HSE Specialist

NES Fircroft are seeking an experienced onshore and offshore HSE Representative to provide day-to-day health, safety and environment leadership through site receival, fabrication and subsea installation activities. This role partners with the company representative, vessel crews, contractors and onshore HSE teams to ensure safe execution of high-risk offshore work, strong control of work, and compliance with project requirements to support the Jansz-Io Compression (J-IC) project.

The successful candidate will act as the key HSE interface across offshore and onshore teams, driving field assurance, incident reporting, emergency readiness and workforce engagement in a fast-paced marine environment; stewarding Operational Excellence and incident free operations.

Primary focus: provide visible HSE oversight and assurance for high-risk activities performed on offshore vessels and site receival locations.

• Key Responsibilities
• Provide visible onshore and offshore HSE leadership through field presence, site verifications, toolbox talks, start-work checks and task assurance.
• Support permit to work and control of work processes, including permit reviews, audits, SIMOPS control verification and workforce coaching.
• Monitor high-risk activities, verify critical controls, and intervene where unsafe conditions or deviations are identified.
• Coordinate incident, near-miss and flash reporting, support investigations, and track corrective actions to closure.
• Support emergency preparedness, drills, communications checks, inspections, audits, inductions and ongoing workforce engagement.

What You Bring

• Experience in offshore oil and gas, marine operations, commissioning, or other high-risk environments.
• Strong working knowledge of HSE systems, permit to work, incident reporting, audits and assurance activities.
• Confidence engaging with frontline crews, supervisors, contractors and onshore stakeholders.
• Strong communication, coaching and report-writing skills.
• Knowledge of Human and Organisational Performance Principles and applicability.
• Offshore experience is preferred.

Additional Tasks:

• Maintain Assurance registers
• Incident investigation and reporting
• Training and induction validations for workforce
• Drill and emergency response verification
• Validation of adherence and compliance to safety case parameters
• Daily communication with Vessel Management Team and Onshore support
• Creating Files: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint skills
• IOGP Start Work Check Verifications
• Occupational Hygiene practices
• HAZID participation
• Personal Protective Equipment Validations
• Control of Work knowledge, specifically safeguards associated with:
• Lifting and Rigging
• Hot Work
• Mobile Equipment
• Work at Heights
• Confined Space Entry
• Isolation of Hazardous Energy

 This position will be Perth based until September 2026 when it will transition to an offshore roster until March 2027. There will be travel to Henderson for site visits during the initial engagement.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.