H&S Engineer (Foundations) in City of London

Scottish Power Renewables are looking for a H&S Engineer (Foundations) to join their EA3 project based in either London, Glasgow, or Lowestoft.

Main Purpose of Job

The Foundation Health and Safety Engineer will be dedicated to supporting the Foundation (FOU) package. The nature of this job function is Health and Safety Engineering driven which comprises both Technical/Design and Occupational Safety aspects. This includes the planning, setting up and reviewing of processes relevant for the manufacturing, shipping, installation and completion of the FOU package on the East Anglia THREE Project to ensure no plant/machinery/personnel safety issues. This will be achieved by applying a process-oriented system through inspections, testing, evaluation and quality and engineering safety tools and techniques to identify hazards, defects, or deviations from specifications. The aim is to manufacture and operate trouble-free machinery and plant while reducing concerns and improving business processes so that all products are fault/hazard-free when delivered to the offshore site.

The Candidate will review drawings and verify those against legislation and standards, and coordinate with assigned packages (this may include FOU, WTG and IAC) and associated Contractors as required to ensure that design risk assessment's content is to sound engineering safety methodologies for suitability to international and domestic regulations and company safety expectations. Once Offshore Installation commences, the Health and Safety Engineer will work with the Construction Team to discharge the Principal Contractor Duty, assuring that all method statements and risk assessments are safety acceptable ensuring a trouble-free project cycle from topside landing through to commissioning and handover.

The Role is multi-locational, initially primarily at either ScottishPower Offices in Glasgow, London or Lowestoft with regular trips to assigned FOU pre-assembly yards as required. Secondly, they may be required to travel offshore during Installation and Commissioning to maintain effective relationships with Offshore Operations and interact with the Construction Team and Site H&S presence.

Key Tasks

• Participate in Design Assurance, from an operator's perspective and verify that during project stages, safety requirements are met.
• Validate all equipment to be placed on offshore assets, ensuring documentation is complete and in compliance with statutory and national legislation.
• Assist in the development of a Safety Justification for Assets including identification of Major Accident Hazards and Safety Critical Elements.
• Ensure Performance Standards are developed and refined during the design process.
• Drive engineering safety processes by applying methodologies such as hazard analysis and risk assessment.
• Assist in developing the safety, rescue and evacuation concept for the Offshore Substation against general windfarm set up.
• Verify the Contractors fire protection concept, and seek consultation from fire protection experts or UK authorities if in doubt.
• Comment and review installation and commissioning procedures with a focus on machine and plant safety.
• At Fabrication and pre-assembly yards, review processes and make safety-oriented suggestions to ensure safe manufacture and loadout processes.
• Conduct Audits at any assigned Fabrication yards (before load out), after installation, pre-commissioning and take over in conjunction with Project Fabrication yard teams.
• Participate in/run safety-related workshops and assure documentation/equipment offshore is in compliance with UK legislation aiming to create a safe and sustainable work context.
• Contribute to developing East Anglia Hub's Construction Phase Plan and Emergency Response Plan including assisting in the planning and execution of necessary drills and exercises.
• Set up an audit program to ensure the Asset manufacturer and its (sub-) contractors are audited, selected and qualified against industry best practice, legal and quality requirements.
• Participate in Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 assurance related activities, both from a Principal Designer and Principal Contractor perspective.
• Provide constant H&S support to the Project site H&S and Construction Team through regular meetings, walk-downs and visits.
• Assess, comment and document that free issued equipment and machinery added to the plant does not provide hazards.
• Facilitate H&S project meetings with contractors and represent H&S interests towards all stakeholders.
• Define and drive incident reporting requirements for assigned packages in close liaison with Site H&S and Construction teams.
• Assist with accident and incident investigations affecting assigned Packages.

Key Criteria

EDUCATION

• The job holder should ideally be minimum educated to a Bachelors (BSc/BEng) degree. Alternatively, a state certified engineering National Vocational Qualification will also be accepted having additionally undergone a time-service apprenticeship and suitable years of offshore experience.
• Education in Occupational Health & Safety, being minimum of NEBOSH General certificate qualified.
• Specialized training in Occupational Health & Safety is preferred.
• Offshore training (GWO/BOSIET/etc) is required.
• Training/courses in management or quality assurance would be beneficial.
• Process industry or high hazard industries/mechanical-plant engineering background would be beneficial.
• Project management training, design hazard analysis, process safety, incident investigation, emergency planning, cables experience, heavy lift experience, and seminars at statutory institutions attended which comprise subjects in technical/machine safety are advantageous.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum five years offshore wind experience is preferred; alternatively, approximately 10 years' experience in plant engineering background is seen as equivalent.
• Some coordination experience gained in a large infrastructure project.
• Experience with database systems such as action tracker.
• Experience in administrating different documentation.

TRAINING

Full Offshore Wind GWOs, HUET + CA-EBS.