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Posted 12 August, 2026

HSE Advisor

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Lanark, SCT, GB Full Time

Job Description

Are you an experienced Health and Safety Advisor, HSE Advisor, SHE Advisor or EHS Advisor with a background in energy from waste, biomass, power generation, utilities or heavy industrial operations?

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You will work closely with the Operations Director, Plant Management Team and Group Head of Health and Safety, taking ownership of day-to-day safety activity across the facility.

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The role will see you promote behavioural safety, support ISO 45001, lead incident investigations and help embed a proactive culture of continuous improvement among employees and contractors.

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Whats in it for you?

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    Permanent, full-time position

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    Key role within a busy operational energy facility

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    Genuine ownership of site health and safety performance

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    Direct access to senior operational and Group safety leaders

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    Opportunity to influence behavioural safety and site culture

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    Involvement in the continuing development of ISO 45001 systems

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    Varied role covering operations, contractors, audits, investigations and planned outages

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The Health and Safety Advisor role

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Working as part of the site management team, you will:

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    Act as the principal site contact for health and safety advice and compliance

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    Support the Operations Director with legislative, Group and site safety requirements

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    Promote a proactive and continuously improving safety culture

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    Develop, implement and review health and safety policies and procedures

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    Support the implementation and ongoing management of ISO 45001

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    Lead internal audits, inspections and workplace assessments

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    Monitor site safety performance and identify areas for improvement

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    Produce regular reports for the Plant Manager, Operations Director and Group Health and Safety team

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    Chair the site Health and Safety Committee

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    Represent the facility at Group health and safety forums

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    Lead incident and near-miss investigations

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    Complete root-cause analysis and communicate lessons learned

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    Monitor corrective and preventative actions through to completion

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    Review contractor competence and safety documentation

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    Monitor compliance with RAMS, permits and site procedures

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    Deliver and oversee site health and safety inductions

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    Support incident-management and emergency-response arrangements

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    Liaise with contractors, clients and relevant external or regulatory bodies

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    Participate in daily operational and outage-planning meetings

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Planned outages

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During planned plant outages, you will play an important role within the outage-management team.

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Your responsibilities will include:

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    Developing and gaining approval for the outage health and safety plan

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    Supporting CDM arrangements and compliance

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    Auditing permits, risk assessments and method statements

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    Conducting site inspections, investigations and safety surveillance

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    Attending outage meetings and advising operational teams

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    Agreeing arrangements for out-of-hours health and safety support

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    Producing detailed health and safety summaries for outage reports

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To be considered for this opportunity, you should have:

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    A minimum NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety

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    Previous health and safety experience in energy from waste, biomass, electricity generation, power generation, utilities or a comparable heavy industrial environment

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    Strong working knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and recognised best practice

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    Knowledge of relevant ISO management standards, ideally including ISO 45001

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    Experience completing workplace audits, inspections and risk assessments

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    Practical incident-investigation and root-cause-analysis experience

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    Experience monitoring contractors, RAMS, permits and safe systems of work

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