HSE Advisor - DSM

Bilfinger Berger SE; Drakemyre; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Bilfinger is seeking a senior HSE leader to join our UK operations, reporting to the Delivery Manager. This permanent role focuses on safety leadership, environmental performance, and high standards of site health and safety.

You will coach safety advisors, drive improvement programmes, maintain strong client relationships, and ensure clear communications across management, engineers and the client. The position demands experience in petrochemical, refining, or construction industries and

Qualifications

• Good interpersonal and presentation skills.
• A successful track record in hands-on management.
• Evidence of achieving customer satisfaction.
• Experience in the petrochemical, refining, process or construction industries.
• Experience in a senior HSE role, customer facing.
• CCNSG within 3 months; IOSH/NEBOSH qualifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe and responsible working and full compliance to Company and Site safety procedures.
• Support site improvement initiatives and maintain HSE standards.
• Coaching and mentoring safety advisors with clear objectives.
• Maintain high standards of health and safety and environmental performance.
• Ensure clear communications with delivery manager, operations manager, engineers and client.
• Develop long-term relationships with customers based on trust and mutual respect.

Skills

Leadership

HSE management

Stakeholder communication

CCNSG

Hands-on management

Education

CCNSG (within 3 months)

IOSH Managing Safely

NEBOSH qualification

Senior HSE experience

Job description

Bilfinger is an international industrial services providerwith a vision to be the No. 1 for its customers in enhancing efficiency and sustainability within the process industry. Bilfinger’s comprehensive portfolio spans the entire value chain, from consulting & engineering to prefabrication & installation, access & insulation, and services that improve the asset performance of industrial plants.

The company operates in three geography-based segments: Western Europe, Central Europe, and International, with primary activities in Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Its process industry customers come from markets such as chemicals & petrochemicals, energy, oil & gas, and pharma & biopharma. With about 31,000 employees, Bilfinger upholds the highest standards of safety and quality, generating revenue of €5.4 billion in the financial year 2025. To achieve its goals, Bilfinger has identified two strategic levers: Operational Excellence to continuously improve its own efficiency and performance, and Market Expansion to strengthen customer orientation and establish Bilfinger as the partner of choice.

Always think safety and never compromise safety over production or productive working. Reports to Delivery Manager.

Key Activities:

• Ensure safe and responsible working and full compliance to Company and Site safety procedures.
• Support site Improvement Initiatives.
• Maintain the highest standards of Health and Safety.
• Environmental Performance and Industrial Relations.
• Ensure acceptable level of performance from all team members.
• Ensure good 360° communications with management teams.
• Uphold the Companies Purpose and Bilfinger UK Golden Rules.
• Coaching and mentoring safety advisors, setting.
• Target’s and having clear roles and accountabilities set out within your team.
• Ensure frequent and clear communications are maintained with delivery manager, operations manager and construction manager, engineers and the client.
• Ensure reports are clear concise and accurate.
• Ensure meetings are structured, minuted (where required) and succinct.
• Time management.
• Adopt a clean desk policy.
• Assist in implementing improvement programmes that continually improve the effectiveness of the services delivered.
• To develop and maintain long-term relationships with our customers based on trust, predictability and mutual respect.
• Ensure the team is empowered with clear objectives and has alignment with the client strategic aims.
• Maintain visible felt leadership at all levels.
• Sponsor the HSE corporate function and provide leadership and strategic guidance.

Competencies

• Deciding and Initiating action
• Persuading and Influencing
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Working with People
• Adhering to principles and values
• Writing and Reporting
• Presenting and communicating Information
• Achieving personal work goals and objectives

Experience / Qualifications

• Good interpersonal and presentation skills.
• A successful track record in Hands on Management.
• Evidence of achieving customer satisfaction.
• Attitudes and abilities that support the Group’s Core Values.
• Experience in the petrochemical, refining, process or construction industries.
• Experience in a senior HSE role, customer facing.
• CCNSG (within 3 months).
• Should have IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH qualification or working towards it.

Key Behaviours Definitions

Deciding and initiating

Makes prompt clear decisions which may involve tough choices or considered risks; takes responsibility for actions, projects andpeople; takes initiative acting with confidence and works under own direction; initiates and generates activity.

Working with people

Demonstrates an interest in and understanding of others; adapts to the team and builds team spirit; recognises and rewards the contribution of others; listens, consults others and communicates pro-actively; supports and cares for others; develops and openly communicates self-insight.

Adhering to principles and values

Upholds ethics and values; demonstrates integrity; promotes and defends equal opportunities, build diverse teams; encourages organisational and individual responsibility towards the community and the environment.

Persuading and influencing

Makes a strong personal impression on others; gain clear agreement and commitment from others by persuasion; promotes ideas on behalf of self or others; makes effective use of political processes to influence and persuade others.

Presenting and communicating information

Speaks clearly and fluently; express opinions, information and key points of an argument clearly; makes presentations and undertakes public speaking with skill and confidence; responds quickly to the needs of an audience and their reactions and feedback; project credibility.

Writing and reporting

Writes clearly; succinctly and correctly; writes convincingly in an engaging and expressive manner; avoids the unnecessary use of jargon or complicated language; writes in a well-structured and logical way; structured information to meet the needs and understanding of the intended audience.

Delivering results and meeting customer expectations

Focuses in customer needs and satisfaction; sets high standards for quality and quantity; monitors and maintains quality and productivity; works in a systematic, methodical and orderly way; consistently achieves project goals.

Achieving personal work goals and objectives

Accepts and tackles demanding goals with enthusiasm; works hard and puts in longer hours when necessary; identifies development strategies needed to achieve career goals and makes use of developmental or training opportunities; seeks progression to roles of increase responsibility and influence.

This is a permanent position with a salary.

If you have any questions please contactCarla Yvonne Bowman ([e-mail]).

Bilfinger is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law.