HSE Specialist

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible hours

Professional development

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. is seeking a proactive Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) professional to join our HSE team in the UK. The role focuses on administrative, coordination, and reporting support to drive HSE performance and regulatory compliance across projects and tender activities.

The successful candidate will work with stakeholders to implement processes, monitor KPIs, and contribute to continuous safety improvement within a global electrification leader.

Qualifications

• HSE professional with Management System and Tender support experience.
• Qualified to NEBOSH Construction level in HSE Management.
• Conversant with relevant ISO standards.
• Working to be a member of a relevant professional body.

Responsibilities

• Provide cost effective HSE support and advice to tendering and project teams throughout the life cycle.
• Maintain the business's legal register.
• Develop processes aligned with legislation and industry best practices.
• Provide internal audits for projects and departmental processes.
• Produce monthly HSE KPIs and management information.
• Identify strategies to improve communication, compliance and performance.

Skills

HSE management

Tender support

Process auditing

KPI reporting

Education

NEBOSH Construction

Job description

Hitachi Energy is seeking a proactive and detail‑focused Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) to join our HSE team.

This role plays a vital part in supporting HSE operations, ensuring compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements, and contributing to a strong safety culture across the business. The successful candidate will provide effective administrative, coordination, and reporting support, working closely with stakeholders to help drive continuous improvement in health, safety, and environmental performance.

How you'll make an impact:

• Provide cost effective specialist HSE support and advice to tendering and project delivery teams throughout the project life cycle. Also, maintaining the business's legal register.
• Support the development of processes consistent with legislation, group, and ESI / Construction Industry best practices.
• Provide internal audit services for projects and departmental processes to monitor performance & identify areas for improvement.
• Support HSE performance improvement strategies and campaigns linked to key business objectives & targets for implementation internally & through supply chain partners.
• Produce monthly HSE KPIs and management information for review and action by the Management Team.
• Work proactively with departmental process owners to deliver concise workable processes which are compliant with Legislative & Group requirements, and which seek to deliver industry best practices
• Provide specialist HSE support through capture team meetings, project meetings, audits, non-project meetings, day to day adhoc requests, etc.
• Through internal source data / records and relevant external source data, identify strategies to continuously improve communication, compliance, and performance in the delivery of key HSE business objectives.

Background:

• HSE professional with Management System and Tender support experience.
• Qualified to NEBOSH Construction level in HSE Management
• Conversant with relevant ISO standards
• Working to be a member of a relevant professional body

More about us:

Hitachi Energy is dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace where every team member can thrive and contribute their unique perspectives and skills. We provide competitive salaries, flexible working hours, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment that encourages growth and innovation through career development programs and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.