HSEQ Manager - Energy from Waste Power Station

ASTUTE Technical Recruitment Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced HSEQ Manager for a market-leading company in the energy sector, focusing on environmental compliance and safety practices. The role is based at an Energy from Waste Power Station in Aberdeen, Scotland, offering a competitive salary, bonus, and private medical benefits. Ideal candidates will possess relevant qualifications and extensive health and safety experience in process environments.

Benefits

Competitive basic salary

Private medical

Bonus

Other benefits

Qualifications

• Strong background in health and safety gained in a heavy process environment.
• Good knowledge of permitting, licensing, and environmental regulations.
• Thorough understanding of waste/EFW industry is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Auditing and ensuring compliance with licenses and environmental permits.
• Reviewing monitoring data and providing guidance on problems.
• Liaising closely with the team to ensure timely reporting of incidents.
• Chairing safety meetings and resolving issues.
• Managing actions to prevent environmental breaches.
• Ensuring quality of management systems and environmental monitoring.

Skills

Health and safety background in a process environment

Knowledge of permitting and environmental regulations

Understanding of waste/EFW industry

Education

Degree or HND/HNC/ONC in a relevant scientific subject

NEBOSH or IOSH qualification

Job description

Astute’s Power Team is partnered with a market‑leading company to recruit for a Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality (HSEQ) Manager to work at their Energy from Waste Power Station in Aberdeen, Scotland.

The vital HSEQ Manager position comes with a competitive basic salary + bonus + private medical + other benefits.

Responsibilities and duties

• Auditing and ensuring compliance with licenses, environmental permits, and specific working plans.
• Reviewing all monitoring data collected and providing guidance and corrective actions on problems identified, and preparing monitoring reports and submissions to both external and internal bodies in compliance with permits.
• Liaising closely with the team to ensure best practice and ensuring timely reporting of incidents and accidents in line with the company regulations.
• Chairing regular safety meetings to discuss issues both ways and acting to resolve outstanding/ascending items at the EFW plant.
• Managing appropriate actions to prevent environmental breaches or other environmental incidents.
• Ensuring top quality of the management systems and environmental monitoring are maintained at optimum levels.

Professional qualifications

• A Degree or HND/HNC/ONC or equivalent in a relevant scientific subject e.g. Environmental Science or similar.
• A NEBOSH or IOSH qualification.

Personal skills, prior experience and knowledge

• A strong background in health and safety gained in a heavy process environment such as power station, chemical plant, refinery, or waste/waste management facility.
• Good knowledge of permitting, licensing, and environmental regulations.
• Thorough understanding of waste / EFW industry will be highly advantageous.

Salary and benefits of the HSEQ Manager role

• Competitive basic salary.
• Private medical.
• Bonus.
• Other benefits.

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone; if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.