Health, Safety & Environmental Senior Adviser (HSE Senior Adviser)

Location: Full-time, site-based in Alness, Scotland, supporting an approximately 80km power transmission infrastructure project between Loch Buidhe and Beauly.

Company

hirify.global delivers integrated power infrastructure solutions across UK transmission and distribution networks, including the design, construction, and maintenance of electrical networks up to 400kV.

What you will do

• Lead health, safety, and environmental leadership, assurance, guidance, and continuous improvement across power transmission and distribution construction activities.
• Conduct site inspections, audits, leadership tours, behavioural safety observations, and risk-based assurance programmes across multiple work fronts, contractors, and disciplines.
• Review RAMS, monitor permit-to-work systems and critical risks, and provide assurance for lifting operations, excavations, temporary works, work at height, electrical safety, traffic management, and contractor controls.
• Lead and support investigations into accidents, dangerous occurrences, near misses, environmental incidents, and property damage, including evidence gathering, interviews, root-cause analysis, reporting, and corrective actions.
• Monitor environmental compliance, pollution prevention, waste management, peat management, habitat reinstatement, biodiversity, ecological protection, and carbon-reduction initiatives.
• Coach and mentor HSE advisers, supervisors, managers, and operational teams while preparing performance reports, maintaining records, and supporting client, regulatory, and certification audits.

Requirements

• NEBOSH General Certificate or NEBOSH Construction Certificate, or equivalent.
• Significant experience in construction, infrastructure, utilities, or power transmission and distribution projects, including demonstrable senior HSE advisory experience on major infrastructure or construction projects.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Strong knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015 and associated UK HSE legislation.
• Experience conducting and leading inspections, audits, investigations, and assurance activities.
• Experience influencing operational and project leadership teams.
• Strong report writing, presentation, communication, leadership, influencing, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and the ability to analyse HSE performance data and identify trends.
• Ability to work independently and within multidisciplinary teams, challenge constructively, demonstrate credibility when advising project leadership, and maintain high standards of integrity, professionalism, and accountability.

Nice to have

• Diploma-level health and safety qualification, such as NEBOSH Diploma, NCRQ, NVQ Level 5/6, or equivalent.
• IEMA Environmental Certificate or equivalent environmental qualification.
• Chartered or Graduate Membership of IOSH, including GradIOSH or CMIOSH.
• Incident investigation training, temporary works awareness, environmental auditing experience, and internal auditor qualifications for ISO 14001 and/or ISO 45001.
• Experience working on National Grid, SSEN, SPEN, Scottish Power, or similar utility projects.
• Experience mentoring or managing junior HSE professionals.

Culture & Benefits

• 34 days of annual leave, including 8 public holidays.
• Competitive annual salary with regular industry reviews based on knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Company car or car allowance may be available depending on location.
• Death-in-service benefit, contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, gym discounts, cycle-to-work scheme, holiday purchase, and leisure and shopping discounts.
• Where the vacancy allows, worker accommodation or accommodation-finding support, accommodation allowance, meals or food allowance, and living-away-from-home allowance may be provided.
• Tailored professional development plans, national industry connections, and a stated commitment to diversity and inclusion.