Pay Rate: $65.00 per hour + 1.5x Overtime
Working Hours: Approximately 50 hours per week
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced HSE Advisor to support a major wind farm construction project for an established Renewables Owner/Operator in Victoria, Texas.
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands‑on HSE professional with a strong construction safety background, ideally gained within the renewable energy, wind, power generation, or heavy industrial sectors.
Working closely with the project management and construction teams, you will play a key role in promoting a proactive safety culture, ensuring compliance with HSE requirements, and supporting the safe delivery of construction activities throughout the project.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide day‑to‑day HSE support and guidance to construction personnel, contractors, and subcontractors on site.
- Conduct regular site safety inspections, audits, and behavioral safety observations.
- Monitor construction activities to ensure compliance with applicable OSHA regulations, project HSE procedures, and industry best practices.
- Provide safety oversight and guidance during critical lifting operations, crane activities, and heavy equipment movements.
- Support electrical safety activities, including energization planning, switching operations, lockout/tagout (LOTO), and the management of electrical hazards.
- Review Job Safety Analyses (JSAs), Activity Hazard Analyses (AHAs), and Method Statements.
- Lead and participate in toolbox talks, safety meetings, incident investigations, and corrective action reviews.
- Identify potential hazards, challenge unsafe behaviors, and work proactively with construction teams to mitigate risk.
- Support emergency response planning, preparedness, and site drills.
- Maintain accurate HSE records, reporting, and project safety documentation.
Ideal Candidate
- Proven experience working as an HSE Advisor within construction, ideally wind energy, renewables, power generation, or heavy industrial projects.
- Strong understanding of OSHA construction safety regulations and practical site safety management.
- Demonstrable experience overseeing crane operations, critical lifts, and heavy lifting activities from an HSE perspective.
- Experience supporting electrical construction and energization activities, including LOTO and electrical isolation procedures.
- Confident working with contractors, subcontractors, and multidisciplinary construction teams.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and problem‑solving skills.
- Relevant HSE qualifications such as OSHA 30, CHST, CSP, or equivalent would be advantageous.
Contract & Compensation
- $65.00 per hour (W2).
- Overtime paid at 1.5x the hourly rate ($97.50 per hour).
- Approximately 50 hours per week.
- Initial contract duration of 12+ months.