Renewable Energy Health Specialist

4 weeks ago


Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom COWI Full time

Offshore Wind Health & Safety Consultant

Glasgow, Derby, London, York or Bristol

Permanent

Office/Home Hybrid Working

We're looking for a health specialist to join our team in the renewable energy sector. If you have experience working on offshore wind projects and are passionate about health and safety, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Create Solutions for a Sustainable Future

We're seeking an Offshore Wind Health & Safety Consultant to provide industry-leading health and safety advice to our clients and project delivery teams. As a key member of our team, you'll work on offshore wind projects, taking responsibility for safety management and ensuring compliance with COWI's and client's safety requirements.

Your Key Responsibilities:

  • Prepare for and chair safety workshops (e.g. HAZID, HAZOP, DRA) to meet COWI and our clients' safety requirements and processes.
  • Implement best practice in the offshore wind industry on our projects.
  • Continuously evaluate and develop our COWI approach to safety management in offshore wind.
  • Ensure industry lessons are learned and implemented on our designs.
  • Work with our H&S team to support HSW across the wider business.
  • Monitor project activity for compliance with H&S legislation, client standards, and management systems and procedures, raising concerns to the appropriate level as required.
  • Deliver health and safety training to project staff as needed, ensuring a sound understanding of principles, regulations, and relevant processes.
  • Support project and office locations - HSE planning, risk assessment, and safe systems of work.
  • Assess competency (skills, knowledge, experience, and organisational capability) of external designers, consultants, and contractors being considered for appointment on the project, as appropriate.
  • Report findings to the COWI UK Senior Leadership Team where concerns arise or where improvements should be made to current procedures to improve HSW.
  • Conduct site audits and inspections.
  • Promote best practice in all elements of health, safety, and wellbeing both internally and externally.

Your Skills, Our Team

To succeed in this role, you'll need to be a collaborative individual who can build strong relationships with colleagues, partners, and customers. You'll also need to be adaptable, always looking for new insights and ways to improve. In addition to your passion for health and safety, you'll have:

  • Experience working within a HSE team, ideally in the offshore wind or closely related sectors.
  • A knowledge of health and safety in construction and a relevant qualification, such as NEBOSH Diploma or Degree in Occupational Health and Safety.
  • HSE Chartership or, as a minimum, Cert. IOSH level or similar accreditation, with a commitment to full chartership.
  • Sound knowledge of UK national H&S legislation and international experience would be beneficial.
  • Familiarity with offshore wind safety legislation and best practice, including National and International standards such as ISO and BS EN , G+, EU-OSHA.
  • The ability to influence teams to adopt the highest health, safety, and wellbeing standards.
  • A clear understanding of how health and safety is monitored through the design process to construction, maintenance, end use, and demolition.
  • Experience facilitating HAZID/HAZOP/DRA workshops.
  • An enthusiastic presence in external HSW forum groups and professional organisations.
  • Experience of the audit process and the ability to identify and express areas of concern.
  • The ability to demonstrate management and coordination skills to motivate and influence internal and external teams.
  • Good English communication skills, including writing, proofing, and editing with attention to detail.

Salary: £60,000 - £80,000 per annum



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