HSE Specialist

ABB; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Private medical cover

Hybrid working

Job summary

ABB UK Energy Industries is seeking an HSE Specialist to strengthen health, safety, environmental and wellbeing performance across the UK cluster. The role involves travel to ABB locations and customer sites, reporting to the Local Division HSE & Real Estate Manager.

You will provide expert guidance, lead risk assessments, support incident investigations and audits, and drive continuous improvement in HSE across projects and services.

Qualifications

• Proven health, safety and environmental experience in projects/services.
• Strong knowledge of UK HSE legislation and standards.
• Experience with ISO 45001/14001 systems; ISO 50001 a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide HSE guidance to managers and teams across sites.
• Lead risk assessments and implement preventive measures.
• Lead incident investigations and lessons learned activities.
• Support internal and external audits including ISO programmes.
• Drive continuous HSE improvement and wellbeing culture.
• Deliver HSE training and awareness for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with UK and Northern European teams to share best practices.
• Provide progress reporting against objectives and KPIs.

Skills

NEBOSH Diploma

HSE guidance

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Audit support

Education

Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

HSE and Real Estate Manager

As HSE Specialist within ABB's Energy Industries business, you'll play a key role in strengthening health, safety, environmental and wellbeing performance across a diverse portfolio of projects, services and customer sites. Reporting to the Local Division HSE & Real Estate Manager, you'll partner with operational leaders, project and service teams, engineers and key business functions to provide expert guidance, influence positive behavioural change and drive continuous improvement. From supporting critical operational activities and ensuring effective risk management to contributing to strategic HSE initiatives across the UK Cluster (UK, Ireland and Azerbaijan), you'll help create safer, more sustainable ways of working. This dynamic role offers the opportunity to make a visible impact across the business, with regular travel to ABB locations and customer sites providing variety and exposure to a wide range of environments.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

What’s in it for you?

We want you to bring your full self to work, your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

Your Role And Responsibilities

• Provide HSE advice, guidance and support to managers, project teams, service teams and employees, ensuring effective risk management across the business.
• Facilitate HSE risk assessments and support the implementation of preventive measures for project and service activities.
• Lead and support incident reporting, investigations and lessons learned activities to strengthen safety performance and reduce risk.
• Support internal and external audit programmes, including ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 compliance across multiple locations and customer sites.
• Drive behavioural change and continuous improvement initiatives that promote a positive health, safety, environmental and wellbeing culture.
• Deliver HSE training, coaching and awareness activities for managers, employees and key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with UK and Northern European HSE teams to share best practice, improve performance and contribute to strategic HSE objectives.
• Support HSE-related projects and provide progress reporting against agreed objectives and key performance indicators.

Work model: Hybrid from either our Daresbury or Aberdeen locations.

Qualifications For The Role

• NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety Management (or equivalent qualification), or currently working towards achieving it.
• Demonstrable experience in a health, safety and environmental role within project and/or service environments, ideally within the energy sector.
• Strong knowledge of UK health, safety and environmental legislation and industry standards.
• Experience working with ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 management systems; knowledge of ISO 50001 would be advantageous.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence across a matrix organisation.
• A proactive, collaborative mindset with a passion for driving continuous improvement in HSE performance and wellbeing.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to ABB and customer sites as required.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Flexible benefits scheme (includes options to buy/sell holidays, health checks, dental, eye care, gym memberships, cycle to work, gadget discounts and more)
• Internal mobility opportunities, mentorships and access to projects globally
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous employee referral scheme
• Hybrid working
• Private medical cover
• Generous bonus scheme

For the 6th consecutive year ABB UK has been recognised as a Top Employer in the UK. Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation’s dedication to a better world of work and demonstrates this through excellent HR policies and people practices.

More About Us

The Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalize and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in their efforts to decarbonize. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models.

The Division's goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of domain expertise delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimizing waste for customers, from project start-up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.

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