QHSE Compliance Advisor

Title: Onshore QHSE Advisor

Location: Badger Wind Farm, Logan and McIntosh Counties, North Dakota

Duration: 12-month contract, option for 12-month extension.

Description & Responsibilities:

The QHSE advisor promotes and provides professional expert knowledge and guidance to managers, supervisors, contractors 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.

Line Reference:

• Head of DEV & EPC Advisors

Project Reference:

• Onshore EPC Project QHSE Manager(s)

Success Criteria/KPIs:

Success criteria:

• 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 behaviour.
• 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.

Typical tasks (not exhaustive):

• 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, site assurance plans.
• 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 JHAs, SWI, Lift plansIncident reports.
• 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.

Decision authority:

• The QHSE function is not the exclusive owner of QHSE and therefore does not hold the authority to determine QHSE performance on its own. However, a QHSE Advisor is a subject matter expert and can therefore contribute to decision-making based on personal level of understanding of the business and the interdependencies with other departments.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• 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.
• Required IT equipment supplied by Orsted.
• The consultant must provide an i-Phone 6 or a newer model, or a Windows phone 8.1 where Client's AirWatch 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.

Desirable qualifications/experience:

• QHSE degree qualification on Diploma or BS level.
• Completed NEBOSH; ASP/CSP level, or similar recognized (Q)HSE qualification.
• Internal Auditor (preferred but not essential) .
• Accident Incident Investigation qualification (preferred but not essential)
• Delivery of training courses / Material.

Working conditions / Locations:

• Variation in the work pattern is likely to occur and flexibility is required.
• The norm is a 5-day week, 10-hour days.
• Work week can extend pending options for rotations and night shift coverage.
• Project relevant commute within scope of work is responsibility of the consultant.
• Travel pattern/destinations other than normal work location 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:

• Hybrid position