QHSE Advisor CHP

Do you have a desire to work for a renewable energy provider? Are you an experienced QHSE professional with strong leadership capability, looking to take ownership of quality, health, safety and environmental performance at site level?

We are looking for a QHSE Advisor to lead and continuously improve QHSE performance at our Widnes Biomass CHP Plant, supporting BWSC’s ambition to deliver Ever Better Energy.

Reporting into the Plant Manager, you will be responsible for the management and continuous improvement of all Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental aspects of the plant. You will foster an operating culture that supports maximum plant reliability, flexibility and availability, while consistently achieving high standards of QHSE performance and regulatory compliance.

You will act as a visible, site‑based leader, working closely with Operations and Maintenance teams to embed standards, challenge unsafe behaviours, and ensure QHSE expectations are clearly understood and applied across employees and contractors.

• Promote and drive site QHSE KPIs and performance improvement
• Act as the site focal point for compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation
• Lead incident investigations and ensure effective learning and corrective actions
• Ensure environmental permit compliance, through sampling and reporting
• Interface with regulators and support audits and inspections
• Maintain and improve ISO‑aligned QHSE management systems
• Strengthen Management of Change and Lessons Learned processes
• Support Operations and Maintenance teams with strong on‑plant leadership
• Provide accurate QHSE reporting to site and corporate stakeholders

• NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) preferred
• Experience in regulated industrial environments (power generation, biomass, EfW or heavy industry)
• Strong understanding of environmental permitting and compliance
• Experience working within ISO management systems
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

We offer a key position with great colleagues and the possibility to bring your skills into play and grow on a personal level. Whilst working as a QHSE Advisor at BWSC we offer a competitive starting salary of £52,000 and a great total reward package including:

• Health Care Cash Plan (after successful completion of probationary period)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Salary Exchange Pension contributions
• Fixed employer Pension contribution of 6%
• Contractual sick pay
• 34 days annual leave (inclusive of the statutory Bank Holidays) with the addition of 1 extra day per 5 years of service
• Life Assurance cover at 3 × salary
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• Access to a salary sacrifice EV/Hybrid car scheme (after successful completion of probationary period)
• Opportunity to earn an annual bonus (depending on business performance)

You must have the right to work in the UK in order to apply.

The closing date for applications will be 5th June 2026; interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.

For further information, please contact Michelle Desmond, Plant Manager at micde.

Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor A/S (BWSC) is a global power plant operation & maintenance and service provider with engineering expertise, enabling power plant owners to deliver cleaner and affordable energy. We are experts in building, servicing, upgrading, operating, and maintaining energy systems for diesel, natural gas, and renewable baseload power plants. We help our customers increase reliability and availability of energy production, improve efficiency and performance of their power plants, design and integrate future‑proof technologies, and secure lower cost of maintenance.

At BWSC, we work with customers in Europe and beyond to tackle energy storage, carbon capture, Power‑to‑X and related energy transition challenges. Our people are at the core of everything we do and key to a positive relationship with our customers. We invest in our people and their wellbeing to ensure continued success and growth of the company.