Senior Health Safety Environment Advisor

Kintec Global Recruitment; Polska; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Kintec Global Recruitment seeks an experienced HSE Specialist to oversee safety practices on an offshore project, guiding on legal requirements, risk controls and safety culture. The role emphasizes data-driven risk management and collaboration with contractors.

You will facilitate safety meetings, audits, and incident investigations, ensuring ISO-related processes align with project needs and client expectations in a challenging offshore environment.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH Level 3 or equivalent is required.
• Minimum three to five years of HSE experience, ideally in onshore renewables or offshore wind/related projects.
• Demonstrable experience managing HSE interfaces with third-party contractors.
• Knowledge of root-cause analysis, incident investigation, HSE management systems, and legal requirements.
• Excellent communication in professional English and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong MS Office skills; experience with digital HSE reporting tools is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Drive a proactive HSE culture through leadership, data, awareness and lessons learned.
• Support development and use of HSE systems, procedures, and contingency plans.

Skills

HSE expertise

English proficiency

MS Office

Risk assessment

Stakeholder engagement

Education

NEBOSH Level 3 or equivalent

QHSE degree desirable

Tools

HSE management systems

Job description

End Date: 29th October 2027 (Potential Extension)

Work Style: 14 Days On / 14 Days Off - 12-Hour Offshore Shifts

Role Objective

• Provide expert HSE knowledge and guidance on safe working practices, safety standards, and legal requirements.
• Identify and support the elimination of potential hazards, ensuring suitable control measures are established and maintained.
• Maintain expert knowledge of HSE best practice and applicable legislation, securing conformity through agreed processes and legal registers.
• Promote the development and effective use of management systems and a proactive, data-driven approach to risk management.
• Deliver reliable and timely HSE information through an analytical, structured, and collaborative approach.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive a positive and proactive HSE culture through visible leadership, engagement, data, awareness, knowledge sharing, and implementation of lessons learned.
• Support the development, implementation, and use of HSE systems, procedures, instructions, contingency plans, and associated documentation.
• Plan, facilitate, and participate in safety meetings, toolbox talks, briefings, safety walks, inspections, HAZID and HAZOP workshops, and safety culture programmes.
• Monitor and assess internal and external HSE compliance and performance using digital tools for reporting and trend analysis.
• Liaise effectively with contractors at management and site levels to strengthen safety, health, and environmental performance.
• Participate in relevant site HSE meetings and internal and external audits, following findings through to effective closure.

Tasks

• Promote proactive reporting and high-quality data management to support evidence-based risk management.
• Support emergency response and crisis-management arrangements and audit or compliance activities aligned with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 55001.
• Review HSE documentation, Risk Assessed Method Statements, and associated controls.
• Coordinate and report safety inspections, incident investigations, and root-cause analyses, including resulting observations, risks, and lessons learned.
• Follow up findings from HSE audits, inspections, and incident investigations and support implementation and closure of non-conformity reports.
• Report lost-time injuries to the HSE organisation in accordance with the defined process.
• Provide practical HSE advice to management, technicians, employees, client representatives, and contractors during daily activities.
• Maintain the validity of required safety and training certificates and proactively maintain competence for the role.
• Regular HSE meetings facilitated with contractors and package representatives.
• Reviewed Risk Assessed Method Statements and completed operational HSE assessments.
• HSE inductions for client representatives and HSE presentations at project kick-off meetings.
• HSE walk reports produced using the applicable digital inspection tool.
• Incidents and proactive measures recorded accurately in the reporting system.
• Additional deliverables completed in accordance with project QHSE risk-management processes and the management framework.

Project Documents

• HSE instructions, procedures, contingency plans, and emergency-response documentation.
• Audit, compliance-check, inspection, incident-investigation, and non-conformity records.
• HSE meeting records, RAMS reviews, operational assessments, induction materials, and training records.
• HSE reports, digital inspection tool records, and reporting system entries.

Decision Authority / Responsibility

• Act as an HSE subject-matter expert and contribute professional advice to operational and project decision-making.
• Provide recommendations based on understanding of the project, business, and interdependencies with other functions.
• Escalate material HSE risks, incidents, non-conformities, and control-measure concerns through the appropriate project and QHSE channels.
• Recognise that HSE ownership is shared across the organisation and that the QHSE function does not determine HSE performance independently.

Requirements

• Relevant academic or technical background and a recognised HSE qualification, including NEBOSH Level 3 or equivalent.
• Minimum three to five years of HSE experience, ideally within onshore renewables or offshore wind-farm construction.
• Demonstrable experience managing HSE interfaces with third-party contractors.
• Knowledge of root-cause analysis, incident investigation, HSE management systems, and applicable legal requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication and presentation skills, including professional-level English.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills; experience with digital HSE reporting tools is advantageous.
• Full GWO qualifications and valid fitness-to-work certification, including the Chester Step Test.
• Valid HUET including CA-EBS and an Offshore Energies UK medical examination or recognised equivalent.
• Valid Polish occupational medical certification and Polish OHS/BHP training.
• QHSE degree, diploma, or equivalent Level 6 qualification is desirable.
• NEBOSH or IEMA environmental-management qualifications and qualified auditor status are desirable.
• Experience delivering training and supporting offshore construction activities is desirable; previous client experience is beneficial.
• Must comply with all required client training, medical, and background-verification requirements.

Working Conditions

• Offshore role based aboard a Jack-Up Vessel or Service Operations Vessel, operating a 14-days-on / 14-days-off rotation with 12-hour shifts.
• Transfers to and from the vessel will be by helicopter or Crew Transfer Vessel; helicopter transfers operate from Gdansk International Airport.
• Occasional visits to project offices in Warsaw and Gdansk, Poland, and other project or supplier locations may be required.
• Initial 12-month assignment with potential extension depending on project requirements.
• The client supplies the required work laptop. The consultant must provide an up-to-date iPhone and permit installation and management of the required security software.