The posting
Key tasks and responsibilities
- Manage and guide the process safety process on the assets under the scope assigned.
- Manage and optimize risk evaluation, risk assessment, and technical studies to support proper risk management on BWE assets.
- Clearly define the process safety programs and plans, assigning roles and responsibilities to ensure proper risk management.
- Ensure that process safety processes, procedures, and information are clear, available, and communicated to the stakeholders, ensuring proper risk-based decision-making, safety culture, and an open and safe work environment.
- Define and follow up KPIs to sustain process safety control and continuous improvement.
- Define and deliver proper training on Process Safety and Risk management
- Be responsible for identifying and sustaining proper register, documentation and procedures regarding Safety and Environment Critical Elements (SECEs), Performance Standards, Assurance Tasks, and SECEs’ Degradation
- Establish and monitor SECEs status and act diligently to sustain real risk management in place.
- Provide leadership in Process Safety policy, legislative developments and emerging best practice, ensuring update of BWE related processes.
- Deliver process safety governance and assurance systems and processes
- Develop effective standards and procedures in Process Safety and oversee their implementation to assure that Personal and Environmental safety risks are mitigated to a level that is As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP), are in compliance with all statutory and corporate requirements and aligned with the industry best practices.
- Manage process safety guidance on all phases of the project life cycle.
- Guide process safety-related documentation to fulfill Brazilian regulatory requirements for operating assets, as well as platforms and assets/projects in project, construction or commissioning phases
- Drive workforce process safety communications, including incident trends, investigation findings, process safety bulletins, lessons learned, etc.
- Represent BWE at relevant industry forums and networking activities and disseminate learnings to workforce.
- Participate in incident investigations when required.
- Be a lider on Process Safety and not only a consultant. Proper understand of Process Safety is a must, as deliver the implementation of operational effective risk controls.
Requirements
Experience
- Solid experience with Process Safety Management within Oil & Gas or Petrochemical related industries with extensive experience in operation, maintenance and inspection of Upstream or Downstream oil and gas processing facilities.
- High-level technical knowledge in all aspects of Process Safety
- Expert knowledge of Hazard and Risk Analysis (e.g. HAZOP, HAZID, QRA, SIL assessments, LOPA, area classification, dispersion analyses etc).
- Expert knowledge of CCPS/IOSH Process Safety standards, applicable industry codes, regulations and best practices is required.
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to recognize trends, assess risks and identify root causes.
- Ability to apply sound judgment in problem solving, evaluating courses of action, and making decisions on complex health and safety matters.
Interpersonal Skills
- Demonstrated ability to leverage technical knowledge and interpersonal skills to influence outcomes across a wide range of stakeholder groups, while considering challenges to the business.
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary / multinational environment
- Proven influencing and leadership skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively to organisation levels both up and down.
- Deliverables focus
- Ability to think strategically
- Assertive and confident
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Meticulously follows rules and procedures
- Proactive and able to work independently, applying a structured and systematic approach
Knowledge
- Fluency in English and Portuguese
- Excellent report writing skills.
