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 Role

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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• Developing annual HSE improvement plans in line with Company and Client strategic and business unit objectives


• Managing the project HSE interface requirements; ensuring compliance with all existing interface documents and in the development of future plans


• Ensuring the requirements stipulated in HSE interface documents/plans are communicated to all relevant personnel


• Managing HSE incident investigations and undertaking the appropriate reporting requirements


• Assist in coordinating internal and external audits


• 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 their own project; reporting deficiencies within project and corporate functions and recording all reportable issues within HSE systems


• Ensuring the project emergency response arrangements are in place and are communicated to all personnel; ensuring that project requirements align with Client requirements if these take precedence


• Liaising with and building relationship with Client HSE Reps and offshore/site Safety Reps as required


• Managing attendance and participation at project HSE meetings, workshops and forums · Maintaining a system for monitoring HSE performance


• Developing an offshore/site HSE visit programme for both self and for project/contract management and for Corporate HSE management


• Promoting workforce involvement in all HSE activities, initiatives and programmes

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. 

• C&G, ONC/HNC or equivalent in Technical, HSE or related industry 


• NEBOSH Certificate


• NVQ Level 4 IOSH (desirable) Knowledge, skills and experience:


• Relevant technical role, or association with HSE role · Good planning and organisational skills


• Effective/competent MS Office Suite User


• High level of communication skills in both written and spoken format Personal attributes: · Effective 2-way communicator, comfortable with presentation of HSE presentations and programmes, able to build strong working relationships with peers.


• Comfortable in both Client and other 3rd party environments; able to build exemplary working relationship with Client and other Stakeholders.


• Demonstrable commitment to company and client values


• Commitment to continuous improvement.


• Good communication and team-working skills 


• Commitment to HSE and in particular safety and assurance and the need to drive down incidents and accidents across the Industry 


• Trustworthy and approachable