TRAINING & COMPETENCY ADVISOR

TRAINING & COMPETENCY ADVISOR

Location: Barrow-in-Furness

Contract: 2-year fixed-term contract

Are you an experienced Training & Competency professional looking for your next opportunity? We're looking for a proactive and organised individual to support training, competency assurance and compliance across a range of operational assets.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring training standards, competency frameworks and assessment programmes meet legislative requirements and industry best practice, helping maintain the safety and integrity of operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage training and competency frameworks across operated assets.
• Maintain competency assurance registers, training records and management systems.
• Develop and deliver training and competency reports, monitoring performance against key targets and KPIs.
• Ensure training and assessment programmes meet relevant legislative and business requirements.
• Develop and maintain training standards, procedures and processes.
• Provide guidance and support to operational teams on competency assessments and assurance.
• Oversee training and competency assurance programmes, including emergency response and safety-critical roles.
• Manage third-party training bookings and associated service provision.
• Support audits, inspections and compliance activities.
• Assist with training budgets, monitor expenditure and support financial planning.
• Work with HR to support apprentices transitioning into competency and assessment frameworks.
• Maintain accurate training and assessment records for contractors and operational personnel.

What We're Looking For:

• Several years' experience in training and competency management.
• A higher education qualification, with further professional qualifications desirable.
• Strong knowledge of training and competency legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Experience using training and competency management systems, ideally within the upstream oil and gas industry.
• A good understanding of safety case requirements and competency assurance standards.
• Excellent planning, organisational and administrative skills.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Confident communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels.
• Experience developing or maintaining competency criteria and assessment frameworks.

Desirable: A background in Production Operations.

Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.