Application Deadline: 7 April 2026
Department: SHEQ
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Stockton on Tees
Our Business
px PEOPLE, their commitment to excellence, innovation and teamwork, are the reason for px Group’s continuing growth and success story. We aim to be the elite provider of operations management, engineering services and energy management solutions in high hazard, highly regulated industries nationally and as we grow, across Europe and globally. For more information visit www.pxlimited.com
Our Head Office is based in Stockton-on-Tees and is home to our administrative support teams, engineering & maintenance support team & energy services teams. The Offices are located on the river Tees with close access to walks, shops and restaurants.
The Opportunity
We are now recruiting for an Emergency Preparedness Advisor. The Emergency Preparedness Advisor will take an active role in planning and coordinating the emergency preparedness strategy for the Company. This includes developing and implementing emergency preparedness and security plans, conducting training, and ensuring compliance with legal and Company requirements.
You’ll be supported with personalised on the job training, coaching, mentoring and twice-yearly development and performance reviews to help maintain & develop your contributions and competence.
The roles and responsibilities include, but not limited to:
• Developing and updating emergency preparedness plans and establishing communication protocols.
• Evaluation of Crisis Management process within px and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluation of company / site compliance with COMAH Regs during all phases of responsibility and proposing mitigation measures as required.
• Assessing and understanding physical security risks taking into account of the special protection needs of critical infrastructure.
• Ensuring processes are in place that identify security threats and risks.
• Organising and delivering emergency response training for PX employees, contractors and clients.
• Supporting the Business Support Team response during emergencies to ensure the safety of personnel and the environment.
• Identifying potential hazards and developing plans to minimise risk.
• Collaborating with emergency services, external agencies and stakeholders to develop and maintain positive working relationships.
• Contributing to event investigation and post incident recovery efforts. Reviewing plans for improvements.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant emergency preparedness regulations and standards.
• Maintaining accurate documentation and records.
• Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of emergency response efforts.
Minimum Requirements:
• A degree/professional qualification in continuity/ disaster/ emergency/ risk management
• Experience in a high-hazard industrial industry such as energy, oil & gas, or hydrocarbon processing.
• Experience of participation within the Crisis Management function of a large, matrix organisation.
• Knowledge and experience of the application of COMAH legislation, and the preparation / delivery of improvement plans.
• Experience of Silver / Gold Command, and emergency incident management within the petrochemical or high hazard sector.
· Experience of working in Emergency Planning or Business Continuity function in a similar, or complex organisations.
· Extensive knowledge of business continuity and emergency planning techniques, standards and application
· Experience in conducting investigations into events to identify root causes and recommendations to prevent recurrence.
· Experience of leading and emergency response including acting as Incident Manager and advising the Company's senior management in an emergency.
· Working in and contributing to cross discipline teams.
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Contribution towards eye test and glasses
Online company discount benefits site including cinema tickets and gym membership discount
Long Service Awards
Employee recognition scheme – ELITE Awards
Employee Assistance Programme
Flexible Benefits Package
Onsite parking
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.
px Group is a fully integrated infrastructure solutions business which delivers net zero and stakeholder success through elite performance in the safety, availability, reliability and efficiency of energy infrastructure, industrial processes and related commercial activities - unlocking value for our customers as a trusted partner. Part of the Ara Partners portfolio of companies, Ara Partners is a private equity firm specialising in industrial decarbonisation investments.
Operating on a 24/7 basis, providing services at this level requires professionalism and competence coupled with a safety and environmentally conscious mind set to deliver operational excellence.
This capability has been shaped by a 25 year history in managing, operating and maintaining some of Europe’s most significant industrial infrastructure including two of the UK’s largest and most strategic gas processing facilities.
px Group also owns Saltend Chemicals Park at the heart of the UK’s Energy Estuary in the Humber, home to several world-leading manufacturing businesses such as Mitsubishi Chemicals, INEOS, and Vivergo Fuels and the location for Equinor’s hydrogen production plant with carbon capture, the anchor project for Zero Carbon Humber. This introduction of hydrogen at our Saltend Park, and our continuous search with all current and new industrial users for further synergies in energy and resource use will help to transform the park into a future proof Green Energy Park.
We are committed to the Energy Transition, and reducing emissions across all our operations, including the sites we manage and operate on behalf of our clients. We are growing internationally and are involved in some of the newest flagship waste-to-fuels projects including ReNew’s plastic recycling plant in Teesside and GIDARA Energy’s advanced biofuels facility in Amsterdam which will convert non-recyclable waste into bio-methanol.
