QHSE Manager - Offshore Wind Farm

About the role

Iberdrola is looking for a QHSE Manager for its Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm (turbines, substation, port facilities and onshore installations). The role supervises maintenance activities while ensuring the safety and health of internal teams and external contractors, and ensures compliance with QHSE standards, French regulations and Iberdrola's internal procedures. It reports to the Site Manager and is based in Binic-Etables-sur-Mer, Brittany, with occasional travel within France and Europe and several weeks per year to the wind farm.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare annual and task-specific prevention plans and develop HSEQ procedures, monitoring key QHSE performance indicators
• Follow up on accidents, incidents and hazardous situations, conduct risk assessments and lead risk and hazard assessment workshops
• Develop emergency response plans, organise emergency exercises, safety talks and site inductions, and review contractor documentation
• Promote a zero-accident culture, conduct audits and inspections, and represent the company before local authorities and the H&S committee
• Ensure protective equipment meets regulatory requirements and run internal training and certification programmes
• Manage QHSE documentation and contribute to the company-wide risk assessment (Document Unique)
• Implement a quality plan for the wind farm, lead quality audits and act on findings, including audits at manufacturing sites for defective components
• Ensure compliance with permits, licenses and regulatory requirements, prepare non-compliance reports and maintain relations with regulators

Required profile

• Professional background in health and safety with environmental awareness
• Prior HSQE experience in the offshore industry (wind or oil and gas) during the operational phase
• Experience developing, implementing and maintaining HSQE policies, plans, procedures and reporting methods, and driving HSQE performance of internal and external teams
• Experience in accident investigation and managing quality systems
• Fluent or professional English

Required skills

• GWO certification (desirable)
• Knowledge of high-voltage operation regulations (desirable)
• Good financial and project management skills (desirable)

What we offer

• Working in a fast-growing industry with long-term employment prospects
• Technical training to fulfil the role
• Performance-related bonus and vacation package