The Role
The Safety Advisor will manage safety, health, and environmental initiatives in the oil and gas sector, ensuring compliance and safety performance across various operational sites while leading safety strategies and reporting to executive management.
Summary Generated by Built In
Safety Advisor
Years of Experience:
• Minimum:15-18 years of experience in safety, health, and environmental management, particularly in the oil and gas industry.
• Preferred: 20+ years of progressively responsible experience in safety leadership roles, including experience with executive-level reporting.
Experience:
• Industry-Specific: Extensive experience in gas plants or oil and gas sector, with a deep understanding of operational safety issues specific to this industry.
• Leadership: Prior experience in advisory or management roles where safety strategy, compliance, and performance were key responsibilities.
• Executive Communication: Experience in preparing reports and briefs for senior management and executive leaders.
• Multisite Operations: Familiarity with managing or overseeing safety for multiple operational units across various locations.
• Admin Support: Experience working with administrative departments (such as HR, Legal, and Procurement) to integrate safety procedures into their workflows and ensures compliance.
Educational Background:
• Degree:Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering, or Environmental Science.
• Preferred: Master’s degree in Safety Management, Risk Management, or related fields.
Certifications:
- Essential: NEBOSH International General Certificate (IGC) or equivalent; OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) certifications.
- Preferred: International Risk Management and/or Business continuity certification; Lead Auditor for ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System).
- Six Sigma or Lean Management certifications related to safety process improvement.
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) or Process Safety
Management (PSM) certifications.
5. Skills and Competencies:
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and implement long-term safety strategies aligned with business objectives based on trends analysis and forecasts.
• Risk Management: Strong capabilities in conducting risk assessments, incident investigations, and root cause analysis.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills to interface with the EVP and other senior leadership, as well as effectively coordinate with admin areas.
• Compliance Expertise: Thorough understanding of local and international safety regulations and standards, particularly in the Middle East and gas industry.
• Microsoft & Other Skills: Ability to develop presentations that well designed and descriptive for a highlevel management. (PowerPoint); Ability to use spreadsheets and incorporating formulas to further analyze raw data and produce summarized overviews. (Excel) Ability to write short and long reports, depending on the level of the recipients. This should include the ability to write details and summaries. (Word)
Other Considerations:
• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead and influence safety culture at the business line level and lead other teams towards the objectives.
• Cultural Fit: Experience working in multinational environments, with an understanding of the cultural dynamics in the Middle East.
• Project Management: Demonstrated experience in managing safety-related projects, including the ability to track progress and outcomes. Projects are usually the deployment of new processes, the progress of action items, and the execution ofnew strategies.
Skills Required
- Minimum 15-18 years of experience in safety, health, and environmental management in the oil and gas industry
- Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Engineering, or Environmental Science
- Essential NEBOSH International General Certificate or equivalent
- Experience in preparing reports for senior management
- Extensive experience in gas plants or oil and gas sector
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The Company
What We Do
FSC is a Dublin-based engineering company delivering precision components and tailored metal fabrication solutions.
