Health & Safety Advisor (Onshore)

Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Health & Safety Advisor based in Aberdeen. This is a 6-month PAYE contract role offering hybrid working. Occasional offshore travel is required.
 
The Health & Safety Advisor is responsible for independent Health and Safety advice to ensure the company operates in a manner which is compliant with corporate objectives and applicable legislation. This role focusses primarily on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) matters, but necessarily also incorporates some aspects of Major Accident Hazard management. All activities will be performed in accordance with company's Corporate Management System.
 
Function:

• Liaise with the asset and corporate management team as well as external organisations to develop and execute appropriate plans to manage, monitor and improve OHS performance.
• Act as company's onshore focal point for communication with the offshore Safety Ad-visors, Medics and Safety Representatives; asset team focal point for all OHS queries (OQs).
• Coordinate independent induction and advice to FPSO crew and contractors including ISSoW, CoSHH, radiation and noise.
• Maintain a register of OHS aspects, impacts and risks for each operating asset.
• Ensure the OHS compliance register is kept up-to-date and addressed by operations.
• Ensure that contracted OHS services are scoped, guided and the results interpreted and shared with the asset team. Liaise with external organisations.
• Coordinate incident review and close-out cycle.
• Coordinate base asset Emergency Response support activities including Emergency Response exercise annual plan creation, execution and lessons learned follow-up, as well as rota training and competence assurance.
• Keep track of changes of relevant OHS developments and advice on implications and ensure that company standards are compliant.
• Review RM's (modifications) on changes that could influence OHS risks.
• Participate in Risks Assessments related to OHS.
• Contribute to the yearly corporate audit plan. Conduct OHS audits.
• Monitor and report OHS performance for on- and offshore facilities. Coordinate monthly HSE KPI reporting of the assets and participate client HSE meetings.
• Develop and facilitate the implementation of yearly KPI's and OHS improvement targets for on- and offshore facilities.
• Report OHS performance to line manager and asset manager.
• Liaise on a day-to-day basis with the HSE team in Aberdeen

 
Requirements:

• Fluent in English both written and spoken.
• Willingness to perform activities abroad (onshore, offshore, vendors or with clients).
• Visit assets on a regular basis.
• Experience with UK OHS legislation and requirements of main regulatory bodies.
• Experience in auditing and incident investigation (Kelvin Topset methodology).

 
 
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/080382.

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