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Reference number

461959

Salary

£73,335 - £77,003

This role currently attracts an offshore market supplement up to a maximum of £10,000 which is non-pensionable and non-consolidated. It is subject to review annually in HSEs October pay offer.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Band 3

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HSE - Energy Division (ED)

Type of role

Engineering
Health and Safety
Operational Delivery
Project Delivery
Science

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
Benefits
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Location

Aberdeen

About the job

Job summary

A key operational arm of HSE, Energy Division (ED) regulates the UKs Offshore Oil and Gas Industry, pipelines, mines, diving, and renewables sector. We employ around 140 professional engineers and scientists to do this. Respected internationally for our independent status and integrity, we have a long-standing reputation for technical expertise which can be applied logically to deliver effective, proportionate solutions enabling hazardous activities to be managed safely.

As an Offshore Inspection Management Team Inspector, you will be involved with regulating offshore oil and gas operations and related activities with a particular focus on addressing the potential major accident hazards in relation Safety Management Systems. In this frontline role, you can influence not only individual organisations but the sector as a whole.

Due to the nature of the work undertaken and the training element, this role is offered on a full-time basis only.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

The post offers a real opportunity to influence and improve safety across a wide range of activities both on and offshore, including ageing installations, new exploration and production programmes, safe decommissioning and the most high-tech innovations.

This is a front-line specialist post. You will need to apply your experience and knowledge to identify risk and underlying issues on site (often from first principles); make effective decisions on the adequacy of existing control measures; and persuade and influence people at all levels to achieve compliance with the law.

Applying your professional knowledge and experience, you will:

Investigate major hazard events or precursors to identify immediate and underlying causes and safety management system failings. This includes fatalities and other serious incidents and acting to secure improvements and prevent reoccurrence.
Where necessary you will also take action to secure justice i.e. compiling prosecution reports.
You will be required to serve prohibition and improvement notices where required.
Inspect workplaces to make sure that health and safety risks are being effectively managed, driving improvements where necessary to achieve compliance with the law and regulatory requirements.
Define and manage the implementation of intervention strategies and plans for allocated duty holders, leading intervention teams to do so.
Manage the assessment of safety cases and related regulatory submissions.
Effectively manage relationships with stakeholders of varying seniority and across multiple, high-profile industries, including SMEs, other government departments, the Offshore workforce and the joint Competent Authority.

Training Programme

From day one, you will be supported by your manager, team, and wider colleagues to understand and develop in your role in HSE. We support your continuing professional development directly through formal training and through stakeholder support.

You will join our Regulatory Learning Academy and undertake the learning pathway relevant for your role. This pathway will reflect the core operational functions and skills required in this role.

Travel and Working Patterns

Frequent travel is required in this role, both across the UK and Offshore. In addition to frequent travel to Aberdeen and other HSE offices, you will be required to spend periods of time offshore, including overnight stays. This usually includes working outside of normal core working hours, early check-ins and late returns from offshore inspections. You will travel from Aberdeen and other airports by helicopter or marine access to offshore installations, and floating production and non-production installations, usually once a month and for one to four days. On occasion, you may be expected to undertake unplanned visits offshore at relatively short notice, including weekends.

Hybrid Working

At HSE, we are proud to be able to offer our people the opportunity to work in a hybrid way which combines working from home and the office. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement, and your allocated office will be your contractual place of work.

There will be a requirement to travel to the office for various activities, e.g., collaborative working, supporting and training colleagues. If hybrid working is suitable for you and your role, you will be expected to attend the office, or other business-related site, for 60% of your working week. The arrangements will be determined primarily by business need, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account.

Medical Requirements

You must be able to satisfy the OEUK approved offshore medical & OPITO approved survival training requirements
(BOSIET/MIST).

Person specification

Essential Skills & Criteria

Practical experience through working in engineering, technical, operations, management or regulatory roles in the offshore oil and gas industry with demonstrable professional responsibility and authority.
Detailed knowledge in relevant areas which may include, but are not limited to: Asset integrity, operations and maintenance management, quality, health and safety management systems in an offshore major hazard context, Safety Cases and Verification schemes, offshore exploration, production and support installations, and the general operation of their plant and equipment, or the roles of offshore safety committees and elected safety representatives
Good organisational and planning skills, taking responsibility for delivering expected outcomes on time and to the required standard.
The ability to lead and work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, maintaining positive professional working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
Good communication skills to influence change at all levels in the organisations we regulate, including the ability to write effective, clear communications and technical reports, presenting complex technical information in a clear and concise way for non-technical audiences.

Licences

A full driving licence that enables you to drive in the UK is essential at the time of applying. However, HSE is willing to consider any proposals put forward by applicants that would allow them to do the job by another means in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Qualifications

Either; An honours degree or above in an Engineering, Scientific, Health and Safety, Technical, or closely-related subject, or;

We will consider candidates that have demonstrable experience in roles with professional responsibility who also hold current Chartered Status and Membership with an approved professional institution or learned society relevant to Engineering, Scientific, Technical or closely related discipline.

