Emergency Response Advisors (x2)

Location: Project/Site based, Somerset
Status: Contract INSIDE IR35
Duration: 31dec25 (renewable)
Reports to: Emergency Response Lead

Morson Talent are working with a major player in the Energy Sector who have current requirements for Emergency Response Advisors to join their established site-based team in Somerset. This is a uniquely interesting opportunity to contribute towards one of Europe’s largest Energy infrastructure Projects. Contract (renewable). – inside IR35

Overview

• Emergency Response Advisors will support the Emergency Response Lead for the Site / Nuclear Development Emergency Response and act as an advisor to support the Emergency Response Lead for operational Response and recovery for the construction site. This includes supporting the assurance of operational response arrangements, plans, and equipment.

Framework & Boundaries

• Post holders will develop a ‘one-team’ working relationship with all key stakeholders and external stakeholders always providing clear communication and support to internal departments, programme teams and external stakeholders ensuring emergency arrangements are suitable and sufficient against the current and future risk profile.

Typical Accountabilities

• Fire and Emergency Response technical advisor, providing advice and support to all levels of management including the Emergency Response Lead.
• Advise on site wide incident response arrangements.
• Development and management of site wide incident support and recovery arrangements.
• Strategic and tactical incident advisor supporting Duty Managers at the scene and/or remotely.
• Interface with Regulator for emergency response matter in the absence of Emergency Response Lead.
• FRS - firefighting and technical rescue assurance on the direction of Emergency Response Lead.
• Tier 1 – firefighting and technical rescue assurance.
• Promote and facilitate testing and exercising of emergency response arrangements.
• Deliver a variety of inspections, checks and audits across the project covering all elements and types of rescues associated to the site risk profile.
• Report all inspection, check, audit and surveillance findings through the project reporting tool.
• Assist with the planning and delivery of emergency exercises to validate and demonstrate all aspects of the site’s construction emergency arrangements.
• Represent the Principal Contractor at internal meetings including site coordination meetings, communities of practice and contractor meetings.
• Support the development and deployment of rescue plans from a technical perspective.
• Check and assure competencies of rescue trained individuals.
• Develop and maintain local knowledge in complex areas to assist in understanding of risk profiles.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

Qualifications & Experience
Essential

• Rescues from height
• Rescues from confined spaces
• Firefighting
• Rescue
• Command (Lvl 1)
• MCA 3P

Desirable

• Relevant business qualification, DMS,
• Tactical Command qualification, (lvl2)
• Emergency planning qualification
• Fire Safety qualification
• MCA 5P
• City & Guilds Level 4 Award in Plan, Manage and Review Legislation for Work in Confined Spaces

Knowledge & Skills
Essential

• Ability to interpret plans and distilling emergency response and safety requirements throughout different build phases.
• Understanding of Emergency Response requirements for large industrial construction sites.
• Possess extensive fire, rescue and emergency response experience in a commercial environment.
• Understands and can advise on a range of emergency response and recovery equipment in conjunction with the Fire Service provider based on Site.
• Ability to develop and produce emergency response plans from complex and multiple sources of information.
• Highly skilled in instruction and presentation skills and communicates effectively both orally and in writing.
• Maintains a confident and resilient attitude in highly challenging situations.
• Ability to build a wide network and works effectively with others.
• Understands, recalls, applies and adapts relevant information in an organised, safe and systematic way.
• Ability to provide strategic and tactical advice to multiple stakeholders understanding and acknowledging different stakeholder’s needs.
• HAZMAT Spill and Environmental emergency response.
• Good organisational skills with practical and with the ability to manage several concurrent activities.
• A dynamic individual who is a team player, that is pro-active and flexible and who can work on their own initiative across a broad range of issues to review compliance.

Desirable

• Knowledge of relevant regulations appropriate to role, Working at height, confined space etc.
• Knowledge of rescue equipment and techniques.