Senior HSE Advisor

Wood is looking for a Senior HSE Advisor to join our busy team on a full time, permanent basis at our offices in Altens, Aberdeen. The role is offered on a hybrid basis - 3 days in the office, 2 days working from home.

The Senior HSE Advisor will be responsible for the provision of timely advice and guidance on all matters pertaining to Health, Safety and the Environment with respect to Legislation, Company Policy and Management System and Client requirements, thereby ensuring business risks are prevented and mitigated.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood is currently growing their project and modification portfolio of key EPCC opportunities spanning 3-5 years longevity. This will include projects in full lifecycles ranging from early Study / FEED into detail design which will cover sectors within the O&G, renewable energy, pharmaceutical and chemicals. Now is the time to join our dynamic and diverse team on a journey to a new way of working with new technologies helping with an added with fantastic career development opportunities across our business both UK based and globally.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across renewables and emerging energy sectors
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession

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• Providing strategic advice and guidance to Contract Management on all HSE related matters, including clients HSE directives and initiatives.
• Developing annual HSE improvement plans, and quarterly KPI in line with Company and Client strategic and HSE objectives.
• Communicate and monitor company/client HSE Objectives and initiatives, ensuring alignment and development HSE initiatives.
• Commitment to our “make it home” safety culture, and Client HSE Expectations
• Engagement with and establishment of excellent, trusting relationships with the Client team and our offshore Teams, inclusive of quarterly Site visits
• Developing an offshore/site HSE visit programme for both self and for project/contract management and for Corporate HSE management.
• Responsible for timely reporting of statistics, leading and lagging HSE indictors including trend analysis.
• Manage and support incident and accident investigations using an appropriate Investigation process.
• Undertaking leading and lagging indicator reviews of incident/accident trends and providing timely advice to Managers and client regarding effective actions and initiatives, to avoid occurrence/ recurrence.
• Communicating the important messages from incidents and accidents as a part of the Lessons learned process to all relevant parties.
• Promoting and communicating lessons learned from within our contract reporting deficiencies within project and corporate functions and recording all reportable issues within HSE systems
• Manage and communicate HSE interface requirements, ensuring compliance with all existing interface documents and the development of future HSE plans.
• Ensuring the emergency response arrangements are in place, tested and communicated to all personnel; ensuring that company requirements align with Client requirements.
• Support and participate within the company emergency response team.
• Providing mentorship and training for HSE graduate/Trainees.
• Developing HSE presentational material to support inductions, management and client meetings.
• Carrying-out HSE Inductions, training and mentoring for company personnel and subcontractors.
• Promoting workforce involvement, coordinate meetings and interactive sessions for HSE activities, initiatives and programmes. Managing attendance and participation HSE meetings, workshops and forums.
• Attend/coordinate and lead client/subcontractor safety meetings, providing company/contract safety statistics and initiatives.

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

Qualifications:

• ONC/HNC or equivalent in Technical, HSE or related industry
• Degree in relevant technical, industry or HSEQ specific discipline
• NEBOSH Certificate/Diploma (essential)
• NVQ Level 4 IOSH (desirable)
• Trained and competent Internal Auditor (essential)
• Trained and competent External Auditor (desirable)
• RCA – Accident/incident Investigator, e.g. Helix/Taproot (essential)

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Relevant experience in a technical role, or association with HSE role in another industry.
• Lead/Senior HSE advisor experience with project/contract experience in O&G or other industry
• Excellent working knowledge with relevant legislation and regulations
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Effective/competent MS Office Suite User
• High level of communication skills in both written and spoken format

Personal attributes:

• Demonstrable commitment to company and client values
• Motivated, self-starter who is committed and passionate about HSE and driving a culture which supports a safe and environmentally conscious operating environment
• Commitment to continuous improvement, and the need to maintain and drive a safe operating culture on the contract
• Strong communication and networking skills
• Trustworthy and approachable
• Highly developed influencing and interpersonal skills