QHSE Advisor - Offshore Construction

QHSE Advisor

The QHSE advisor promotes and provides professional expert knowledge and guidance to managers, supervisors, and employees on safe work practices, safety standards, and legal regulations, and supports identification and elimination of potential hazards and ensures control measures are in place.

• Maintain QHSE expert knowledge on best practice and legal requirements.
  • Secure QHSE conformity using agreed processes and legal registers.
  • Support and promote development and use of Orsted management systems.
  • Initiative-taking approach to risk management
• Good technical - and people skills
  • Be clear, effective, and positive in verbal and written communication.
  • Maintain successful cooperation / collaboration with the QHSE stakeholders.
• High work ethic and excellent behavior.
  • Demonstrate efficient and timely collaboration internally /externally.
  • Report reliable and timely QHSE data.
  • Demonstrate analytical and structured approach to daily workload.

It is generally the expectations that the advisor can apply advanced HSE skills to the position; has experience within subject area and knows fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures related to HSE and knows how to routinely apply knowledge of theories, methods, techniques, and processes to scope of work.

• Drive and promote a good initiative taking QHSE culture through leading by example, using data, raising awareness, knowledge sharing, and lessons learned (registration and implementation)
• Demonstrate and promote data driven risk management through a proactive reporting culture and high-quality data management.
  • Support ongoing development, implementation, and use of Orsted systems, procedures, instructions, and associated QHSE documentation i.e.:
  • Instructions, procedures, contingency plans
  • QHSE Management system (way we work) / QHSE process landscape.
  • Global/local Emergency Response / Crisis Management
  • Audit/compliance check (ISO 9001/14001/45001/55001
• Planning, facilitation / participation of Safety meetings, "Toolbox Talks", "Safety Walks", hazid/hazop workshops
• Review of documentation/Risk Assessments & Method Statements (RAMS)
• Monitoring and assessment of internal/external QHSE compliance and - performance using Orsted incident reporting tool (Synergi) for reporting, trend analysis etc.
• Coordinate and report safety inspections, incident investigations, root cause analyses, and report derived observations, risks, and lessons learnt.
• Ad-hoc support as requested.
• English language skills required
• Relevant academic or technical background.
• Minimum 3-5 years' work experience with QHSE, ideally from relevant fields of industry.
• Excellent people skills, effective communication, and presentation skills.
• IT literate (Microsoft office package, knowledge of Synergi is an advantage).
• Demonstratable experience in dealing with 3rd party contractors in relation to QHSE.
• Comply with Global Wind Organization Standard Basic Safety Training and Orsted training and medical requirements.
• Basic GWO + Medical Provided for by the consultant.
• Helicopter escape;
  
  - hoist and/or GUS training is provided for by Orsted if required.
• Required IT equipment supplied by Orsted.
• The consultant must provide for an i-Phone 6 or a newer model, or a Windows phone 8.1 where Client's Air Watch app can be installed. The app is mandatory on all mobile devices used by Client staff (including consultants) to protect them from cybercrime.
• Mobile phone including Usubscription/plan provided for by the consultant.

• QHSE degree qualification on Diploma or BS level.
• Completed NEBOSH; ASP/CSP level, or similar recognized (Q)
  HSE qualification.
• Qualified/certified Auditor.
• Delivery of training courses / Material.

The role includes onshore as well as offshore activity and variation in the work pattern is likely to occur and flexibility is required.

• The norm is a 5 day week, 10 hour days.
• Preassembly/loadout activity and offshore installation can impact schedule and a work week can extend pending options for rotations and offshore crew exchange.
• Project relevant commute within scope of work is covered by the project.
  • Travel pattern/destinations to be aligned with Work Manager(s)/Line Manager.
  • Flights and hotels booked and managed via Orsted Travel service where possible.

Base station for the role:
Orsted, 500 Exchange Street, Providence, RI