HSE Engineer

HSE Engineer - 12 Month Contract - Based in either London, Aberdeen or Teesside

Our Client has a requirement for a HSE Engineer, who will be required to work on a Contract basis in either London, Aberdeen or Teesside.

Hours: 40 Hours a week

IR35 status: Inside IR35

Hybrid : 3 days office, 2 days home

Role accountabilities:

Working alongside the H&S Manager and other H&S Advisers in the HSE team, the role will be accountable for:

• Managing the Execute contractor, setting the expected standard with the contractor and working with the contractor to ensure that the works meet the standard required by the contract;
• Working with contractors to define and agree the HSE standards, systems and processes that will be applied to the execution of work during the Execute phase;
• Working with the contractors to identify agreed approaches to managing higher hazard activity to eliminate, prevent and control incidents from occurring based on industry best practice and best technology available;
• Setting the culture and mindset on the site of high standards, open reporting and effective feedback and speaking up; and
• Working with contractors to set up safe start of construction activities in Teesside and for offshore vessel campaigns
• Managing the performance of the contractor to ensure that the safety approach is pro-active not reactive. Ensuring that future activity is risk assessed with enough time to allow the risk assessments to influence the way that work is done.
• Working with line management to ensure that the line sets the standards and intervenes as and when required on safety.
• Establishing excellent relationships with site based contractors to ensure that work is undertaken to agreed standards, approaches and to comply with legal requirements.
• Overseeing contractor activity to verify that work is undertaken to the agreed standards and approaches.
• Intervening when deviations from agreed standards and approaches are identified.
• Having an excellent working relationship with the workforce to properly understand what s really happening at the site and that the workforce is valued, trusted and respected.

Essential experience and job requirements:

• A demonstrable track record of working with contractors to influence performance and outcomes of a safe working construction site.
• A demonstrable record of working on offshore subsea vessel campaigns with multiple trades and contractors
• A demonstrable track record of setting standards on a site of a high class safety standard, openness, reporting and speaking up
• Strong HSE experience gained in the offshore oil and gas or another high hazard offshore industry, such as offshore wind
• Familiarity and experience of working under UKCS H&S legislation (Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996, The Diving at Work Regulations 1997 etc.)

Desirable criteria:

• Occupational Health and Safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH, IOSH)
• Membership of a safety related organisation
• A demonstrable record of working on a large complex onshore construction site with multiple trades and contractors
• Familiarity and experience of working under The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.

Company information

At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates. We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for a HSE Engineer looking for new employment.

As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.