Hsse Lead

Overview / Responsibilities:
Wood is currently seeking a HSSE Advisor to join its Operations team in Ellesmere Port. We are keen to hear from professionals with a genuine passion to make a difference combined with a keen eye for sensible risk management and a result focused approach.

**Responsibilities**
- Support management with the development and maintaining of a HSE risks and opportunities register within area of responsibility.
- Establish HSE objectives and targets within area of responsibility ensuring performance indicators are established to monitor actual performance.
- Develop, maintain and communicate an effective HSE Execution Plan and support consistent delivery within area of responsibility.
- Support the Project / Construction / Operations Manager in complying with the CDM Regulations including development of a permit to work system and coordination of permit issuing.
- Ensure HSE interface requirements are identified and effectively addressed.
- Carry out periodic HSE performance reviews within area of responsibility ensuring relevant information is reported to internal / external stakeholders, as required.
- Develop annual HSE improvement plans aligned to Company, Client and business unit
- Supporting HSE incident investigations ensuring the appropriate reporting requirements are undertaken.
- Communicating the important messages from incidents and accidents as a part of the Lessons
- learned process to all interested parties.
- Support the task risk assessment and method statement process ensuring foreseeable HSE risks are identified and effectively controlled.
- Conduct health risk assessment within area of responsibility and ensure effective controls including health surveillance are communicated and deployed.
- Ensure environmental aspects and impacts are identified and effective arrangements deployed to minimize negative environmental impact.
- Ensure a risk based audit surveillance program is developed, maintained and implemented within area of responsibility.
- Ensuring that emergency response arrangements are in place and are communicated to all personnel; ensuring that project requirements align with Client requirements if these take precedence
- Building relationship with Client, Sub Contractor and Employee HSE Reps, as required
- Managing attendance and participation at project HSE meetings, workshops and
- Promoting workforce involvement in all HSE activities, initiatives and programs
- Assist with the identification of HSSE training needs and monitor delivery and recording
- Continually monitor leading / lagging performance date and drive continuous improvement

Skills / Qualifications:
**Qualifications**:

- NEBOSH General Certificate
- NVQ Level 4 IOSH (desirable)
- C&G, ONC/HNC or equivalent in Technical, HSE or related industry

**Knowledge, skills and experience**:

- 2-5 years in a technical role, or association with HSE role in another industry
- Experience working with CDM and in particular fulfilling Principal Contractor duties.
- Experience in the use of permit to work systems, preferably in an issuing or coordination capacity.
- Preferably with some past experience operating in a storage tank environment.
- Familiar with industry guidance and HSE regulations, as relevant to the role (i.e. confined space working, fume exposure control etc.).
- Good planning and organisational skills
- Effective/competent MS Office Suite User
- High level of communication skills in both written and spoken format

**Personal attributes**:

- Effective 2-way communicator, comfortable with presentation of HSE presentations and programmes, able to build strong working relationships with
- Comfortable in both client and other 3rd party environments; able to build exemplary working relationship with client and other
- Demonstrable commitment to company and client values
- Commitment to continuous
- Good communication and team-working skills
- Commitment to HSE and including the passion to drive down incidents and accidents across the
- Trustworthy and approachable

Company Overview:
Diversity Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.