Mount Pearl
Kraken Robotics offers a unique career opportunity to work with an internationally recognized leader in ocean technology that is harnessing our world class talent to provide superior subsea solutions for global security, environmental, and scientific challenges. Our highly talented team design and manufacture technology platforms for NATO navies and commercial clients throughout the world and provide acoustic 3D Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) data solutions and imaging in the offshore energy sector with increasing focus on offshore renewables.
Kraken offers an attractive and competitive compensation package designed to reward our team for a job well done. With locations around the world, we support remote working packages and encourage professional and cultural collaborations. Kraken is an equal opportunity employer focused on promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion and we value the diversity of our team that contributes to our company growth and development.
We are seeking a motivated, enthusiasitic, safety oriented HSE Lead to join our team. If this sounds exciting to you, and you are approachable, engaging and enjoy helping employees and business functions to succeed, we are interested to hear from you!
Responsibilities
As the HSE Corporate Team Lead you will be responsible for working with Kraken's leadership team to promote and maintain a positive safety culture and overseeing a range of related business-critical tasks including:
- Manage and lead Kraken's HSE team to the overall administration and implementation of HSE initiatives, programs, and procedures.
- Develop and manage HSE awareness campaigns.
- Ensure that the workplace is monitored and is fully in compliant with all applicable OSH related standards, rules, and regulations.
- Ensure that Safety Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are maintained, and communicated to employees.
- Highlight areas where training / certification is required to meet the standards imposed by Legislation, Approved Codes of Practice, or H.S.E. guidance.
- Ensure that an adequate programme of training for health and safety is established and that the safety culture is encouraged amongst employees.
- Keep up to date with changes in current legislation and bring to the attention of Management any relevant new legislation.
- Ensure that all assessments as required by legislation are conducted and reviewed at relevant intervals and maintain records of the assessments.
- Ensure that all critical activities are risk assessed and control measures are applied before execution.
- Participate in the development and implementation of operational risk assessments to help in identifying and mitigating hazards for critical activities.
- Conduct health and safety inspections and prepare reports of all the company's operations; ensure the results of the inspections are documented.
- Maintain accident and incident statistics, analyze trends, and propose and / or take remedial actions where necessary.
- Foster continuous improvement of existing HSE Management Systems through sharing of best practices.
- Monitor HSE performance of subcontractors and ensure contractual and other relevant requirements are satisfied adequately.
- Assist with investigation of accidents, incidents (including near misses), and dangerous occurrences and make recommendations to prevent recurrence; ensure that corrective actions are taken; and provide recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
Qualifications
- Diploma in Safety Management.
- Certification in HSE audit.
- 5+ years' experience in a Lead HSE role.
- Knowledge in local and international HSE laws and regulations.
- Ability to effectively communicate in both oral and written English.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple mega projects.
- Ability to operate effectively in a global work environment.
- Excellent leadership, command, and control skills.