AddressRWE Renewables UK Management Ltd. 12 Month fixed-term contract
To start as soon as possible, Operational Site based at London Array Offshore Wind Farm, Ramsgate, Kent
Your future plans
- The HSE Advisor is responsible for providing independent, expert and professional advice and guidance to the site management on all health, safety and environmental issues, actively participating in and promoting a high standard of health, safety and environmental awareness and culture at the designated operational offshore wind farm
- Maintenance of HSE risk registers to allocated offshore operations site designated
- Liaising with Procurement on HSE topics related to allocated offshore operations site designated
- Produce, review and update health safety and environment-related documentation required by the allocated offshore operations site designated and for the UK as directed by the Head of HSE Offshore Operations UK & CE or required by the HSE function
- Proactively support and advise line/project management in meeting their HSE responsibility (incl. but not limited to risk assessments) with technical, organizational and procedural as well as compliance advice
- Engage and develop relationships with operational teams to eliminate and reduce risks, develop HSE culture on site and adhere to HSE standards and rules
- Cooperate with line management and where applicable Joint Ventures (JV) board members to develop and implement measures and solutions to address HSE challenges
- Planning, steering and follow-up of HSE activities at operational level in coordination with the global HSE management of RWE Offshore Wind
- Attend meetings, site visits and technology reviews with sub-contractors & clients concerning offshore operations as directed by the Head of HSE Offshore Operations and Team Lead HSE Offshore Operations, United Kingdom (UK)
Individual responsibilities
- Build solid working relationships (both internally and externally)
- Support offshore operations teams to ensure there is visible HSE leadership and commitment from within the teams, to develop and promote an enhanced HSE culture
- Ensure the incident notification process is well established on site and incidents are reported in line with RWE Offshore Wind requirements
- Drive implementation of a sound incident (incl. near-miss and observations) reporting culture. Monitor and submit incident statistics and relevant KPIs. Conduct trend analysis on incidents and discuss lessons learnt with relevant stakeholders
- Provide advice to the site teams on health, safety and environmental legislative requirements, and compliance solutions
- Ensure implementation of the RWE Offshore Wind contractor engagement and contract management standards to ensure high HSE standards when contractors conduct work
- Support global RWE Offshore Wind HSE initiatives and audit programme
- Ensuring HSE data is collated and reported to RWE Offshore Wind and Contribute towards JV Board governance reporting on HSE where applicable.
Your profile
- Required qualifications & competencies
- NEBOSH Certificate, ideally working towards a NEBOSH Diploma
- IEMA Foundation Certificate in Environmental Management
- They will ideally hold an audit qualification such as ISO 45001/14001 internal auditor
- Experience in developing, implementing and maintaining a certifiable HSE Management System
- Ability to build effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels through verbal and written communication including advanced listening skills
- Experience as an HSE professional, especially in Offshore Wind
- Experience in behavioural safety techniques and delivering behavioural safety training would be desirable
- Be able to demonstrate a flexible, practical and collaborative approach to handling operational HSE challenges
- To have effective organisational skills, a consistent, systematic, proactive and pragmatic approach. Able to work in a time-sensitive setting, team-oriented
- Ability to act with sensitivity and discretion, respecting confidentiality at all times
- Good written and spoken English
- Good health, with general all round fitness to work in an offshore environment is a requirement for the role
- The role will be based at London Array Offshore Wind Farm at the Port of Ramsgate and we are looking for candidates who live within ~45 minutes of commuting distance
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Apply now with just a few clicks: ad code 85480, application deadline 22/02/2024.
Any questions? Sabrina Hickl, sabrina.hickl@rwe.com #LI-SH1
We look forward to receiving your application!
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RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the world’s leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.
RWE Renewables GmbH, based in Essen, Germany, is RWE’s youngest subsidiary and one of the world’s leading companies in the field of renewable energies. With an international team of around 3,500 employees, we are drivers of the energy transition – and provide electricity for a sustainable life. Our total capacity of more than 9 gigawatts results from onshore and offshore wind parks, photovoltaic plants and battery storage. We focus on growth: on the American continent, on the European core markets and on new markets in the Asia-Pacific region.
