EHS Lead - Heroya - 145484

Jones Engineering Group; Norway; Remote; NOK 850,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jones Engineering Group is seeking an EHS Lead to ensure site compliance with JEG EHS standards and Client/EHS obligations. You will drive safety management, risk assessment, incident investigations, and training programs on site.

You will mentor teams, report to leadership, and help maintain ISO 14001 alignment while ensuring regulatory compliance and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Level 7 or 8 National Framework Qualification equivalent.
• Strong written and verbal, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Strong ability to influence without authority.

Responsibilities

• Safety Management System: development and implementation of the JEG safety management system on site.
• Risk Assessment: RAMS, HIRA, Safe Plans of Action, Pre Start Plans design.
• Incident Investigation: Root Cause Analysis to determine causes and prevent recurrence.
• Auditing: Implement site auditing programme to monitor compliance.

Skills

5 years experience

Strong communication

Interpersonal skills

Influence without authority

MS Office

Education

Level 7/8 National Framework Qualification

Tools

MS Office

Job description

An EHS Lead is the primary person responsible for ensuring that the specific facility or project is set up and operates in compliance with JEG EHS standards, Client EHS requirements and legal EHS obligations. The following are some key responsibilities:

• Safety Management System: development and implementation of the JEG safety management system on site.
• Risk Assessment: Implement good practice risk management methods like RAMS (Risk Assessment/Method Statements), HIRA (Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment), Safe Plans of Action, Pre Start Plans deign.
• Incident Investigation: Use "Root Cause Analysis" (e.g., the 5 Whys) to determine why an accident happened and how to prevent it from recurring.
• Auditing: Implement JEG site auditing programme to ensure monitoring of compliance is established.
• Training: Develop and deliver the necessary safety training to relevant personal.
• Unsafe Action / Unsafe Condition Reporting: Drive the JEG Safety Observation Reports on site to eliminate and minimise risk.
• Documentation: Maintain all necessary safety documentation as per the JEG approach including RAMS, Audits, Incidents etc.
• Data Literacy: Using JEG IT platforms, record, collate and interpret leading and lagging data to drive site decision making.
• Emergency Response: Develop and drill site emergency scenarios such as fires, falls, equipment drops, chemical spills, or medical events.
• Coaching & Mentoring: Coach & Mentor workers and supervisors to take ownership of their own safety and the safety of others.
• Transparent Reporting: The ability to communicate complex risks to senior leadership in a way that highlights business impact.
• Environmental Stewardship: Managing the environmental aspects to stay aligned to ISO 14001 certification.
• Health & Wellness: Oversee and promote health programmes and campaigns.
• Regulatory Compliance: Act as the primary liaison with government agencies and ensure all permits are up-to-date and the site is always “audit-ready”.
• Supervision: Exercises considerable latitude in determining deliverables of assignments, with limited oversight from manager
• Strategy: Contributes to defining the direction for new equipment, processes, standards, or operational plans based on site strategy with a significant impact on work group results.
• Improvement: Develops solutions to complex problems, and/or makes moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems or products independently to enhance performance.

Requirements:

• 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Level 7 or 8 National Framework Qualification equivalent.
• Strong written and verbal, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Strong ability to influence without authority.