HSE Advisor / Aberdeen

The client is currently looking for an Onshore HSE Advisor (with ad-hoc offshore trips) for a staff role in Aberdeen, UK.


Job Summary

To provide day to day onshore health and safety support to the Offshore Safety Advisor and Operations Team. Responsible for identifying and implementing processes and procedures that deliver Clients overall HSE strategy and business objectives. Providing UK management and staff with support, expertise, direction and guidance to permit the delivery of health and safety strategy and business objectives. Working alongside the UK business teams, responsible for the ongoing development of a positive culture to effectively deliver excellence in HSE.
Working as part of a multi-disciplined team, with responsibility for providing, health and safety support to the offshore workforce and management team on-board the Client Asset.


Roles and Responsibilities

 This role has the following responsibilities and outputs:
Onshore
•    HSE support and advice to the onshore management team.
•    Provide liaison and support to the offshore organisation. 
•    Support Health & Safety Executive inspections, both on and offshore.
•    Act as the custodian of the asset Safety Case.
•    Conduct, participate and review asset and contractor incident investigation reports, ensuring ‘root causes’ are identified and linked to measures preventing a reoccurrence.
•    Ensure all incidents & audits are recorded and managed to completion in Synergi.
•    Provision of monthly statistical / KPI reporting. 
•    Develop and maintain progress of asset HSE Improvement plans.
•    Assist, participate in and conduct health and safety audits according to the audit plan both onshore and offshore. 
•    Provide input to Risk Assessments, HAZIDS, HAZOPS and combined operations notifications. 
•    Review contractor HSE Plans, Interface Documents, Operations Plans etc.
•    Prioritise and coordinate HSE support activities. 
•    Maintain the HSE-Management System by updating documentation to reflect changing circumstances, legislation and industry best practice.

HSEQ Responsibilities  

•    Familiarise with the Client Policies, including the policies on HSE, Risk Management and Major Hazards;
•    Familiarise with the Client Management System and its meaning for day-to-day work;
•    Familiarise with the work and be aware of all associated risks for People, the Environment, Assets and Reputation (PEAR);
•    Report any incident, near miss, hazards (unsafe acts/situations) and improvement suggestions;
•    Know their roles and responsibilities;
•    Actively participate in any job or HSEQ training or instruction by or on behalf of Client;
•    Use all provided means as intended and according to their purpose.


Job specific skills and knowledge

  •    NEBOSH General Certificate and / or NVQ Level 3 in Occupational Health & Safety. Preferred NEBOSH Diploma and / or NVQ level 5 in Occupational Health & Safety
•    Membership of, or working towards membership of the Institute of Occupational Safety & Health.
•    Proven oil and gas experience in an HSE professional capacity, ideally gained in an upstream operating environment with offshore experience. Preferred previous knowledge of offshore FPSO operations, including production operations.
•    Willingness to attend offshore assets on an ad-hoc basis
•    Accident / Incident Investigation
•    CoSHH Assessor
•    Manual Handling Assessor
•    Radiation Protection Supervisor
•    Lead Auditor
General capabilities
Describe the other skills and capabilities that would be useful in this job, e.g. communication and interpersonal skills, leadership skills, project management etc.
    •    Good communicator at all organisational levels; written, spoken & presentation skills
•    Team player with a high degree of self-motivation