Competence Specialist
TR/079531
Posted: 15/10/2025
- PAYE Rate Negotiable
- Scotland, Aberdeen City, Aberdeen
- Contract
Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Competence Specialist, based in Aberdeen. This has been released on an initial 12 month PAYE contract. Offshore trips will be expected.
Responsibilities:
Experience & Qualifications:
Contract position
If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/079531.
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Responsibilities:
- Support the development of site, business and portfolio competence assurance plans in a timely manner to identify technical and legislative competence needs
- Conduct assessments and/or internal verification as required
- Manage the competence assurance register and build effective relationships with assessors and internal verifiers assisting with standardisation meetings and ensuring they are following correct process
- Manage Competence and Job Profiles in the Competence Management System and prepare and issue competence reports
- Actively contribute to key competence strategies including competence frameworks
- Maintain assessment programmes for Safety Critical, Operational Critical and Technical that will minimise risk to the safety of personnel, the integrity of the assets and the maintenance of the environment at both the offshore and onshore locations
- Provide support for any audit and inspections that involve Competence
Experience & Qualifications:
- Production Operations background
- Proven experience in previous competence coordination
- Offshore asset location experience and mobility to carry out regular trips
- Experienced with competence management systems within the upstream oil and gas industry
- Knowledge of safety case requirements, regulatory requirements and competence assurance management standard
- Minimum completion of higher education with a preference for further education certification
- Several years working in Oil and Gas operations
- Knowledge and experience in development and/or maintenance of units of competence criteria and range of equipment
- Experience in communicating competence requirements and changes
- Working knowledge of competence management systems
Contract position
If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/079531.
Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.
Emma Smart
Senior Recruitment Consultant
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