If you believe you meet this criteria please answer YES and explain how you meet the criteria for our review.

Memberships

Current Chartered Engineer status, registered with the Engineering Council, and membership of a professional engineering institution licenced by the Engineering Council; or hold current Chartered Membership status with an approved professional institution or learned society relevant to your scientific or technical expertise.

See this link for further information on professional bodies: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/professional-bodies-approved-for-tax-relief-list-3/approved-professional-organisations-and-learned-societies

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Making Effective Decisions
Communicating and Influencing
Seeing the Big Picture

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £73,335, Health and Safety Executive contributes £21,245 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

We invest in our people with;

Competitive rates of pay
Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme to which HSE contribute 28.97% far more than in the private sector.
Family friendly policies and working hours to help balance your home life and career
Carer friendly policies to help create a supportive working culture
25 days annual holiday increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays and 1-day Civil Service privilege leave
Parental leave benefits
As a member of HSE you will gain access to a wide range of fantastic benefits that you can take advantage of such as the Cycle to Work Scheme, E-Gift Cards, and Vouchers via our partner EdenRed.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.

Application Information

As part of your application, you will submit:

An anonymised CV, which should include your career history, experience and qualifications, and;
An anonymised Personal Statement of no more than 1000 words, detailing how you meet the Essential Skills and Criteria listed in the advert.

Please ensure you tailor your CV to match the Essential Skills and Criteria as listed within the advert, including clearly outlining the mandatory Qualifications and Memberships.

Application Guidance

Please access the following link for guidance on how to apply and how to complete a Personal Statement How to Apply

Sift Information

The sift is due to take place from the week commencing 13th July 2026 where you will be scored on your CV and Personal Statement.

IMPORTANT: The sift will be conducted on a knock-out basis. An initial sift will be conducted on the CV. If you meet the benchmark for the CV, you will be progressed to a full sift where the Personal Statement will also be assessed. If you do not meet the benchmark for the CV, you will not receive a score for your Personal Statement.

Interview Information

As part of your interview, you will be required to deliver a short presentation. Further details of this will be sent to candidates invited to interview.

You will also be assessed on the Behaviours listed in the advert.

Interviews will take place in-person at HSE Aberdeen from week commencing 27th July 2026.

Please be advised that you will be required to present evidence of your qualifications.

Sponsorship

This role is not open to application from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and require sponsorship your application will be rejected, and any provisional offers of employment will be withdrawn.

Further Information

Due to the nature of security checks undertaken, applicants must have 3 years continuous residency in the UK up to the date of the application and, Home Office approval for indefinite leave to remain within the UK.

Please note that a Reserve List will be held for the period of up to 12 months. There is no guarantee you will be offered a role from our reserve lists, so if you see a vacancy on Civil Service Jobs that you are interested in, we recommend you apply.

HSE reserve the right to conduct additional checks, including Google and social media checks, when recruiting candidates into a role within HSE. These checks will be carried out in line with the Civil Service Commission Principles and, if used all candidates will be subject to these additional checks.

From 23rd June 2025, if you are successful at interview, as part of your pre-employment checks, HSEs Recruitment Team are required to check your details against the Internal Fraud Hub (IFH), using your personal details name, NINO, and date of birth. If you are included on the database, you will be refused employment. If you believe that there has been an error in the inclusion of your data and wish to make an appeal, please contact the CO email box internal.fraud@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.

Details of the types of internal fraud/dishonesty covered by this process are defined by the Cabinet Office and can be found here Internal Fraud Register privacy notice - GOV.UK

It is the candidates responsibility to ensure they are aware of the terms and conditions they will adopt should they be successful in their application. For a summary of HSE terms and conditions as part of Civil Service Reform, please see the attached HSE Terms and Conditions document.

Progression through pay ranges is subject to annual pay awards as permitted within annual Civil Service pay remit guidance and negotiations with Trade Unions.

HSE is proud to be a part of the Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS). As a Disability Confident employer, we positively welcome applications from disabled people. We are committed to making workplace adjustments to ensure anyone can participate in the recruitment and selection process.

If, during the application or interview process, you require any assistance due to a disability or a medical condition, please contact us at the email address below to discuss how we can support you. For example, if you have a disability, and you need an application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please contact: HR.Resourcing-Team@hse.gov.uk

If successful in securing your role, HSE can provide suitable workplace adjustments to support you throughout your career with HSE.

Any move to HSE from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility here.

Please note, if you are a current civil servant and you are currently undergoing any of the following formal actions your application will not be progressed any further; Formal discipline action, any formal action regarding attendance, poor performance or any restriction of duties as a result of disciplinary action.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : David Walker
Email : david.t.walker@hse.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : HR.Resourcing-Team@hse.gov.uk

Further information

If you believe that Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition have not been met, you can raise a complaint by emailing: HR.Resourcing-Team@hse.gov.uk or by writing to HSE at the following address:

HR Resourcing Team, 2.3 Redgrave Court, Merton Road, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 7HS. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact Civil Service commissioners:

https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/code/civilservicecodecomplaints/

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