HSE Officer in North East

We operate within a high-risk environment and are expanding our safety team. You will support and maintain our teams' awareness of Health and Safety risks that we need to manage, helping to ensure safe working practices across projects. As we grow, we are building a skilled team to support our projects using in-house capabilities that maintain tight project control by working closely with our customers to deliver what they need safely.

With the largest dry dock on the East Coast as well as a 24,000 square metre Fabrication Hall, we integrate engineering and production teams to work collaboratively. We offer comprehensive marine engineering capabilities, including dry docks capable of accommodating a variety of vessel sizes, alongside berthing with ample space for repair and maintenance works, a fabrication shed featuring a panel line and we have a machining shop. We have a high bay construction hall, a panel line, profile cutting and sub-assembly areas. A&P's number one priority is to safeguard the safety and wellbeing of our staff, customers and sub-contractors. Our Work Safe, Home Safe (WSHS) initiative defines the core values which form the basis of the safety culture here.

It’s a varied role where you’ll work across all safety principles and standards within heavy industry, contributing to our safety culture so that everyone returns home safe and healthy at the end of every working day. You’ll monitor conformance with health, safety & environmental regulations as well as A&P procedures. Reporting and recording what you monitor, you’ll carry out investigations, reporting and you will recommend action on accidents, incidents, near misses and non-conformances to drive positive change and improvements. As part of our shared values with a focus on responsibility and sustainability practices you will carry out, and assist others with, risk assessments and safe systems of work. You’ll provide advice on health, safety, environmental and quality matters to line management and the wider team. As projects progress, you’ll review requirements and the impact on the advice you give while maintaining legislation in a professional, competent manner with colleagues, customers and contractors. As a 24/7 operation this role involves working overtime that can run into evenings and weekends, for which you will be compensated. We are only safe when all projects in progress are covered.

You need to be a time-served HSE professional or have industry experience and have moved into HSE. Confined Space Gas testing experience would be a bonus. Marine and/or fabrication experience will give you a realistic understanding of what is needed in this environment, along with emergency response preparedness. You’ll need a NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent. Good knowledge of best practice within HSEQ from working in an HSE function. Experience in permit-to-work coordination and writing is essential; you’ll be doing that from your first week. Accident & incident investigation experience including using integrated management systems. Experience in LOTO procedures and understanding why they matter is essential. If you can audit to ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001 that would be valued but is not essential.

Personal Growth – This is an opportunity to make a significant impact while working with and learning from a team of experts from the marine and structural engineering industries. The chance to be part of a team making a real impact on the future of the business.

Financial Security – Benefits include a pension with up to 4% employer contribution and life cover at 7x basic salary.

Healthy Living – We support healthy living and provide help when needed, including sick pay and a health cash plan. You’ll have access to dental, optical, physiotherapy, wellness services, counselling, digital mental health support, 24/7 virtual GP, and EAP.

Work-life Balance – 25 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays. Maternity, Paternity and Parental leave support you during significant life changes, helping you balance family responsibilities with work.

Due to the nature of what we do for some customers, some roles may be subject to security control restrictions. These restrictions may limit the roles you can perform with us, based on factors including nationality, previous nationalities, and place of birth. You must also undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check before employment starts, which will include a basic DBS check.