HSE Manager - Assets in Aberdeen

Our client, an Oil and Gas Operator in Aberdeen is seeking an experienced HSE Manager - Assets. This is an initial 12 month PAYE contract role. The purpose of this role is to provide HSE leadership and supervision of the asset Health, Safety and Environmental team to develop, sustain and drive a culture that delivers high levels of Health and Safety performance and continuous improvement.

To support key stakeholders in the achievement of the client's organisational HSE objectives and targets and meet the requirements of the HSE Management System, regulatory obligations and improvement programmes.

Accountabilities:

• Enable delivery of HSE requirements to ensure (1) Understanding of asset/installation/site HSE risks (2) Effective management of the barriers and (3) effective assurance of barrier performance.
• Promote a proactive HSE culture through regular site visits, engagement with the workforce, supervision and leadership.
• Responsibility for the planning and management of asset HSE resources and budget to ensure that suitable and sufficient resources are available to meet the requirements of the HSE Management System, regulatory requirements and improvement plans.
• Propose HSE objectives, plans and targets that provide line of sight to metrics and goals.
• Analyses leading and lagging performance indicators to identify and prioritise performance improvement opportunities.
• Support the planning, development and implementation of HSE improvement plans.
• Promote, monitor and test for compliance with company standards and legislation.
• Engage in proactive and regular engagement with relevant regulatory authorities.
• Assess asset regulatory compliance performance and opportunities for improvement, providing feedback to the wider asset leadership team.
• Provide leadership to ensure audits, inspections and site visits are prepared and executed in line with the plan and client standards.
• Ensure learnings are shared with relevant stakeholders and lessons applied.
• Establish effective arrangements for the planning and preparation of regulatory inspections.
• Ensure timely and thorough incident investigations and necessary follow up is conducted in line with client standards, with particular focus given to serious and high potential events.

Qualifications Required:

• Degree qualified in a suitable technical subject or HSE related Diploma (NEBOSH).
• Professional membership of a relevant institute.
• Travel offshore, therefore valid offshore certification required.
• ISO lead auditor or equivalent.

Experience Required:

• A decisive leader who sets high standards and drives performance to deliver through their teams.
• Is agile, flexible, open to challenge and able to challenge appropriately.
• Great communication skills that informs/shares knowledge clearly and unambiguously, influences and persuades in a constructive way, sometimes influencing a change in the course of conversations, to gain agreement and collaboration.
• Demonstrable experience in complex and ambiguous situations - able to adopt a calm and composed mentality that promotes proactivity and deals with disagreements, problems and issues in an open and constructive manner.
• Leads and promotes organisational change; makes collaborative, high-quality and timely decisions; takes informed risks and learns from failures.
• Builds and maintains a professional network, leads and contributes credibly to industry conversations on important issues; seeks to create and maintain good relationships internally and externally across various organisational levels; puts other people at ease and quickly builds rapport.
• Demonstrable skills and knowledge in systematic management of HSE with particular focus on Major Accidents and Hazards.
• Detailed working knowledge and understanding of UK HSE legislative and regulatory requirements particularly in relation to Major Accidents and Hazards.
• Track record of cross-functional collaboration and working across multiple sites.
• In addition to technical knowledge and credibility, we are searching for someone who lives our values of Agility, Collaboration, Courage, Care and Delivery, enables and supports change and brings fresh and dynamic thinking.