Senior HSE Advisor - Offshore Wind Operations
Location
Grimsby or Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom
Contract Details
- Start Date: 16th November 2026
- End Date: 31st December 2027
- Work Style: Hybrid - offshore and office based, with UK and Northern Europe business travel
- IR35 Determination: Inside IR35
Role Overview
Seeking a Senior HSE Advisor to provide standardised QHSE support to cross-site delivery teams working across an operational offshore wind portfolio. The role supports Heavy Lift, Major Component Exchanges, Special Tasks, and Technical Project Management activities, helping teams and suppliers plan, mobilise, and execute work safely. The primary focus is on UK Generation sites, with the possibility of supporting teams elsewhere in Northern Europe. A major focus is strengthening offshore emergency-response arrangements through HAZID facilitation, risk assessment, bow-tie analysis, performance standards, and assurance activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the QHSE point of contact for assigned cross-site delivery teams, project stakeholders, and suppliers.
- Support the safe planning and mobilisation of projects and suppliers, including preparation and review of risk assessments and method statements.
- Provide visible offshore safety support through inspections, safety observations, emergency drills, and exercises carried out from vessels and wind turbines.
- Investigate incidents, ensure accurate registration within the incident-management system, and help apply lessons learned across the wider organisation.
- Identify opportunities for standardisation and for procedural or design improvements, then lead smaller improvement initiatives through to completion.
- Promote a positive safety culture and act as an approachable, credible resource for stakeholders at every level of the organisation.
- Maintain effective cooperation and collaboration with HSE stakeholders, delivery teams, and suppliers while managing changing priorities in a complex project environment.
Emergency Response and Risk Management
- Support the development and implementation of UK emergency-response performance standards and associated assurance activities.
- Plan and facilitate HAZID workshops, develop risk assessments, and produce clear concluding reports and action records.
- Apply bow-tie analysis, barrier-management principles, performance standards, and assurance techniques to offshore emergency-response arrangements.
- Support the implementation, testing, and continuous improvement of emergency-response arrangements across offshore project teams.
- Use strong HSE risk-management judgement alongside practical offshore experience to identify weaknesses, recommend proportionate controls, and follow actions through to closure.
Expected Deliverables
- Reviewed and approved project risk assessments, method statements, and supplier-mobilisation controls.
- HAZID plans, workshop outputs, risk assessments, concluding reports, and tracked actions.
- Bow-tie analyses, barrier-management outputs, and emergency-response performance standards.
- Assurance records from offshore inspections, safety observations, drills, and exercises.
- Completed incident investigations, accurate system records, and documented learning actions.
- Implemented standardisation, procedural, and design-improvement actions for assigned workstreams.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Senior-level HSE or QHSE experience within complex operational or project-delivery environments.
- Strong practical HSE risk-management capability, including bow ties, barrier management, performance standards, and assurance activities.
- Demonstrable experience facilitating HAZID workshops and producing clear reports, risk assessments, and follow-up actions.
- Hands-on experience developing, implementing, or assuring offshore emergency-response arrangements.
- Practical experience in offshore environments, including offshore wind and oil and gas, with willingness to travel to operational offshore sites in the United Kingdom.
- Current full GWO training, including Enhanced First Aid for offshore wind.
- Current OGUK medical certificate, including the Chester Step Test.
- A technical background, preferably supported by at least a NEBOSH General Certificate.
- Experience leading smaller projects and taking ownership of actions through shifting priorities.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work effectively with delivery teams, suppliers, and senior stakeholders.
Working Arrangements and Compliance
- Preferred base is either Grimsby or Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom.
- Hybrid working is available; however, the assignment will be delivered primarily offshore and from office locations rather than as a predominantly remote role.
- The consultant is responsible for the cost of travel to the selected base office. Other approved business travel will be covered.
- Assignment scheduled from 16th November 2026 to 31st December 2027.
- A background verification must be completed before onboarding.
- The final IR35 status determination is subject to a full assessment of the engagement and the consultant's individual circumstances.