Senior Operational Safety Advisor

STRATEGIC RESOURCES EUROPEAN RECRUITMENT CONSULTANTS LTD

SENIOR OPERATIONAL SAFETY ADVISOR

Our Client, a Major Oil and Gas Operator is seeking an experienced Senior Operational Safety Advisor. This is a core PAYE contract position. For this role the team need a strong focus on drilling experience – drilling rig start-up and ongoing drilling contractor support.

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

Maintain a high awareness of industry and professional best practice through effective networking, professional organisations, journals, etc

Provides operational safety and occupational health expertise and advice to Field Operations, Performance & Growth, Geosciences, Wells Construction & Maintenance teams and Geosciences

Responsible for providing support to site based HSE professionals and working with them on common objectives.

Responsible for the input of Health and Safety objectives into the annual asset HSE improvement plan.

Responsible for the input of Health and Safety audits into the annual asset audit plan through a risk based assessment looking at areas such as legal compliance and incident trends

Responsible for conducting audits in accordance with the asset audit plan

Responsible for ensuring that the company’s management system relating to safety and health is fully implemented on the asset

Responsible for the production of appropriate Level 3 and Level 4 procedures and related training materials for occupational safety and health

Responsible for providing the required support to assets during implementation of safety and occupational health plans and procedures. This support may require spending a period of time on the operational site during roll-out and implementation.

Coordinate safety & occupational health support for onshore and offshore health & safety committees

Assist in the preparation of emergency and bridging documents

Assist in the preparation of Contractor Interface documents and facilitation of contractor HSE forums

Responsible for attending and providing the input to Contractor Performance review meetings

Facilitate accident investigation/root cause analysis

Assist in communicating information relating to incidents within the asset and also sharing lessons learned from Rex+

Assist in the implementation of HSE I & S applications within the asset (e.g. Safety Observation Database, Stop the Job, Synergi and permit to work)

Responsible for ensuring the asset inputs the correct information into Synergi and ensuring Synergi governance is adhered to

Assist in the compilation of SIMOPS dossiers for simultaneous operations between Operations and Construction/Operations and Drilling, Seismic and Operations

Assist in the HSE evaluation of contractors during the ITT process and the follow up of any recommendations made during the HSE evaluation

Responsible for ensuring all occupational health issues within the asset are effectively controlled (e.g. accommodation hygiene, potable water management, noise, handling of chemicals/COSHH, ergonomics, radioactive materials, health surveillance, management of hazardous substances e.g. mercury, benzene, etc.).

Ensure occupational health risk assessment files for each operational site are maintained

Assist in developing health surveillance strategy for Company and Contractors so that records are kept of personnel exposure (e.g. noise, hand arm vibration, nightshift working etc.)

Responsible for attending the daily morning call for operations, delegating when not available and sharing the information with the team

Member of the emergency response team and expected to join the emergency response rota when required

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:

Site experience

Professional safety/occupational health qualification

Capable of influencing the impact of emerging legislation and industry trends

Representing the company at an industry level and leading/facilitating workgroups

Good knowledge of UK onshore and offshore health & safety legislation, sufficient to offer good advice without reference, and be able to offer detailed advice through reference to documentation

Thorough knowledge of company and group health & safety standards and procedures

Lead Auditor

Trained to lead investigations of significant accidents/incidents

Possess current Offshore Survival Certificate and OGUK medical