Offshore HSE Superintendent - 1 - B2B

Responsibilities

• Promote and reinforce HSE policies, procedures, and safety culture across offshore project activities.
• Act as the primary HSE focal point on site, ensuring compliance with project HSE objectives and standards.
• Supervise and monitor contractor HSE performance, ensuring adherence to contractual HSE requirements and regulatory standards.
• Conduct regular site inspections, audits, and HSE assessments, ensuring timely closure of identified gaps.
• Ensure effective implementation of Permit-to-Work systems, including high-risk activities such as SIMOPS, hot work, confined space entry, lifting operations, and isolations.
• Lead and participate in HSE meetings, toolbox talks, trainings, and awareness sessions for workforce engagement.
• Provide visible leadership onsite by promoting "walk the talk" safety behavior and proactive intervention.
• Identify HSE deviations, unsafe practices, and non-compliances, and escalate to management with corrective actions.
• Support incident investigations, root cause analysis, and ensure implementation and follow-up of corrective/preventive actions.
• Coordinate with project teams to ensure alignment with overall HSE objectives and safe execution of activities.
• Review and provide input on HSE aspects of construction and operational documentation.
• Support continuous improvement through lessons learned, HSE performance tracking, and reporting.
• Ensure readiness for internal and external audits, including compliance with ISO standards and project requirements.
• Participate in offshore operations with flexibility to support onshore activities as required.

Requirements

• Minimum 15+ years of HSE experience in oil & gas, construction, or offshore environments.
• Proven experience in offshore projects, including EPC phases and high-risk operations.
• Strong knowledge of HSE management systems aligned with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 standards.
• Demonstrated experience in contractor HSE management, audits, and compliance monitoring.
• In-depth understanding of permit-to-work systems, SIMOPS, and offshore safety requirements.
• Experience in incident investigation techniques and root cause analysis methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of environmental compliance, monitoring, and offshore regulatory requirements.
• Ability to analyze HSE KPIs, trends, and drive performance improvement initiatives.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Relevant HSE certifications such as NEBOSH, IOSH, or equivalent.
• Offshore safety certifications (e.g., BOSIET, H2S, CA-EBS) preferred.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and influence safety culture across teams.

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.