Job Description

Sparrows Group is a global market-leading mechanical engineering contractor, focused on delivering outstanding lifting and handling engineering, product, operations and maintenance solutions to the offshore oil and gas industry. Headquartered in Aberdeen, Sparrows employs over 2200 people through its 21 operating bases spanning 5 continents.

About this role

The main purpose of the role is to support in the overall delivery of the Company's business objectives, by providing guidance, advice and support in order to meet the commitments in the Sparrows HSEQ Policy Statement and to ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental standards and legislative requirements. The position shall have a primary focus within operations in a coaching capacity in addition to supporting the corporate HSEQ function.

Main responsibilities

The HSE Advisor is responsible for:Providing coaching and advice to operational managers and supervisors in respect of managing the HSE aspects of their day-to-day undertakings Contribute to the induction process and to pre-mobilisation briefs Developing and delivering HSE awareness training sessions Closely engage with onshore and offshore workforce to promote the understanding of safety requirements, systems and processes. Identify hazardous conditions and work closely with the workforce to eliminate them or to reduce risk to as low as reasonably practicable Attend safety meetings, tool box talks etc. Ensure that safety improvements and actions are followed up and implemented at the worksite Ability and willingness to travel offshore to engage closely with the offshore workforce Development and maintenance of the Sparrows HSEQ Management System to facilitate delivery of the requirements of international standards In conjunction with the Group HSE Lead, develop and implement an HSE internal compliance and assurance audit programme Attending industry/client arranged meetings and seminars in relation to aspects of HSE Liaising with Operational Managers to develop and implement HSE Plans Participating in incident investigation as a root cause analysis specialist Developing sound working relationships and co-operate with the workforce, clients and others Conducting reviews and amendments of processes to ensure legal and other compliance in respect of all aspects of HSE management Assisting operations teams in conducting risk/COSHH/manual handling assessments Assisting in the development of HSE processes and supporting guidance

HSEQ Responsibilities

- It is mandatory that the incumbent is familiar with, and follows the Company's Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Management System and takes an active part in the compliance and improvement of the Management Systems.


- The incumbent must report any accidents, incidents, near misses, actual or potential problems with products, services or systems according to the Management System processes/procedures.


- The incumbent also has legal responsibilities under country-specific health, safety and/or environmental legislation to follow these.


- The incumbent is also responsible for the health and safety arrangements of subordinates (if any) and for any persons visiting them while on the Company premises.

Qualifications & Experience

- Proven track record in a similar role


- Current BOSIET/MIST certificate


- NEBOSH General Certificate or Health & Safety NVQ


- Kelvin TOPSET Lead Investigator


- Internal auditor qualification


- COSHH assessor


- Able to deliver training on a range of HSE topics


- Proficient use of Microsoft Office


- Experience with CDM Construction Design & Maintenance regulations desirable but not essential

How to apply

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