H&S Engineer

Our client Scottish Power Renewables are looking for an H&S Engineer to join their team in either London, Glasgow or Lowestoft (hybrid 2-3 days a week at the office).

This role is for Scottish Power Renewable’s EA3 offshore wind project.

It is an inside IR35 contract role approved for 12 months initially paying competitive rates.

The Wind Turbine Health and Safety Engineer will be dedicated to supporting Wind Turbine Generators (WTG)
package. The nature of this job function is Health and Safety Engineering driven which comprises both
Technical/Design and Occupational Safety aspects this also includes the planning, setting up and reviewing of
processes relevant for the manufacturing, shipping, installation and completion of the WTG package on the East
Anglia THREE Project to ensure no plant/machinery/personnel safety issues.
This is will be achieved by applying a process-oriented system which is achieved 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 also in 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 (country of operation’s) 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 work with the Construction Team to
discharge the Principal Contractor Duty, assuring that all method statements & risk assessments are safety
acceptable ensuring 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 or London with regular
trips to assigned WTG pre-assembly yards as required. Secondly, they may be required to travel offshore during
Installation and Commissioning to maintain effective relationship with Offshore Operations and interact with the
Construction Team and Site H&S presence.
The Wind Turbine Health and Safety Engineer will report primarily to the Health & Safety Manager but maintains
close links with the Project Packages.

The job holder will be required to:
• Participate in Design Assurance, from an operator’s perspective and verify that during project stages,
meeting Safety requirements
• Validate all equipment to be placed on offshore assets, its documentation is complete and in compliance
with statutory and national legislation
• Assist in the development 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 as such hazard analysis, 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 in doubt, seek consult from fire protection expert or UK
authorities.
• 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 so that
the manufacture and loadout process is carried safely. As well as assuring that Iberdrola employees are
not exposed to Fabrication yard hazards
• 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 in 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 so that the Asset manufacturer and its(sub-) contractors are audited, selected
and qualified against industry best practice, legal and quality requirements, including on effective and
documented follow-up actions
• 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 either free issued equipment and machinery added to the plant
does not provide hazards e.g. avoidance of collision or asset damage unnecessary machine operator
exposure Site Acceptance Testing requirements under statutory/legislative requirements
• Facilitate H&S project meetings with contractors attend project meetings and represent H&S interests
towards all stakeholders
• Define and drive incident reporting requirements for assigned packages and in close liaison with Site
H&S and Construction teams, Project H&S and Offshore H S Q Business
• Assist with accident and incident investigation affecting assigned Packages
The successful candidate shall be responsible for ensuring to plan inspections and requirements satisfying work
equipment’s verification of conformity that offshore assets are safe plant to work on:
• Organizes own workload, setting overall annual and project objectives in conjunction with Offshore HSEQ
Business Office and project team
• Deliver H&S management briefing sessions to the project management team
• Contribute to project’s legal register with a focus on compliance and satisfying UK H&S legislation
• Make recommendations to project’s senior management team and provide regular documented updates
or attend meetings
• The following meeting(s) are foreseen which must be driven and documented:
 ? Weekly meeting with project and site team and documentation in minutes taking
 ? Monthly meeting with senior project management and its minutes and actions taking
 ? Actively participate in meeting requirements towards Offshore HSEQ Business
• Incident reporting and general documentation and record keeping as set out by the Offshore HSEQ
Business

EDUCATION
Academic studies:
• 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. S/he has undergone
education in Occupational Health & Safety, being minimum of NEBOSH General certificate qualified.
Specialized training in:
• S/he has preferably undergone further education in Occupational Health & Safety.
• Offshore training (GWO/BOSIET/etc)
Other requirements (certifications and so forth):
• 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
• Seminars at statutory institution attended which comprise subjects in technical/machine safety
EXPERIENCE
• Although 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. If not existent, training will be provided for the right candidate.

The following groups / teams and internal stakeholders have been recognized with whom the job holder need to
maintain communication with:
INTERNAL
 ? Offshore HSEQ Business
 ? Wind Turbine Generator / Foundations team / Inter-array Cable Packages as assigned
 ? Project Director(s)
 ? Package Manager(s)
 ? Site Manager(s) and Construction Manager(s)
 ? Operations staff and in particularly their H&S Manager
 ? On-site staff (operations and EPC)
 ? Offshore Quality Department
External
 ? Contractor(s)
 ? Manufacturer