Senior HSE Focal Point

Wood; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering and consulting firm in Aberdeen seeks an experienced HSE Focal Point to provide essential guidance on HSE matters for the Harbour Energy Contract. The role involves strategic advice, conducting site visits, and engaging with various teams. Ideal candidates will possess a relevant degree and HSE certification, along with strong communication and organizational skills. This position offers a competitive salary, a flexible benefits package, and a hybrid working model, ensuring work-life balance while leading in safety practices.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Competitive salary

Contributory pension scheme

Private medical cover

Professional development commitment

Qualifications

• Experience in a technical role or HSE role in another industry.
• Lead/Senior HSE advisor experience with project/contract experience in O&G or other industries.
• High level of communication skills in both written and spoken formats.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic advice and guidance on HSE related matters.
• Develop annual HSE improvement plans and monitor KPIs.
• Engage and establish relationships with the Harbour team and our offshore teams.

Skills

Technical knowledge

Communication skills

Organizational skills

MS Office competency

Education

ONC/HNC or equivalent in Technical, HSE or related industry

Degree in relevant technical, industry or HSEQ specific discipline

NEBOSH Certificate/Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Description

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood has an exciting opportunity to join our onshore team as HSE Focal point on our long‑term Harbour Energy Contract. The HSE Focal point provides guidance and support to our E and C and O&M contracts which cover the Harbour offshore J‑Area, GBA and Armanda, Everest and Lomond Assets.

Reporting directly into the Contract Manager, and the Upstream HSE Team Lead, it is crucial to the role to pro‑actively establish excellent, trusted working relationships with the Wood and client onshore and offshore teams.

The role will be based in our Sir Ian Wood House Office in Altens, Aberdeen, with a hybrid working week (3 days per week minimum in the office), requiring occasional travel offshore and to our client’s office.

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Our Upstream team will continue to play an important role in providing energy security. We design, engineer, build, operate and maintain the most complex assets in the world, in the harshest of environments, providing solutions across the asset life cycle from concept to decommissioning.

At all levels our goal is the same: to provide our clients with complete assurance that their asset is in safe hands.

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
• 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
• 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

Responsibilities

• 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 Harbour HSE Expectations
• Engagement with and establishment of excellent, trusting relationships with the Harbour 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 indicies 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.

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

• 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

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non‑exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.