Senior HSE Advisor

Wood Plc; Wilton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Advisor or Senior HSE Advisor for their team in Wilton. The ideal candidate will provide essential guidance on Health, Safety, and Environmental matters, ensuring compliance with regulations. Responsibilities include maintaining an HSE risks register, leading assessments, and supporting incident investigations. Applicants should possess the NEBOSH General Certificate and have experience in technical or HSE roles. The company offers a dynamic work environment focusing on continuous improvement in health and safety practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in a technical role or HSE role in another industry.
• Preferably with past experience operating in a maintenance environment.
• Experience working with CDM and fulfilling Principal Contractor duties.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on Health, Safety, and Environment matters.
• Maintain HSE risks and opportunities register.
• Lead risk assessment sessions and maintain HSSE risk register.
• Support incident investigations and communicate lessons learned.
• Promote workforce involvement in HSE activities.

Skills

Effective communication

Planning and organizational skills

MS Office Suite

Familiarity with industry and HSE regulations

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

NVQ Level 4 IOSH

Technical qualification in HSE

Job description

Overview

Wood Process & Energy is seeking an experienced Advisor or Senior HSE Advisor to join our busy team on Wilton and Seal Sands sites on an initial 12 month fixed term basis. Ideally we are looking to offer this on a PSC basis., The HSE Advisor will be responsible for the provision of timely advice and guidance on all matters pertaining to Health, Safety and the Environment with respect to Legislation, Company Policy and Management System and Client requirements, thereby ensuring business HSE risks are identified, prevented or mitigated. Why join Process & Energy? The P&E part of the business, which sits in the Operations part of the business can offer a wide range of opportunities which will allow you to develop your skills across a portfolio of onshore projects in different sectors. Our current portfolio includes green hydrogen and fuel switching, as well as supporting local clients with energy transition. Additionally, we work on UK refineries, petrochemical facilities, fine chemicals and pharmaceutical facilities. We have a number of clients who we are working with to design their pilot plants to test exciting new technologies, with a view to partnering with them as they move to design and build full scale commercial facilities. We have some of the best engineers in the UK, and we have high expectations on the performance of the project teams. Come and join us and be part of the team at this exciting time.

• Support management with the development and maintaining of a HSE risks and opportunities register within area of responsibility.
• Establish HSE objectives and targets within area of responsibility ensuring performance indicators are established to monitor actual performance.
• Lead contract level risk assessment sessions and maintain a HSSE risk register using latest risk management tools.
• Develop, maintain and communicate an effective HSE Execution Plan and support consistent delivery within area of responsibility.
• Support the Maintenance Manager in complying with relevant legal requirements including the CDM Regulations.
• Ensure HSE interface requirements are identified and effectively addressed.
• Carry out periodic HSE performance reviews within area of responsibility ensuring relevant information is reported to internal / external stakeholders, as required.
• Develop annual HSE improvement plans aligned to Company, Client and business unit objectives.
• Supporting HSE incident investigations ensuring the appropriate reporting requirements are undertaken.
• Communicating the important messages from incidents and accidents as a part of the Lessons- learned process to all interested parties.
• Support the task risk assessment and method statement process ensuring foreseeable HSE risks are identified and effectively controlled.
• Conduct health risk assessment within area of responsibility and ensure effective controls including health surveillance are communicated and deployed.
• Ensure environmental aspects and impacts are identified and effective arrangements deployed to minimize negative environmental impact.
• Ensure a risk based audit surveillance program is developed, maintained and implemented within area of responsibility.
• Ensuring that emergency response arrangements are in place and are communicated to all personnel; ensuring that project requirements align with Client requirements if these take precedence
• Liaising with and building relationship with Client, Sub Contractor and Employee HSE Reps, as required
• Managing attendance and participation at project HSE meetings, workshops and forums.
• Promoting workforce involvement in all HSE activities, initiatives and programs
• Assist with the identification of HSSE training needs and monitor delivery and recording
• Continually monitor leading / lagging performance date and drive continuous improvement

Qualifications and knowledge

• NEBOSH General Certificate
• NVQ Level 4 IOSH (desirable)
• C&G, ONC/HNC or equivalent in Technical, HSE or related industry
• Experience in a technical role, or association with HSE role in another industry
• Experience working with CDM and fulfilling Principal Contractor duties.
• Preferably with some past experience operating in a maintenance environment.
• Familiar with industry and HSE regulations, as relevant to the role.
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Effective/competent MS Office Suite User
• High level of communication skills in both written and spoken format
• Some past experience operating in a storage tank environment would be beneficial.

Personal attributes

• Effective 2-way communicator, comfortable with presentation of HSE presentations and programmes, able to build strong working relationships with peers.
• Comfortable in both client and other 3rd party environments; able to build exemplary working relationship with client and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrable commitment to company and client values
• Commitment to continuous improvement.
• Good communication and team-working skills
• Commitment to HSE and in particular safety and assurance and the need to drive down incidents and accidents across the industry