HSE Advisor
Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies.
We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.
The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.
This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.
We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.
Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?
JOB TITLE: HSE ADVISOR
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- HSE representative for nominated asset(s), projects and/or contracts, responsible for driving performance in health, safety and environmental through deep technical expertise and a deep understanding of human performance across the Asset Solutions Australia region.
- Delivers conformance with HSE related GMS requirements, regulatory compliance.
- Providing challenge, coaching and support to contract / asset office and site teams to deliver continuous HSE improvement.
- Providing HSE reporting and information into the contract / asset Leadership team and is expected to travel at least quarterly to the site.
- Represent Petrofac to Clients and Regulators and act as business partner for the HSE function for nominated scopes of work.
- Regularly review the suitability and application of HSE content of GMS systems and procedures to ensure simplicity and effectiveness of execution, proposing and drafting changes for management approval as appropriate.
- Act as supporting member in risk assessment meetings and reviews (e.g. ORA, HAZID), providing the challenge for nominated scopes.
- Assist in the preparation of emergency and bridging documents, workpack dossiers for simultaneous operations between operations and construction, operations, projects and wells.
- Responsible for development of project / asset HSE deliverables, including the preparation of HSE plans, interface / bridging documentation, emergency response documentation, HSE themed campaigns, and other contract specific deliverables.
- Participate in project / asset readiness reviews and lessons learned sessions.
- Manage project / asset audit and assurance schedule, undertaking audits and site visits, identifying and driving the opportunities for continual improvement via SMART action management.
- Work with the project / asset team, client and contractor staff to encourage them to speak up and transparently report through participation in safety observations, near miss reporting and safety conversations. Promotes workforce engagement including Employee Safety Representatives.
- Coach the project / asset leadership and workforce on the use of tools and techniques to improve safety conversations, human performance and reduce mistakes.
- Be a member of the Petrofac emergency response team on a rota basis.
- Develop insights from safety metrics analysis, contractor self-verification and other findings.
- Support the evaluation of contractor and subcontractors.
- Focal point for site based HSE team members.
- The above is an outline of key duties and accountabilities, rather than an exclusive or exhaustive list of responsibilities. The post holder is expected to undertake any tasks which may reasonably be expected within the scope of the position.
- The postholder is expected to adhere to the IOGP Lifesaving Rules, IOGP Process Safety Fundamentals, Petrofac Values and Behaviours.
- No direct accountability but may have single-point responsibility for co-ordinating cost, time and resource matters relating to regulators’ and specialist HSE contractors’ activities
- Applying clear and consistent logic to a variety of technical problem-solving challenges, e.g. risk assessments, root cause analysis, development of HS&E improvement programmes.
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:
- Experience in operational role or HSE function in Oil and Gas or another high hazard industry, is essential.
- Knowledge and experience in hazard identification, with detailed knowledge of HSE practices and procedures, Control of Work, emergency response, and delivery of safety programmes.
- Knowledge of occupational and industrial health and safety.
- Broad understanding of human performance and human factors.
- Broad understanding of environmental issues relevant to the industry
- Engineering or Science degree preferred.
- Trained incident investigator or demonstrable competence in the subject.
- Trained auditor or demonstrable competence in the subject.