An exciting opportunity to lead HSSE strategy, assurance and culture across Cottam Development Centre (CDC), Pipelines and Killingholme (CDCPK). This role provides senior functional leadership across three geographically distributed operational areas, supporting safe, secure and environmentally responsible performance in a complex, high-hazard environment while helping CDCPK deliver its future ambitions. The role reports to the CDCPK Production Manager.
We are Uniper
At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as pro-actively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!
Your responsibilities
- Define and deliver CDCPK HSSE strategy, governance and assurance across CDC, Pipelines and Killingholme, translating legislation, Uniper standards, industry best practice and differing site risk profiles into prioritised action.
- Provide senior functional leadership, coaching and challenge so leaders, teams, action owners and contractors demonstrate clear HSSE ownership.
- Set HSSE control standards, assurance priorities and risk tolerances across operations, maintenance, outages and projects, ensuring that everyone has the authority to stop any task that cannot be carried out safely.
- Own risk-based HSSE performance management, using KPIs, audits, inspections, incidents, trends and external requirements to drive improvement and verify corrective action.
- Assure statutory and regulatory compliance across CDCPK, including UKETS, CSRD, emergency arrangements, Legionella control, safe systems of work and environmental management requirements.
- Lead significant investigations, root-cause analysis and verified corrective action through SynergiLife, escalating high-potential events and material compliance gaps as required.
- Drive ‘Beyond Zero’, human performance, learning and continuous improvement activity to strengthen HSSE culture across employees, contractors and operational leaders.
- Represent and promote CDCPK with central HSSE, governance and external assurance teams, influencing standards, escalating material risks and converting identified requirements into practical controls and accountable action plans.
Your profile
- NEBOSH Diploma plus chartered status, or equivalent senior HSSE leadership experience in high-hazard operations.
- Expert knowledge of UK HSSE legal, regulatory, management-system, assurance and operational-risk requirements.
- Proven functional leadership capability, including coaching, influencing, challenging and securing ownership without direct line authority.
- Credibility to challenge senior stakeholders and influence decisions with material HSSE, legal, financial, reputational or operational impact.
- Experience leading HSSE governance, assurance, investigations, audits, risk-based improvement, performance management and verified corrective action.
- Ability to lead culture change through visible leadership, our ‘Beyond Zero’ mindset, human performance, learning and continuous improvement approaches.
- Strong analytical judgement, communication, planning, stakeholder-management and report-writing skills.
- Ability to convert complex external and internal requirements into practical controls, behaviours, standards and accountable action plans across multiple operational settings.
Your qualities
At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension and health related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, whilst also supporting with home office equipment.
Through regular training and workshops, together we work towards visualising yourself in our company as if it were your own. We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We invite you to become part of our diverse company with international colleagues from more than 80 countries. As an employer, Uniper has committed itself to providing special support to certain areas:
- Competitive salary
- Personal development and Learning opportunities
- Enhanced company pension – With up to 12% company contributions
- 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Electric vehicle charging at our sites
- In house Occupational Health Services
- Company funded Private Medical Insurance including free GP service
- Performance related benefits
- Access to a range of flexible benefits such as Share Incentive Plan, Dental, Critical Illness and Life Insurance, Cycle2Work, Health Care Cash plan or buy and sell extra holiday
- Future career opportunities (UK & International) with a strong focus on Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Our employees are the reason for our success. Therefore, you will find many other benefits at the local level to help you reach your potential. Energy evolutionary wanted!
Should you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact the UK Talent Acquisition Manager Lauren- Lauren.Ryan-Grealish@Uniper.Energy
dominic.lindsey@uniper.energy
Please note, any CV’s sent via email would not be taken into consideration. All CV’s must be submitted via the online application process only.
