HSE OfficerGUS Consulting

• The HSE Officer will be required to coordinate the Health & Safety department of the Company, support the development of a Health & Safety attitude addressing three major areas: site conditions, procedures, and behavior safety and promote best practices.
  
• Provide technical HSE support to the site to ensure the safe delivery of the day, compliance with the organization’s standards, good industry practices, and local legislative requirements where applicable.
• He/she will drive the HSE performance improvement of the facility within his/her area of responsibility.
• This includes visible personal leadership on HSE matters, setting of standards, regular reviews of performance, and implementing improvements where required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct daily HSE meetings and inspections.
• Follow-up on-site HSE issues.
• Assist in and conduct periodic HSE audits to ensure the site complies with environmental permits and the company’s HSE standards.
• Facilitate and drive safety initiatives.
• Ensure safety critical elements are inspected and maintained as per plans.
• Ensure life camp, on-site clinic, and other facilities comply with health and safety expectations.
• Review and update the health risk assessment as necessary.
• Prepare and update site-specific HSE procedures and documents.
• Support on-site implementation of HSE training programs.
• Develop and implement emergency drills.
• Ensure lessons learned from incident investigations are disseminated to all employees and contractors throughout the site.
• Ensure accurate incident reporting.
• Tracking and closing out of HSE action items, including actions from internal and external audit findings.
• Participate in HAZID and HAZOP studies for the site when required.
• Provide assistance, coaching, and support to the business units for the elaboration and sharing of Health & Safety policies, standards, and procedures aligned with the company’s requirements.
• Coordinate and facilitate in all locations of the company.
• Assess compliance through recurrent safety audits.
• Participate in the evaluation of technical skills and competencies of the Health & Safety network.
• Activate Health & Safety improvements throughout the company.
• Help and challenge the company in defining its annual Health & Safety plan.
• Validate and challenge root cause analysis and action plans for major accidents and ensure follow-up on action plans.
• Facilitate experience sharing & convergence in H&S.
• Benchmark the company’s best practices nationwide while respecting local preferences and priorities but ensuring company-level improvements.
• Elaborate periodic follow-up of H&S results in nationwide trends, actions, and network effectiveness.
• Consolidate all levels of the company’s performance indicators.
• Coach & counsel Plant/Site Managers on safety.
• Develop close communication within and across business units.

Skills and Experience

• Candidates should possess an HND, B.Eng, or BSc qualification
• Minimum of 3 years HSE experience of which you must be familiar with the Marine/Shipping sector.
• Minimum of 3 years previous safety experience in some of the following areas: safety program development, fire prevention, hazardous materials, qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, process safety management, process hazard analysis, incident investigation, and the development and implementation of safe operations procedures and processes.
• Professional membership or registration in the Nigerian Institute of Safety Professionals.
• Experience in the Marine field with in-depth HSE fieldwork.
• Sound negotiation skills, and strong oral and written communication skills.
• Able to work as part of a team as well as being able to be a self-starter.
• Able to work with deadlines and possess a proven track record of delivering required projects in a timely and professional manner.
• Ability to travel to other job locations.