QHSE Advisor - Senior

Job Title

Senior HSE Advisor

Overview

The HSE advisor promotes and provides professional expert knowledge and guidance to managers, supervisors, employees and contractors on safe work practices, safety standards, and legal regulations. And supports identification and elimination of potential hazards and ensures controlmeasures are in place

Inside IR35

Duration: June 2025 - May 2026 (potential 12 month extension)

HSE Responsibilities

• Following health, safety and environmental policies, procedures, and instructions
• Reporting any hazards or failings in safety procedures
• Taking reasonable care of their own HSE compliance
• Strive to improve HSE both personally and for the business.
• Promote HSEQ aspects across project delivery

Main Duties

• Drive and promote a good proactive HSE culture through leading by example, cultural engagement, using data, raising awareness, knowledge sharing, and lessons learned (registration and implementation).
• Demonstrate and promote data driven risk management through a proactive reporting culture and high-quality data management.
  • Support ongoing development, implementation, and use of Ørsted systems, procedures, instructions, and associated HSE documentation.
  • Instructions, procedures, contingency plans.
  • HSE Management system (way we work) / QHSE process landscape.
  • Global/local Emergency Response / Crisis Management.
  • Audit/compliance check (ISO 9001/14001/45001/55001).

• Planning, facilitation / participation of Safety meetings, Toolbox Talks, briefings, Safety Walks, inspections, HAZID/HAZOP workshops and employer cultural programmes and campaigns.
• Review of HSE documentation, Risk Assessments & Method Statements (RAMS).
• Monitoring and assessment of internal/external HSE compliance and - performance using Ørsted incident reporting tool (Synergi) for reporting, trend analysis etc.
• Coordinate and report safety inspections, incident investigations, root cause analyses, and report derived observations, risks, and lessons learnt.
• Effective liaison with contractors at management and site levels to establish and improve safety, health and environmental culture.
• Participate and contribute to all relevant site HSE meetings.
• Participate in audits (internal and external).
• Follow up on findings from HSE related audits, inspections, incident investigation and support implementation of NCR’s.
• Reporting LTIs to HSE organisation in accordance with the process.
• Ad hoc advise on questions regarding HSE in daily work (e.g. management, technicians, internal and external).
• Ensure the validity of own safety/training certificates as required.
• Be proactive in maintaining own competence levels required for the role

Rotations

• The role will initially be onshore based, working from the site office at Humberside airport.Once offshore works commence, the work will be both onshore and offshore.Flexibility is required for occasional off project site visits for company and supplier internal/external meetings, which may also be overseas.
• • The normal shift pattern for onshore works is a 5-day week (Monday – Friday), 8-hour days.
• There may be some flexibility for occasional working from home if authorised by project management.

Knowledge

• Computer literacy skills – Intermediate Excel, Word Knowledge of Standard Forms of Contracts
• Offshore renewable experience (construction and O&M)
• Able to demonstrate competency with IT skills.

Skills and Abilities

• English Language
• Relevant academic or technical background.
• Minimum 3-5 years’ work experience with HSE, ideally from onshore renewables/ offshore windfarm construction.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong communication and presentation skills.
• IT literate (Microsoft office package, knowledge of Synergi is an advantage).
• Knowledge of route cause analysis and incident investigation.
• Demonstratable experience in dealing with 3rd party contractors in relation to HSE.
• Completed NEBOSH; (minimum level 3), or similar recognized HSE qualification.
• In date site safety passport (CCNSG or CSCS).
• Current clean UK driver’s license.

Experience

• Experienced in delivery of training courses / material.
• Prior Ørsted experience is beneficial.

Qualifications

• English language skills.
• Relevant academic or technical background.
• Minimum 3-5 years’ work experience with HSE, ideally from onshore renewables/ offshore windfarm construction.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong communication and presentation skills.
• IT literate (Microsoft office package, knowledge of Synergi is an advantage).
• Knowledge of route cause analysis and incident investigation.
• Demonstratable experience in dealing with 3rd party contractors in relation to HSE.
• Completed NEBOSH; (minimum level 3), or similar recognized HSE qualification.
• In date site safety passport (CCNSG or CSCS).
• Current clean UK driver’s license.

Desirable qualifications/experience:

• QHSE BSC, Diploma or equivalent level 6 qualification.
• NEBOSH or IEMA Environmental Management qualifications.
• Qualified/certified Auditor.