comply with legislation and policies.
• Support safe delivery of outages, projects and day-to-day activities with risk controls.
• Lead and support incident investigations; identify trends and lessons.
• Champion a positive HSE culture through engagement and training.

Skills

HSE experience

NEBOSH Certificate

Incident investigation

Legislation knowledge

ISO 9001/14001/45001 knowledge

Education

NEBOSH Certificate

Job description

HSE Advisor

Permanent, Full-time

Location: Drax Power Station, Selby

Onsite 5x days a week

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000

We’relooking for an HSE Advisor to play an important role in protecting our people,assets and the environment at Drax Power Station. As an HSE Advisor you’ll workclosely with Operations, Maintenance and Engineering teams, providing practicalHSE advice, helping manage risk and ensuring we continue to meet our safety andenvironmental responsibilities. You’ll be visible across the site, buildingstrong relationships and helping colleagues make safety part of everything wedo!

Who we are:

We’re not just talking about making a difference, we’remaking it happen. We generate dispatchable, renewable power and create stableenergy in an uncertain world. Building on our proud heritage, we have ambitionto become the global leader in sustainable biomass and carbon removals.

You’ll be joining our teams of practical doers, futurethinkers and business champions. We’re enabling a zero carbon, lower costenergy future for all, and working hard to decarbonise the planet forgenerations to come.

About the role:

This is much more than a compliance role. As an HSE Advisoryou’ll have the opportunity to influence how we work, support major outages andprojects, investigate and learn from incidents, and develop initiatives thatstrengthen our HSE culture. As a champion of Zero Harm – One Safe Draxframework, you’ll help us continually improve our approach while balancingoperational performance with high standards of safety and compliance.

Key accountabilities include:

• Provide trusted HSE advice and support, helping teams comply with legislation, internal policies, safety rules and recognised best practice.
• Support the safe delivery of engineering outages, shutdowns, projects and day-to-day operational activities, including effective risk assessment and controls.
• Lead and support incident investigations, identifying trends, capturing lessons learned and helping prevent recurrence.
• Champion a positive HSE culture through visible engagement, training, campaigns and initiatives that drive behavioural and cultural improvement.

Who we’re looking for:

You’ll be an experienced HSE professional who can turntechnical requirements into practical solutions. Confident working across abusy operational environment, you’ll combine strong technical knowledge withthe communication and influencing skills needed to build relationships anddrive positive change.

To be successful in this role you’ll ideally have...

• HSE experience gained within energy, engineering, manufacturing, construction or another high-hazard environment is preferable.
• A NEBOSH Certificate and ideally working towards a NEBOSH Diploma.
• Good understanding of incident investigation techniques and has experience of implementing them.
• Strong knowledge of HSE and environmental legislation, with the ability to apply it practically.
• Experience of risk assessment, risk controls and incident investigation, including identifying lessons and improvements.
• Knowledge of management systems and standards, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
• Strong communication, analytical and influencing skills, with the confidence to work independently and build effective relationships across different teams and stakeholders.

Rewards and benefits:

As you help us to shape the future, we’ve shaped our rewards and benefits tohelp you thrive and support your lifestyle. If successful in this role, you’llget:

• A discretionary bonus depending on company performance
• PrivateHealthcare
• SAYE(Sharesave): discretionary scheme from time to time
• Personalaccident cover
• Grouppersonal pension plan where we’ll contribute up to 10%
• Holiday- 25 days plus bank holidays
• Reimbursementof the cost of your annual membership of one relevant and appropriateprofessional body

We’re committed to making a tangible impact on the climatechallenge we all face. Drax is where your individual purpose can work alongsideyour career drive. We work as part of a team that shares a passion for doingwhat’s right for the future. With Drax you can shape your career and a futurefor generations to come.

Together, we make it happen.

At Drax, we’re committed to fostering an environment whereeveryone feels valued and respected, regardless of their role. To make this areality, we actively work to better represent the communities we operate in,foster inclusion, and establish fair processes. Through these actions, we buildthe trust needed for all colleagues at Drax to contribute their perspectivesand talents, no matter their background.