HSSE Advisor

Integrate Engineering Resources; Ware; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop

Excellent benefits package

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment firm is seeking an HSSE Advisor to join their team for a major pharmaceutical project in Hertfordshire. The ideal candidate will provide advice on health, safety, and environment legislation, ensuring compliance with company policies and managing HSE risks. Responsibilities include leading risk assessments, developing HSE improvement plans, and supporting incident investigations. This role demands a NEBOSH General Certificate and experience in HSE roles, particularly within the pharmaceutical sector, offering a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.

Qualifications

• 2 years post qualification experience in a technical or HSE role.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical sector is preferred.
• Familiarity with industry guidance and HSE regulations.

Responsibilities

• Support management with HSE risk and opportunity registers.
• Lead contract level risk assessment sessions.
• Conduct regular HSE performance reviews.

Skills

NEBOSH General Certificate

Technical, HSE or related industry knowledge

Planning and organisational skills

Effective MS Office Suite User

High communication skills

Team-working skills

Education

C&G, ONC/HNC or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Salary: £45,000-60,000 DOE per annum + laptop, excellent benefits package

Hours: Approx 40 hours/week, Mon-Fri

The Role: Our client, a market leader in the industrial construction, operations and maintenance sector, is currently recruiting for an HSSE Advisor to join their team on a large pharmaceutical plant in Hertfordshire. The successful candidate will report to the HSE Manager and be responsible for providing timely advice and guidance on Health, Safety and the Environment with respect to legislation, company policy / management system and client requirements, thereby ensuring business HSE risks are identified and eliminated or mitigated.

Responsibilities

• Support management with the development and maintenance 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 the latest risk management tools.
• Develop, maintain and communicate an effective HSE Execution Plan and support consistent delivery within area of responsibility.
• Support the Site Manager in complying with relevant legal requirements.
• 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
• 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 data and drive continuous improvement

Requirements

• NEBOSH General Certificate
• C&G, ONC/HNC or equivalent in Technical, HSE or related industry
• Minimum 2 years post qualification experience in a technical role, or association with HSE role in another industry
• Experience working in the pharmaceutical sector ideally with some exposure to term maintenance contracts.
• Familiar with industry guidance and HSE regulations, as relevant to the role (i.e. confined space working, fume exposure control etc.).
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Effective/competent MS Office Suite User
• High level of communication skills in both written and spoken format
• 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 including the passion to drive down incidents and accidents across the industry.
• Trustworthy and approachable

About Us:

Integrate Engineering Resources Ltd provides a dedicated recruitment service to the Engineering Construction, Operations and Maintenance sectors. Our specialist recruitment activities range across all areas and include the appointment of all levels of professional into the Refinery, Power Generation, Petrochem, Oil and Gas, Steel and Aggregate sectors throughout the UK