Job Description
CR/081849
Posted: 15/04/2026
£620 - £650 per day
Scotland, City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
Contract
HSE Lead is required on a contract basis in offshore wind.
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (3 days a week in the office/ 2 days WFH)
Duration: Until end of December this year, with potential to extend
Rate: £600 -650 day rate LTD company outside of IR35
The HSE Lead will provide HSE leadership, guidance and challenge across survey and related project activities. They will also support the coordination of HSE and CDM interfaces between internal teams and contractors.
To provide HSE leadership, assurance and practical support for survey and related project activities, including contractor review, CDM assurance, readiness, inspections, procedure development and risk assessment, to support safe, compliant and well-managed delivery.
Support survey and related project activities through planning, mobilisation and execution, providing practical HSE input throughout.
Participate in contractor kick-off meetings, pre-start meetings and other relevant planning and coordination meetings to ensure HSE expectations, responsibilities and arrangements are clearly understood.
Undertake on-site inspections, site visits and field engagements to monitor implementation of HSE requirements and identify improvement actions.
Participate in constructability reviews and provide HSE input to support early identification and management of risk.
Provide audit and assurance support for survey and related project activities, including inspections, reviews, assurance activities and follow-up of actions.
Support CDM assurance arrangements for GI and other applicable works, including review of duty holder arrangements, pre-construction planning and risk management interfaces.
Participate in HSSE ITT contractor reviews as part of bid submissions for GI and other survey-related works.
Experience
Minimum 5 years’ relevant HSE experience in construction, infrastructure, utilities, energy, marine, survey, offshore wind or similar project environments.
Experience supporting field or operational activities, including site visits, inspections, audits, assurance activities or direct contractor interface.
Experience undertaking contractor HSE reviews, tender / ITT evaluations, or contractor capability assessments.
Experience supporting mobilisation, readiness or pre-start reviews for project activities.
Experience developing, implementing or improving HSE procedures, processes, guidance or management arrangements.
Experience supporting incident reporting, investigation input, action tracking and close-out.
Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams, contractors and project stakeholders.
People are our business worldwide
Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.
Ian Hunter
Principal Recruitment Consultant
