Senior HSE Leader: Strategy, Compliance & Culture

Forum Energy Technologies; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Forum Energy Technologies is seeking a senior HSE leader to drive strategy, governance, and continuous improvement across all operations in the UK and globally. You will oversee compliance, risk management and environmental initiatives while promoting a proactive safety culture and resilient business continuity planning.

The role focuses on leading the HSE function, coaching teams, and ensuring robust incident investigations, KPI tracking, and performance reporting to senior management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the company's HSE strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Establish annual HSE goals, KPIs and improvement plans.
• Lead continual improvement of HSE management systems.
• Promote a culture where safety, health and environmental are core operational values.
• Provide expert advice and guidance to senior management on strategic HSE matters.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation, regulations and industry standards.
• Maintain certification and compliance with ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and other applicable standards.
• Monitor emerging legislative requirements and implement necessary changes across the business.
• Oversee regulatory inspections, audits and external assessments.
• Lead the development and implementation of risk management processes.
• Ensure effective hazard identification, risk assessment and control measures are implemented.
• Review significant operational and project risks and ensure appropriate mitigation strategies are established.
• Lead emergency preparedness and business continuity planning activities.
• Oversee investigation of significant incidents, near misses and environmental events.
• Ensure robust root cause analyses are completed and corrective actions implemented.
• Monitor trends and identify opportunities for preventative improvements.
• Report significant incidents to senior management and regulatory bodies where required.
• Lead, coach and develop the HSE team.
• Build HSE capability throughout the organisation through training, mentoring and awareness programmes.
• Support managers in fulfilling their health and safety responsibilities.
• Promote employee engagement and participation in HSE initiatives.
• Partner with operational and project teams to ensure HSE requirements are incorporated into all business activities.
• Provide oversight of contractor management and supplier HSE performance.
• Review project-specific HSE plans, risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Support operational excellence initiatives through the integration of HSE best practices.
• Develop and maintain HSE performance metrics.
• Report HSE performance trends, risks and improvement opportunities to the HSQE Manager.
• Benchmark business performance against industry standards and best practice.
• Drive corrective and preventive actions arising from audits, inspections and performance reviews.
• Lead environmental compliance and sustainability initiatives.
• Monitor environmental impacts and performance indicators.
• Support carbon reduction, waste minimisation and environmental improvement programmes.
• Promote responsible environmental practices across all operations.
• Delivery of the corporate HSE strategy and annual objectives.
• Maintenance of ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 compliance.
• Achievement of agreed HSE KPIs and performance targets.
• Reduction of workplace incidents, injuries and environmental events.
• Effective management of HSE risks across all operations.
• Timely completion of corrective and preventive actions.
• Development of a positive and proactive safety culture.
• Effective leadership and development of the HSE function.

Job description

Forum Energy Technologies is seeking a senior HSE leader to drive strategy, governance, and continuous improvement across all operations in the UK and globally. You will oversee compliance, risk management and environmental initiatives while promoting a proactive safety culture and resilient business continuity planning.

The role focuses on leading the HSE function, coaching teams, and ensuring robust incident investigations, KPI tracking, and performance reporting to senior management.