HSEQ Director

1. Enable safe, defensible decisions across the asset lifecycle

   • Establish the assurance regime that supports asset build, modification, readiness, and handover into operations with clear standards for what is safe and acceptable to proceed.
   • Provide leadership on novel, high-consequence, or externally scrutinised decisions where safety, quality, environmental, or assurance risk is material.
   • Ensure operational readiness, control of work, and live execution risks are governed at the right standard without turning HSEQ into a delivery layer.
   • Close the loop between design, assurance, and operations so learning improves standards, readiness, and future decisions.

2. Lead external and statutory confidence

   • Act as Deputy DPA under the IMO ISM Code and uphold Ocean Infinity’s statutory standing on safety and pollution prevention matters.
   • Represent Ocean Infinity with regulators, certification bodies, clients, and other external stakeholders on HSEQ matters.
   • Ensure the business can evidence compliance, assurance, and risk decisions credibly across jurisdictions and operating environments.

3. Build capability and reduce unnecessary friction

   • Shape the HSEQ function, capability, and ways of working so expert effort is focused on material risk and business-critical decisions.
   • Simplify repeatable controls and use systems, data, and automation to reduce low-value manual effort.
   • Strengthen the organisation’s ability to apply the HSEQ framework confidently, with clear ownership, escalation, and accountability across teams.
   • Build and lead a high-performing HSEQ team through recruitment, role clarity, and capability development, bringing new and existing roles together to operate as one coherent function.

Who you are:

• Senior HSEQ leader with a track record of shaping operating model, assurance, and capability outcomes — not simply running an established function unchanged.
• Experience designing and embedding integrated HSEQ frameworks, with strong technical grounding across IMS, ISO certification, enterprise assurance, and governance in a regulated operating environment.
• Strong commercial judgement, with experience balancing cost, risk, and operational pace in a high-growth or evolving business.
• Experience influencing and operating effectively at executive leadership level.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk, and regulatory environments across multiple jurisdictions.
• Background credible to carry a statutory DPA / Deputy DPA designation under the IMO ISM Code (or demonstrable eligibility) — independent judgement, no disqualifying history, recognised maritime safety standing.

Leadership approach:

• Sets direction and owns outcomes at enterprise level — framework-setter and decision-enabler, not process owner or delivery layer.
• Makes decisions under ambiguity, balancing risk, pace, and operational reality.
• Builds credibility through judgement and consistency of delivery.
• Uses data and insight to inform decisions and challenge thinking.
• Focuses on business impact — risk-aware decisions made well, not paperwork completed on time.

Desirable:

• Experience in a technology, defence, maritime, or offshore engineering-led organisation.
• Experience supporting a business undergoing growth, scaling, or organisational evolution.
• Familiarity with digital HSEQ systems, analytics, and data-led decision making, including AI-enabled tools where relevant.
• Active DPA or Deputy DPA designation, or equivalent statutory safety designation in a comparable industry.
• Relevant professional qualifications such as NEBOSH Diploma, Lead Auditor, CMIOSH, IEMA, or equivalent.

What you can expect:

At Ocean Infinity, we believe in creating equal opportunities for all, celebrating each and everyone’s differences. We are driven by transforming the industry, through our technology, thoughts, behaviours, and actions. Being inclusive and respectful to all is fundamental to who we are. It is the right thing to do and enables innovation and creativity to thrive.

There is more work to be done, and we know that we aren’t perfect, but our commitment to these values is unwavering. They are central to our mission and the impact we have on the industry, meaning, we cannot live without them.

Salary for this position: Up to £150,000 per annum*

*The salary varies for this position as we are recruiting in multiple regional locations and job grades. The salary process is based on skills, abilities, and experience required. We partner with third-party firms annually to verify equity, cash, benefits, and perks benchmarks.