Industrial Hygienist - Region 2

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RESPONSIBILITIES & MAIN TASKS

An Occupational Safety Hygienist specializes in identifying risks in the workplace and advises organizations on how to avoid and resolve them. Working in a variety of locations, including building sites, offices and factories, they promote responsible practice and raise awareness of health and safety issues.
Region 2 is divided in Angola, Equatorial Guinee, Malaysia and Guyana.
You will play a key role in promoting and embedding strong Occupational Health and Safety leadership, positive behaviour and culture amongst the Region 2.

Main tasks:

In your role of Occupational Safety Hygienist, your main responsibilities are to:
• Identify, assess and find solutions to control workplace health hazards and thereby manage any associated risk to health. These may be chemical, physical, biological or ergonomic and can be present in the workplace in many forms;
• Identify hazardous agents in the workplace;
• Evaluate exposure to those hazardous agents to determine the level of risk;
• Apply engineering controls to reduce the risk when necessary, such as local exhaust ventilation;
• Use administrative measures to further reduce risk, such as developing a procedure on how to operate machinery safely or signs to warn people of a hazard;
• Conduct ergonomic assessment onshore and offshore, as well as adapting the areas and equipment’s to improve the ergonomics at work;
• Ergonomic catalog updating and dissemination;
• Risk Management program (chemical, physical, biological and ergonomic);
• Radiologic Survey conduction and action tracker, as well licenses management;
• Benzene program and survey, as well as action tracker;
• Asbestos Program and Survey, as well as action tracker;
• VOC procedure implementation and management;
• Heat stress procedure management and control, building KPIs and surveys;
• Respiratory program and implementation of fit test;
• Organize and control results from Fit test – year protection;
• Implement manual handling program;
• PPE definition and management: ASEL update, certificate control, PPE Matrix, training and records;
• Select appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to reduce risk further if still required and as a last resort, or as an interim protective measure;
• Action Tracking from hygiene programs;
• Issue KPIs regarding programs adherence as well, action implemented;
• Conduct training and awareness around all Region 2 fleet;
• Occupational Safety and Hygiene Campaigns;
• Regular embarks to inspections and awareness of offshore team;
• Legal requirements management and control.

In addition to the role above, you might also be asked to support the Region 2 or the department with the following activities:
• Provide support to Regional HSSE Manager and unit HSSE Engineers as required;
• Coordinate and attend as required client Occupational Safety and Hygiene audits carried out on board and at the Shore Base;
• Coordinate and attend as required internal ISM/ISO450011/ISO14001 audits carried out on board and at the Shore Base.

Leadership and Culture:
• Drive leadership & culture improvement in Region 2 by supporting Regional HSSE Manager in development and delivery;
• Share best practices; develop initiatives to learn from other unit operations – in particular from Brazilian units;
• Promote and develop SBM Safety Culture within the region;
• Provide mentoring/coaching to the onshore local HSSE departments.

Occupational Safety and Hygiene campaigns & programs:
• Support the deployment of Occupational Safety and Hygiene programs and initiatives within the region in alignment with onshore HSSE engineers (where applicable);
• Develop and deliver regional stand-downs with offshore and onshore leadership teams as appropriate;
• Develop and roll out of regional campaign/programs to meet HSSE/Occupational Safety KPI targets;
• Improve learning from events in Region 2 (sharing of incident alerts, stand-downs, etc.).

Occupational Safety and Hygiene performance monitoring:
• Monitor progress of each Region 2 areas (EG, Guyana, Angola, Asia) with their annual HSSE plans. Report progress being made through dashboards;
• Participate in regular HSSE meetings with local HSSE engineers;
• Monitor effective performance against predefined HSSE/Occupational Safety KPIs;
• Develop solutions to meet targets.

Assurance activities:
• Participate or lead internal or client audits as required (OIA, ISM DOC, ISM SMC, etc.);
• Monitor audit findings and tracking closure;
• Monitor execution of audits within the region;
• Support Region 2 pre-qualification and qualification audits for local vendors.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education:
Engineering Degree or master’s in occupational health and safety, chemistry, biology, environmental science.
 

Experience and qualifications:
At least minimum 5 years’ experience in the Energy Sector (preferable Oil and Gas Operations in FPSO) or similar industry (chemical);
Strong technical/site experience or HSSE management experience;
NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent Management System Lead Auditor (ISO 45001/ISO 14001);
Valid offshore medical certificate, BOSIET/HUET required for the position.

Skills:
• Ability to work effectively in diverse cultures and regions;
• Global mindset, pro-active, problem-solving paired with a very clear hands-on mentality;
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to interface with multi disciples the ability to apply the underlying principles of occupational hygiene;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to gain the confidence and cooperation of the workforce;
• Analytical skills and a high level of attention to detail;
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to operate effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines;
• Negotiating skills and the capacity to persuade and motivate others to achieve results and initiate action;
• Operational decision-making skills;
• Project management skills;
• An understanding of practical conditions in industry and the ability to apply workable solutions;
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team to meet health and safety objectives;
• Technical and IT skills for using specialist equipment;
• An interest in the law and regulations.

Behaviours & Inter-personal Skills – Key points:
• Manages complexity;
• Decision quality;
• Action oriented;
• Resourcefulness;
• Ensure accountability;
• Drive results;
• Collaborate;
• Persuade;
• Influence;
• Proactive and organized;
• Instil trust;
• Be resilient;
• Analytical skills.
 

GENERAL INFORMATION

SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Amsterdam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore Group (“the Company”). For further information, please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com. The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V., directly and indirectly, owns investments are separate entities.

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